[SOLVED] 8350 overclocked, best gpu

[julesbluemonday69]

I have an old am3 asus board sabertooth R2.0 that I have been using for about a year, was sitting in a closet in its original box for years, finally put it together, it has a ssd for c drive, three other drives, 32 gigs of ram , corsiar 850 watt power supply, oversized noctua cooler, and a evga 1060. I overclocked cpu to a stable 4.8(have not tried to go higher). Any one know if I could put a better gpu in? I know everyone says am3 is dead and that a 1060 is all the cpu can handle but that's at stock 4.0. I do believe it can handle a GTX 1660 but just seeing what you guys think. Also only going to do 1080, no 1440 for me until monitors drop in price.
Thanks in advance

 

[white.a.drew]

I have an old am3 asus board sabertooth R2.0 that I have been using for about a year, was sitting in a closet in its original box for years, finally put it together, it has a ssd for c drive, three other drives, 32 gigs of ram , corsiar 850 watt power supply, oversized noctua cooler, and a evga 1060. I overclocked cpu to a stable 4.8(have not tried to go higher). Any one know if I could put a better gpu in? I know everyone says am3 is dead and that a 1060 is all the cpu can handle but that's at stock 4.0. I do believe it can handle a GTX 1660 but just seeing what you guys think. Also only going to do 1080, no 1440 for me until monitors drop in price.
Thanks in advance

i have a system with a fx 8350 be liquid cooler and oc'd to 4.9
sabertooth 990fx r2.0
gtx 1080 ftw2
32gb ram
60gb ssd boot
120gb ssd steam
250gb ssd blizzard
a few hdd's and other stuff
with a evga 750w gold psu
no bottlenecking or any other issues

 

[NightHawkRMX]

i have a system with a fx 8350 be liquid cooler and oc'd to 4.9
sabertooth 990fx r2.0
gtx 1080 ftw2
32gb ram
60gb ssd boot
120gb ssd steam
250gb ssd blizzard
a few hdd's and other stuff
with a evga 750w gold psu
no bottlenecking or any other issues

I highly doubt that.

In any demanding title, a 8350 overclocked would struggle to hold up to any midrange card.

A 1650 super or RX590 would be the most id pair with it.

 

[julesbluemonday69]

sabertooth 990fx r2.0, that's the board I have, so no issues with the1080 card? I'm not experiencing any bottlnecks(that I'm aware of). I'm only using medium settings though..... If I try using unigine higher than medium my frames drop horribly. Also I'm not going to play the most demanding current games as I wait for games to drop in price. Most demanding game I'm playing now is Wolfenstein 2, and it looks pretty good. Just seeing what's the best I can throw at my machine without needlessly over doing it and the cpu overclock has been hard to factor in.

 

[white.a.drew]

I highly doubt that.

In any demanding title, a 8350 overclocked would struggle to hold up to any midrange card.

A 1650 super or RX590 would be the most id pair with it.

sabertooth 990fx r2.0, that's the board I have, so no issues with the1080 card? I'm not experiencing any bottlnecks(that I'm aware of). I'm only using medium settings though..... If I try using unigine higher than medium my frames drop horribly. Also I'm not going to play the most demanding current games as I wait for games to drop in price. Most demanding game I'm playing now is Wolfenstein 2, and it looks pretty good. Just seeing what's the best I can throw at my machine without needlessly over doing it and the cpu overclock has been hard to factor in.

no i"m not having any problems it's been running smoothly for the past year and hasn't dropped below 55 fps in apex on high settings

 

[DSzymborski]

no i"m not having any problems it's been running smoothly for the past year and hasn't dropped below 55 fps in apex on high settings

That's hardly an argument for the FX 8350; those are extremely poor framerates in Apex with a GTX 1080. That's about what a GTX 1060 ought to be seeing and that's if you're actually tracking that 55 FPS as the 1%/0.1% low.

A GTX 1080 ought to be seeing 100-120 FPS with a 1%/0.1% low in the 80-90 range at 1080p High in Apex. If your data is accurate, you're definitely seeing some serious bottlenecking.

 

[white.a.drew]

That's hardly an argument for the FX 8350; those are extremely poor framerates in Apex with a GTX 1080. That's about what a GTX 1060 ought to be seeing and that's if you're actually tracking that 55 FPS as the 1%/0.1% low.

A GTX 1080 ought to be seeing 100-120 FPS with a 1%/0.1% low in the 80-90 range at 1080p High in Apex. If your data is accurate, you're definitely seeing some serious bottlenecking.

not really you gotta remember that just because it's set to high doesn't mean haven't adjust other values. shadder's are set all the way up view range is at max 3d rendering and things of that nature max but other values are still set to high

 

[white.a.drew]

That's hardly an argument for the FX 8350; those are extremely poor framerates in Apex with a GTX 1080. That's about what a GTX 1060 ought to be seeing and that's if you're actually tracking that 55 FPS as the 1%/0.1% low.

A GTX 1080 ought to be seeing 100-120 FPS with a 1%/0.1% low in the 80-90 range at 1080p High in Apex. If your data is accurate, you're definitely seeing some serious bottlenecking.

Ps not only that but again I said it "DOESN'T DROP BELOW" 55fps not that that's what I avg or that that's what I sit around it's the lowest that it has ever hit......

 

[DSzymborski]

Ps not only that but again I said it "DOESN'T DROP BELOW" 55fps not that that's what I avg or that that's what I sit around it's the lowest that it has ever hit......

And still not good for the GPU; I doubt your eyes can see what the 0.1th percentile is. Someone might run into this thread and we want to ensure that they don't come across misinformation.

 

[ichizero]

Ps not only that but again I said it "DOESN'T DROP BELOW" 55fps not that that's what I avg or that that's what I sit around it's the lowest that it has ever hit......

Good sir... please get off your high horse and watch this FACTUAL GTX 1080 Benchmark Video.
It shows Apex Legends FPS at MAX settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4k... You didn't tell us your resolution... but I digress. You can be defensive all you want, but just do some benchmarks of your own and compare... You're bottlenecked... That's a fact of reality.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fGctnx3WDo


More data here; although with newer CPUs, but they all use a GTX 1080 for the benchmark.
https://www.fpsbenchmark.com/apexlegends/gtx-1080

An AMD 8350 CPU is decent OCed to 4.9Ghz, but it's not a miracle chip.
Just like how an 10 year old Ferrari has LOWER horse power than newer models due to NEWER engine designs... the equivalent of newer CPU Architectures; higher IPC.

And still not good for the GPU; I doubt your eyes can see what the 0.1th percentile is. Someone might run into this thread and we want to ensure that they don't come across misinformation.

Indeed... the worst thing you can do misinform users with older hardware. It will influence their upgrade decisions and can be disastrous...

 

[white.a.drew]

And still not good for the GPU; I doubt your eyes can see what the 0.1th percentile is. Someone might run into this thread and we want to ensure that they don't come across misinformation.

no and thats fair im not saying your wrong i'm just saying from my experience 1080 isn't having any issues with the 8350. it might be and you can be right. However using a 144hz monitor at 1680x1080p I'm not experiencing any visual buffers, lag spikes, and or anything of that nature apex, overwatch, watch dogs, and gta v even more all run smoothly. all high to max settings depending on the game so far i haven't ran into any game that it wont play high to max settings.