Been trying to learn how to draw with krita, but my laptop has issues with krita, so I'm trying to build a pc for it. One main question I was wondering was about krita's support for amd. I read that there were issues with amd cpu and gpu, but that post is a year old now, any updates? Ryzen is coming out and it seems interesting and amd is normally cheaper than Intel and Nvidia. Thanks!

I would still go for an Intel CPU and NVidia GPU, that combination is still reckoned the most stable.

dwang040 wrote:Been trying to learn how to draw with krita, but my laptop has issues with krita, so I'm trying to build a pc for it. One main question I was wondering was about krita's support for amd. I read that there were issues with amd cpu and gpu, but that post is a year old now, any updates? Ryzen is coming out and it seems interesting and amd is normally cheaper than Intel and Nvidia. Thanks!

AMD cpu themselves are fine, I still rocking a phenom x6, no sweat, (on linux), but you will definitely want a nvidia card, and use their drivers, video cards are many at times the culprit of many glitches and visual slow downs. And if you want to build your pc, remember (you may already know this) to research how well earch of the main components work together, to avoid "bottle-neck" situations. a good cpu/gpu on a mediocre motherboard would not perform. I've been of from hardware news otherwise would advice on components.

Note, the gpu process power doesn't always equals its support and performance on the software side, since there is many brands and models that sports nvidia. Research a bit on that, will pay back to do so. : )

Quiralta wrote:AMD cpu themselves are fine, I still rocking a phenom x6, no sweat, (on linux), but you will definitely want a nvidia card, and use their drivers, video cards are many at times the culprit of many glitches and visual slow downs. And if you want to build your pc, remember (you may already know this) to research how well earch of the main components work together, to avoid "bottle-neck" situations. a good cpu/gpu on a mediocre motherboard would not perform. I've been of from hardware news otherwise would advice on components.

Note, the gpu process power doesn't always equals its support and performance on the software side, since there is many brands and models that sports nvidia. Research a bit on that, will pay back to do so. : )

Ah yes, that's why I was a but weary about amd cpu. I mean, in the meantime, I'm just trying to get a pc build, probably a 1050? Non ti. The reason being that I will upgrade later on summer (need college textbooks and current laptop can't handle krita). I'm thinking an i3 6100 and 1050. But I've also heard that a quad core is better? Sorry, I'm having trouble finding recommended specs for krita and I'm not sure how much power krita needs in terms of course and gpu.

Thanks for the response!

If you must invest, do so in a way that it last, adjust you budget accordingly, this is, I don't think that an i3 will work for your needs, they are low entry simply computing processors, for graphic design I wouldn't go less than the i5, and even there is a bit scratching the lower end, those are expensive I know, but you must decide if you want your box to keep capable after a few years (the newer the software, the hungrier in resources, usually), when in a budget (as I was with my last build) I went for the more powerful processor I could afford and a cheap nvidia card (supper low end), six years latter, I still beating many new desktops out there , but seriously, for my needs I haven't had performance issues yet. It took me a few months to research the parts. also memory is way overrated, I still hardly use more than half of what I have (16gb) even with a 1gb memory for a drawing on krita and a couple of other programs open.

Although many programs are heading towards gpu renderings, still the majority (specially those unrelated to graphics) use the processor, thus keeping a potent brain still makes better sense.

Okay, thanks for the answer! What I wanted to do, was get everything that i don't want to upgrade, like a better case, good psu, good motherboard (z170). And just go for a i3. Because I am planning on upgrading to an i7 after I work over the summer. So I just wanted to get a pc for the next 6-7 months. But honestly, I might just stick with a 6500 (non k) and find a used 750ti because you are right, I'm not sure how a dual core will work with krita, and I'm sure a 750ti should run this program well.

Krita uses threading a lot, so cores are nice to have

boudewijn wrote:Krita uses threading a lot, so cores are nice to have

Ahh. That's good to know! Thanks for the help and clarification!!

I used to have i3 2120 and ati 6850 on windows and never had any issue with that. Krita worked perfectly.
Now I have i7 6700 with same gpu. Can't say that upgrade made Krita much faster. Yes I can paint with bigger brush and filters\transforms applying faster but I feel it wasn't worth the price.
So, whatever you'll get Krita should work fine.

radian wrote:I used to have i3 2120 and ati 6850 on windows and never had any issue with that. Krita worked perfectly.
Now I have i7 6700 with same gpu. Can't say that upgrade made Krita much faster. Yes I can paint with bigger brush and filters\transforms applying faster but I feel it wasn't worth the price.
So, whatever you'll get Krita should work fine.

That's for the info, im planing on doing some rendering with krita and synfig in the future (assuming I can relearn how to draw) but it's good to know that I can use some lower end gear.

dwang040 wrote:Okay, thanks for the answer! What I wanted to do, was get everything that i don't want to upgrade, like a better case, good psu, good motherboard (z170). And just go for a i3. Because I am planning on upgrading to an i7 after I work over the summer. So I just wanted to get a pc for the next 6-7 months. But honestly, I might just stick with a 6500 (non k) and find a used 750ti because you are right, I'm not sure how a dual core will work with krita, and I'm sure a 750ti should run this program well.

Its kind of tricky though, based solely on the specs, the higher end of the i3 can perform same or better than the lower i5, but the i5 seems to be able to overclock, and if this is correct, you want a motherboard that unlocks such speed (just like the one you mentioned), otherwise that's a lost investment, (unused power), and ram that also supports it, see, all of this is the trick, if you manage to get everything on sync, your will be able to juice your invested cash fully, thus take in account those things before hand.

Also, the i3 have virtual cores, meaning that although it only has two physical cores, it uses four threads, or so it says in the specs. my point is that you shouldn't invest too much in something you planning on duping within a year, when you can use that same cash for better hardware. Have fun building and painting btw : )