Best graphics card for the amd fx 6300?

[BigTapir]

I am thinking about upgrading from a gtx 660 and what is the best possible upgrade with out getting a cpu bottle neck?

 

[Enderstream]

Upgrading to a GTX 960 would be a massive performance boost, Although CPU bottleneck may occur, What motherboard/cooling solution do you currently use?

 

[hardikkchavda]

Get a R9 270x or GTX 750 ti both will be great.

 

[rockie_]

GTX 960 - 54% more FPS , TDP 120W
R9 280X 62% more FPS , TDP 250W
both with slight bottleneck
might overclock FX 6300 if the mobo allows it

 

[Enderstream]

If you upgrade to a 960 or 280, You will still bump into bottleneck, Unless you decide to overclock which you need a motherboard that supports overclocking and has a 4 + 1 Power phase (Higher is better) and Good cooling..

 

[st3v30]

Even if it does bottle neck it i would still go with r9 280x cuz of 3 GB VRAM vs 2 on GTX 960,newer games will need more VRAM.
One of the best r9 280x out there https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-r9280xdc2t3gd5
If you go with 280x you will need good PSU.Can you tell us what PSU do you have atm.

 

[Enderstream]

Even if it does bottle neck it i would still go with r9 280x cuz of 3 GB VRAM vs 2 on GTX 960,newer games will need more VRAM.
One of the best r9 280x out there https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-r9280xdc2t3gd5
If you go with 280x you will need good PSU.Can you tell us what PSU do you have atm.

I agree with going with the 280x,

 

[BigTapir]

Upgrading to a GTX 960 would be a massive performance boost, Although CPU bottleneck may occur, What motherboard/cooling solution do you currently use?

I have a gigabyte 970a-d3p mobo and a h100i liquid cooler

 

[BigTapir]

Even if it does bottle neck it i would still go with r9 280x cuz of 3 GB VRAM vs 2 on GTX 960,newer games will need more VRAM.
One of the best r9 280x out there https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-r9280xdc2t3gd5
If you go with 280x you will need good PSU.Can you tell us what PSU do you have atm.

I have a corsair cx750m 750W psu

 

[rockie_]

enough for R9 280X , even for R9 290

 

[st3v30]

That will be more then enough.

 

[BigTapir]

so what do you think the over all best gpu i could get is?

 

[st3v30]

How much is your budget,but for FX 6300 max GPU is R9 280x

 

[BigTapir]

How much is your budget,but for FX 6300 max GPU is R9 280x

i could spend anywhere from 200-300 dollars

 

[st3v30]

Then R9 280x is best you can get and anything stronger you will get bottleneck in more CPU intensive games.Or if you can wait 2 or 3 more months for new R9 3xx line to come out.

 

[BigTapir]

Then R9 280x is best you can get and anything stronger you will get bottleneck in more CPU intensive games.Or if you can wait 2 or 3 more months for new R9 3xx line to come out.

even if i over clock that is the very best

 

[st3v30]

Maybe with some hard like 4.5+ ghz you can probably fit in r9 290 or gtx 970.But also depends on game if it only need GPU power you will see no bottleneck but if you want to play BF4 on 64 man server you will see some.

 

[st3v30]

here you can see stock vs OC fx 6300 with r9 280.In 2nd row in graph you can see gpu temp and usage and other CPU frequency and after that is CPU usage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL8brcNWE8M
Some games stay same some get improvement.