Bottlenecking the 390x

[aleksapro123]

Currently my system specs are as follows:
ASUS Strix 390x
b75-d3v mobo
8gb 1600mhz ram
I5-3350p@3.1
630W PSU
Im currently having problems in games where i want to max out settings (1080p) and I get bottlenecked by the cpu.
What lga1155 cpu would satisfy my needs for >60fps in games at max settings?
I understand some games won't be optimized well but i consider Witcher 3 to be an excellent game optimization wise and i did get some fps drops in areas where theres alot going on; ex. Cities.
So do you think i need an upgrade or maybe something else?

 

[dangus]

that cpu is just fine. how do we know this is getting bottlenecked? the 390x can't truly max out every game at 1080p...if we're talking all sliders to the max. like witcher 3...i have a 4770K @ 4.5ghz and a gtx 970...i get fps dips at 1080 max on witcher 3.

 

[dangus]

it's just an intensive game with basically the best graphics...you can overclock that cpu you know, right? you can up it to 3.9ghz all-core and that may help a little bit. i'm not sure if your motherboard would let you do this you may need a z75/z77 board but it's possible. did it myself with that same cpu.

 

[aleksapro123]

it's just an intensive game with basically the best graphics...you can overclock that cpu you know, right? you can up it to 3.9ghz all-core and that may help a little bit. i'm not sure if your motherboard would let you do this you may need a z75/z77 board but it's possible. did it myself with that same cpu.

I know its the cpu thats limiting it when the GPU is at 80% and CPU at 100%, also the processor is a ''p'' so its not overclockable, and i would understand your fps drops with your 970 because the video memory maybe goes above 3.5gb and then it starts using the slow memory

 

[dangus]

it's just an intensive game with basically the best graphics...you can overclock that cpu you know, right? you can up it to 3.9ghz all-core and that may help a little bit. i'm not sure if your motherboard would let you do this you may need a z75/z77 board but it's possible. did it myself with that same cpu.

I know its the cpu thats limiting it when the GPU is at 80% and CPU at 100%, also the processor is a ''p'' so its not overclockable, and i would understand your fps drops with your 970 because the video memory maybe goes above 3.5gb and then it starts using the slow memory

yes the processor IS overclockable. the "p" in the name only designates that the CPU has no integrated intel HD graphics.

like i said...i personally have overclocked that CPU on a friend's system. you can overclock it up to 400mhz with a z75/z77 motherboard. i also overclocked my old i7-3770(non-k). it works. http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1896935/overclock-series-sandy-ivy-bridge-cpus-messing-bclk.html

also enabling "all-core turbo mode" of whatever it's called in the bios will allow the CPU to hit its max boost on all 4 cores. which will also help with some games.