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[museion]

First apologies if this is the wrong section to post this, just hoping for some basic feedback.

 

Been trying to do as much research as possible, and have done some testing on my friends super computer with VPX latest version (he had a RTX 4080 with 12th gen i7).  So I'm at least familiar on the software side on what to do and have kind of semi documented it when I'm ready to build my system.

 

 

So I have an old i3-7100 (7th gen) system, and then I was thinking of getting an RTX 3050 w/6GB since someone near me on offerup is selling one for $75.  I'm only running a single screen setup (so not doing a triple screen setup, maybe something down the line when I have more money and make a real setup), but was curious how much of VPX is really CPU dependent or is it mostly GPU dependent or both?  Basically want to know if I could get at least 4K / 60 (fps) with this setup, or if I need something a bit more powerful on the CPU side?  I'm hoping a RTX 3050 is enough on the GPU side looking at everything I've read.

 

Let me know what you think and any advice would be greatly appreciated.  Excited to join the virtual pinball community.

[digitalarts]

VPX is only single-core based, so try to use only the CPU with the best single core Speed. Search Benchmarks
GPU Side - the more vram, the better.
Some heavy tables (VPWorkshop...) needs alot of this, or you need to strip down Video settings

[museion]

OK that's interesting to know.  I didn't realize that.  So it sounds like an i3-7100 might not cut it for 4K even paired with a good graphics card.  Maybe I see if I can find a cheap i5 to replace it with then in the same generation (unless you think a 7th gen isn't good at all).