Re:Ask HN: Why don’t motherboards have GPU and VRAM sockets?
by opensores on Saturday January 07, 2023 @02:41PM
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Because a PCIe slot is more versatile, and quite a few other reasons.
While one person might find a RX 6400 GPU optimal, with its 50 some watt TDP and 1080p medium capability, another person would rather have 1 6500 XT integrated on the board, and another yet would want some monster GPU with several times that performance and TDP. If it were you, what model or performance tier should be integrated into the board?
Thirdly, quite a few boards, (AM4 and AM5 in particular), essentially come with much of the circuitry found in a video card---it is essentially a mobo+gpu combo assuming you drop in a processor with an iGPU (eg. 4700g, 5600g, 7700x, etc); these iGPU's are somewhat below the performance of the 6400 low end Radeon card (720p high to 1080p low performance tier).
While one person might find a RX 6400 GPU optimal, with its 50 some watt TDP and 1080p medium capability, another person would rather have 1 6500 XT integrated on the board, and another yet would want some monster GPU with several times that performance and TDP. If it were you, what model or performance tier should be integrated into the board?
Thirdly, quite a few boards, (AM4 and AM5 in particular), essentially come with much of the circuitry found in a video card---it is essentially a mobo+gpu combo assuming you drop in a processor with an iGPU (eg. 4700g, 5600g, 7700x, etc); these iGPU's are somewhat below the performance of the 6400 low end Radeon card (720p high to 1080p low performance tier).