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[–] msmc101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

i mean that sucks but if you can afford a 50 series card are you really playing with a core 2

[–] mostlikelyaperson@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I mean even the newest Core 2 Quad would be like 14 years old or so by now.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is the silliest pairing lol

[–] RedWeasel@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, bu can definitely be fun to mess around with. Linux Mesa supports the 40 series. I wonder how one would do in a BE-PowerPC system of around the same era?

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

I mean I get sticking to your budget while buying the best GPU you can but come on

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I recently swapped out my old 2080 with a new 5080, but my i7 8086K (type of 8700) is over six years old and it's really struggling hard with recent titles. Oblivion remastered or Helldivers 2 take between 85 and 95% of cpu time.

The bottleneck is tremendous. I ordered a new cpu, mem, mobo & cooler to bring it back up to par.