August 2021 – Top 10 best bundles of video cards and processors $750- $500

The cycle of materials “Choosing the optimal configuration of a gaming PC” is purely advisory in nature and in no way is the ultimate truth.

The cost of components was formed by analyzing the prices of several large Moscow stores. On their basis, the arithmetic average price tag was calculated.

Component manufacturers are listed for reference purposes only. Our readers are free to select specific configurations based on personal preferences of a particular brand.

The material is for reference purposes, there are no comments, since each reader will be able to independently glean the information he needs.

Operating modes of gaming computers

Nominal:

• Processor (nominal) + graphics card (nominal).

Overclocking:

• Processor (overclocking) + video card (overclocking).

Test results: performance comparison

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

• Version 1.1.1.
• DirectX 12.
  • Resolution modifier is 100%.
  • Antialiasing is high.
  • The quality of the environment is ultra high.
  • The density of small objects is very high.
  • The shadow quality is ultra high.
  • The water quality is high.
  • Full screen reflections – included.
  • The quality of the environment textures is high.
  • The quality of the character textures is high.
  • The quality of the depth of field is high.
  • Motion Blur – On.

Biomutant

• Version 1.5.1.
• DirectX 11.
  • The quality of the textures is maximum.
  • The quality of the shadows is maximum.
  • The quality of post-processing effects is maximum.
  • The quality of the effects is maximum.
  • The density of foliage is maximum.
  • The anti-aliasing quality is maximum.
  • The quality of the fur is maximum.
  • The quality of the world in the distance is maximum.

Cyberpunk 2077

• Version 1.12.
• DirectX 12.
  • The field of view is 80.
  • Chromatic aberration – enabled.
  • Depth of Field – On.
  • Glare – included.
  • Motion blur is high.
  • Contact shadows are included.
  • Improved face geometry lighting – on.
  • Anisotropic filtering – x16.
  • The quality of objects for local shadows is high.
  • The quality of local shadows is high.
  • The range of cascading shadow maps is high.
  • The resolution of the cascading shadow maps is high.
  • Far shadow resolution is high.
  • Volumetric fog resolution is high.
  • The quality of the volumetric clouds is high.
  • The maximum dynamic decals are high.
  • The quality of the reflections is high.
  • The subsurface scattering quality is high.
  • Diffuse shading is high.
  • Color accuracy is high.
  • The quality of the reflections in the mirrors is high.
  • The level of detail is high.
  • Ray tracing is disabled.
  • Ray-traced reflections are off.
  • Ray-traced shadows – / off.
  • Ray traced lighting is off.
  • DLSS 2.0 – disabled.
  • Permanent FidelityFX CAS – disabled.

Days Gone

• Version 1.0.6.
• DirectX 11.
  • Field of view – 70.
  • The rendering scale is 100.
  • Chromatic aberration – enabled.
  • Speed ​​effect is on.
  • The lighting quality is maximum.
  • The quality of the models is maximum.
  • Foliage display distance – maximum.
  • The quality of the shadows is high.
  • The quality of clouds and fog is high.
  • The texture filtering quality is maximum.
  • The broadcast quality of the textures is high.

F1 2020

• Version 1.22.
• DirectX 12
  • Full Screen Anti-Aliasing – TAA.
  • Anisotropic filtering – 16X.
  • The lighting quality is very high.
  • The post-processing quality is high.
  • The quality of the shadows is very high.
  • Particle quality is high.
  • The quality of the audience is very high.
  • The quality of the mirrors is very high.
  • Diffuse Shading – HBAO +.
  • The quality of the spatial reflections is very high.
  • The quality of streaming textures is very high.
  • The quality of the reflections is very high.
  • The quality of the weather effects is very high.
  • The surface quality is very high.
  • The quality of the brake tracks is high.
  • Offset of friction marks – enabled.
  • Shadows SSRT – off.

Far Cry 5

• Version 1.0.14.
• DirectX 11.
  • The texture filtering quality is maximum.
  • The quality of the shadows is maximum.
  • The geometry of the world and vegetation is maximum.
  • The quality of the environment is maximum.
  • The water quality is high.
  • The quality of the landscape is high.
  • The volumetric fog quality is high.
  • Anti-aliasing – TAA.
  • Motion Blur – On.
  • HD textures – included.
  • The scale of the field of view is 90.
  • The scale of the resolution is 1.0.

