- Joined
- Dec 16, 2013
- Messages
- 222
- Motherboard
- GA-Z87MX-D3H
- CPU
- i5-4670K
- Graphics
- HD4600
Well that was easier than I'd thought, by far - partly because physically getting the card in didn't actually require any juggling. Side note: very glad I did my thing with the NVME drives before this.
Positives: much improved in lightroom (which was what I wanted it for), especially the gfx-intensive new denoise thing they have. (Although note: huge speed gain compared to the iGPU, but RX570 still not tremendously fast for this particular task - about 20-30 seconds per photo - the denoise is a demanding pig). But also improved speed for the system overall, meaning it seems I was actually taxing the system/memory by running quite as much as I did (dozens of windows and programs) with the anemic on-board gfx and memory for the monitor. Maybe I'll try running a second monitor now just for fun.
Side note: the monitor, windows and font appearances are all subtly different. Means I'll have to spend some time fine-tuning and tweaking a dozen little things, or - more likely - just get used to it and then be annoyed if I ever have to switch back. At least the colours seem to be about the same, so at least for a bit don't have to freak out about calibration.
I'd've stuck a video card in here some time ago, like back when I built this, but it was during that whole dGPU shortage due to the bitcoin foolishness and they were all $$$$$$. For a well-sub $100 investment, it's a big improvement.
