I'm all in on 1030, the last passively coolable GPU.
But had to upgrade to 3050 because 2GB VRAM is to little for modern titles.
Fun fact: One 6600 core can saturate the 1030 for skinned mesh animations.
But only saturate the 3050 50% = perfect because the world takes much less CPU (you upload it to the GPU and then it's almost one drawcall; more like one drawcall per chunk but I digress) = OpenGL (ES) can render on it at lower motion-to-photon latency without waste = one core for rendering, one for gameplay, one for physics and one for the OS, audio and networking.
So 14nm 6600 + 8nm 3050 is actually the combination I would use for ever.
HL:A runs at 90 FPS with that combo too on the low res Vive 1.
Not that VR is going anywhere, but still peak demanding application.
I'm all in on 1030, the last passively coolable GPU.
But had to upgrade to 3050 because 2GB VRAM is to little for modern titles.
Fun fact: One 6600 core can saturate the 1030 for skinned mesh animations.
But only saturate the 3050 50% = perfect because the world takes much less CPU (you upload it to the GPU and then it's almost one drawcall; more like one drawcall per chunk but I digress) = OpenGL (ES) can render on it at lower motion-to-photon latency without waste = one core for rendering, one for gameplay, one for physics and one for the OS, audio and networking.
So 14nm 6600 + 8nm 3050 is actually the combination I would use for ever.
HL:A runs at 90 FPS with that combo too on the low res Vive 1.
Not that VR is going anywhere, but still peak demanding application.