Will my PC be bottlenecked and will this work?

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ninjapickle11

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Hello,

I am planning on buying a new GPU for my PC, the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mini 4GB. I am currently using an APU rather than a CPU (A4-6300 with Radeon™ HD 8370D). My first question is can I use an APU and GPU at the same time, and will my PC be bottlenecked if I can?

Additional PC specs:
8 GB RAM
FM2-A55M-E35 Motherboard
 
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WildCard999
You can use a APU & GPU at the same time for a hybrid crossfire setup however the GPU has to be a AMD and has to be a certain generation to work with that APU. Still, the 1050 ti is a big step up from that APU so it will work well and as suggested look into Ryzen for your next upgrade.
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You can use a APU & GPU at the same time for a hybrid crossfire setup however the GPU has to be a AMD and has to be a certain generation to work with that APU. Still, the 1050 ti is a big step up from that APU so it will work well and as suggested look into Ryzen for your next upgrade.
 
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Like mentioned above, if you get the GTX 1050, just disable the onboard GPU and you should be fine. Also when you get the $ together, upgrading to Ryzen 3 1200 would be a nice upgrade all around. The Ryzen 3 w/Mobo isn't too much $ now, just DDR4 RAM is the expensive part.
 
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Dark Lord of Tech

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The ram prices are a serious ripoff. :pfff:
 
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Totally agree.
 
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ninjapickle11

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Just to confirm, I can use the two (APU and my desired GPU) in the same PC, just not at the same time? Or is it not possible? I'm sorry if I sound dumb, I'm very new to PC parts.
 
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I was already aware that it's possible to use an APU and GPU at the same time, I was just confusing myself. Whoops.
 
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I don't believe there's any official support for Hybrid Crossfire with A4 APUs, just A6 and above. Even then, an A6 would crossfire with an HD 6450 and the result would be far, far slower than simply running a 1050ti by itself. This is both because multiple-GPU solutions don't scale well (and it's getting less support, not more) and because the officially supported GPUs for Hybrid Crossfire are extremely slow, weak cards in order to be able to pair with fairly weak integrated graphics. I believe -- and again, I'm not completely positive -- that official support for Hybrid Crossfire tops at an R7 250 combined with the higher-end 7000 and 6000 A10s. The R7 250 is very slow compared to a 1050ti and even two R7 250s, with perfect scaling, woudl be far slower than a 1050ti.

TLDR: Just get a 1050ti.
 
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