Watch Dogs Legion

• Version 1.3.0.
• DirectX 12.
  • Viewing angle – 70.
  • Geometry quality is ultra high.
  • The quality of the environment is ultra high.
  • Texture resolution – ultra high.
  • Texture filtering – ultra high.
  • The shadow quality is ultra high.
  • Object shadows in headlights are four light sources.
  • The quality of the reflections is ultra high.
  • Depth of Field – On.
  • Blur is on.
  • Glow is on.
  • Volumetric light is on.
  • Post-processing and anti-aliasing – TAA.
  • Subspace dispersion is high.
  • RTX reflections off.
  • DLSS – disabled.
  • Time scaling – 100.
  • Viewing angle – 70.

Wolfenstein Youngblood

• Version 1.0.9.
• Volcano.
  • Anti-aliasing – TAA (1TX).
  • Motion Blur – On.
  • The field of view is 90.
  • The lighting quality is very high.
  • The quality of the shadows is high.
  • Particle quality is very high.
  • The quality of the directional shading is high.
  • The quality of the reflections is very high.
  • The quality of the decals is very high.
  • The motion blur quality is very high.
  • The image transmission quality is high.
  • The water quality is very high.
  • The quality of the volumetric image is high.
  • Texture filtering – anisotropic, 16x.
  • Decal filtering – anisotropic, 16x.
  • Lighting filtering – anisotropic, 4x.
  • Image filtering – anisotropic, 16x.
  • The quality of detail is very high.
  • Deferred rendering – enabled.
  • Removing polygons – disabled.
  • Asynchronous computation – enabled.
  • Ray tracing – disabled / enabled.
  • NVIDIA DLSS – Disabled / Quality / Performance.
  • NVIDIA Adaptive Shading – Disabled / Enabled.
  • Chromatic aberration – enabled.
  • Depth of Field – On.
  • Depth of field smoothing – on.
  • HDR Glow – On.
  • Sharpness – 2.0.
  • Granularity – 1.0.
  • Resolution scaling – disabled.

According to the diagram of geometric mean results of configurations in eight games, it can be seen that the Ryzen 3 3100 + Radeon RX 5500 XT system was in the lead in both modes of operation. The second place was taken by a bundle of Core i3-10105F + GeForce GTX 1650 Super. The third line is occupied by the configurations Core i3-10100F + GeForce GTX 1650 Super and Ryzen 3 3100 + GeForce GTX 1650 Super.

The leader trio has performed well on projects such as Biomutant, F1 2020, Far Cry 5 and Wolfenstein Youngblood. In the remaining five games, they had noticeable performance issues.

Let’s move on to considering the attractiveness of buying these bundles. To derive the ratio of the cost and performance of the systems, their weighted average price was taken. The cost was taken in several large Moscow stores and on its basis the arithmetic average price tag of the configurations was calculated.

Component manufacturers are listed for reference purposes only. Our readers are free to select specific configurations based on personal preferences of a particular brand.

In terms of price / performance ratio, the “palm” was defended by the Ryzen 3 3100 + Radeon RX 5500 XT bundle. In second place are the Core i3-10105F + GeForce GTX 1650 Super and Core i3-10100F + GeForce GTX 1650 Super. The third position was shared by the Core i3-10100F + Radeon RX 570, Ryzen 5 1600 AF + GeForce GTX 1650 Super and Ryzen 3 3100 + GeForce GTX 1650 Super systems.

So, based on the results of the tests carried out, it can be argued that the Ryzen 3 3100 + Radeon RX 5500 XT bundle will be the best options for purchase. She was in the lead, both in the overall standings and in the attractiveness for purchase. In addition, the Ryzen 3 3100 processor supports 4/8 threads, which is a good start for the near future. True, in all this “holiday of life” there is a fly in the ointment. A gaming computer worth $750Us shows good results in only half of modern games. Unfortunately, this is our Russian reality, in which electronics costs a lot of money.

Dmitry Olegovich aka
PhoenixOC

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