[is an amd ryzen7 5700g a good option for SL?]

20 minutes ago, SarahKB7 Koskinen said:

If the new computer is only for SL and 1080p gaming, then yes, go ahead and get an APU. But for more demanding modern gaming with high 4K/8K resolutions and other uses, the APU will struggle.

I personally prefer a CPU and separate GPU instead of an APU.  APU graphics are never really on the same level as regular GPU graphics. And then there's the fact if you want to upgrade your graphics later with a GPU, you'll have part of your APU made obsolete and doing absolutley nothing, which seems wasteful to me.

Separate graphics cards are cheaper and more available now than they have been in the last couple of years. There's no need to get the absolutely latest GPU though, as that would be overkill for SL and most games.  As a benchmark, I would not consider anything lower in scale than an Nvidia GTX 1660 Super (or Ti) which I would consider the absolute minimum for 2023.

The more recent Nvidia RTX 2000 (released in 2018-19) and 3000 series GPUs (released 2020-21) might be a safer middle-ground level.  Their prices have plummeted since the current top of the line Nvidia RTX 4000 series first appeared in 2022.

thank you for the reply. Im not a gamer so the only use i have for the computer would be Browsing the Internet and using Second Life 

[is an amd ryzen7 5700g a good option for SL?]

I would like to buy a new Computer for Second Life. Do you think a APU is good enough or should i buy a CPU and GPU