Ryzen 2400G, X370 chipset and GTX 1060... recipe for problems?

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VanFanel89

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Hai guys -

A long time ago, when one decided to run an AMD proc on a board with an AMD/ATI chipset but also use an nVidia graphics card - issues occurred. How do I know? I fielded a ton of those kinds of calls when I used to work AMD "Global Customer Care" before the US office got pwnd.

Obviously a lot of things have changed since and I am a bit out of the loop... I am planning to build a new gaming box to replace my gaming laptop; already have Ryzen 2400G and trying probably will be going with a X370 board but instead of getting a RX580, I am thinking of a GTX1060 or maybe even a 1070.

Can someone comment on any compatibility issues? Is it possible to use the APU when not gaming but then engage the GPU when gaming?

What if I, heh heh, wanted to cryptomine? Is it possible to mine on the CPU, on the APU and on the GTX at the same time?

Thanks :)
 
Its modern days, those thinking you cannot mix brands are old school :D
Actually is more than fine, can you imagine if amd had issues with running nvidia hardware? They would have trouble with 75% of the market.
But for that CPU you surely dont need a high end motherboard with X370, get a good B350 like the Pro4 and it will be more than fine.
 
VanFanel89 said:
Thanks gents. I think I may go the SLI route - X370 and 2x1070's...
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you'll probably run into issues with the 2400g since it only has 8 pcie 3.0 lanes.. but i'd also recommend staying away from SLI even if you didn't have a 2400g.
 
sirmonkey1985 said:
you'll probably run into issues with the 2400g since it only has 8 pcie 3.0 lanes.. but i'd also recommend staying away from SLI even if you didn't have a 2400g.
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How so? The staying-away-from-SLI part?


Let me ask this question:

Assume I have a b350 board with two 1060's. Assume I also have dual boot - windows for gaming and ubuntu for mining (I am not planning on running a GUI in ubuntu). I am guessing I should not have any issues when mining - system will see two GPUs, system will use two GPUs for mining. But am I gonna run into any issues when in Windows? Is there a method by which I can simply ignore one of the cards (disable it in device manager...)?
 
VanFanel89 said:
How so? The staying-away-from-SLI part?


Let me ask this question:

Assume I have a b350 board with two 1060's. Assume I also have dual boot - windows for gaming and ubuntu for mining (I am not planning on running a GUI in ubuntu). I am guessing I should not have any issues when mining - system will see two GPUs, system will use two GPUs for mining. But am I gonna run into any issues when in Windows? Is there a method by which I can simply ignore one of the cards (disable it in device manager...)?
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For mining it won't be a problem running two separate cards(non-sli). But for gaming the limited pcie lanes can cause a bottleneck when trying to use sli.

Remember just because you have multiple cards in a system does not mean it's using sli. For sli you must be using the sli bridge.
 
SLI specifically means using two cards for real time 3D rendering.
 
Things to remember:

1) X370 allows for SLI, B350 does not. If you want SLI you need the X370, period. You can still put 2 graphics cards in a non-SLI board, they just won't be in SLI mode. If gaming, this matters. If mining, it doesn't.

2) Ryzen 5-2400G only does 8 PCI-E lanes. If you plan to add more than one discrete graphics card to this system for SLI FOR GAMING, you don't want this chip because you will be bottlenecking the x16 graphics cards to only x4 lanes each. (x8 on a single card is a negligible performance dip, but splitting that x8 between TWO cards - you'll feel that in gaming). Get a regular R5 or even R7 instead in this use case.

3) If you are only mining and not wanting SLI for games, then 2) doesn't matter. Bandwidth between the CPU and video cards is not relevant to that since all of the mining stuff is done internally on the video cards themselves. The rest of the system will essentially be twiddling thumbs during mining.
 
mvmiller12 said:
Things to remember:

1) X370 allows for SLI, B350 does not. If you want SLI you need the X370, period. You can still put 2 graphics cards in a non-SLI board, they just won't be in SLI mode. If gaming, this matters. If mining, it doesn't.

2) Ryzen 5-2400G only does 8 PCI-E lanes. If you plan to add more than one discrete graphics card to this system for SLI FOR GAMING, you don't want this chip because you will be bottlenecking the x16 graphics cards to only x4 lanes each. (x8 on a single card is a negligible performance dip, but splitting that x8 between TWO cards - you'll feel that in gaming). Get a regular R5 or even R7 instead in this use case.

3) If you are only mining and not wanting SLI for games, then 2) doesn't matter. Bandwidth between the CPU and video cards is not relevant to that since all of the mining stuff is done internally on the video cards themselves. The rest of the system will essentially be twiddling thumbs during mining.
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Thanks.

I am thinking I will swap for a R5... seems the 2400G was a bit of a mistake (though works great for a budget non dGPU builds!)
 
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