FX-6300 bottleneck with a 980?

[WowAunusedName]

Hi all

Sorry but I need you to answer another one of my dumb questions.....

I recently upgraded from a gtx 770 to a 980. I haven't really had time to check a lot of games but I'm not really seeing an improvement on the ones I have tried. Pretty much get the same fps as far as I can see. I was wondering if it was my cpu, I realize it's not really a powerhouse but I like it enough and really haven't had any complaints as far as performance. Is the cpu slowing the 980 down or am I just not noticing any improvements. To my knowledge the gpu upgrade should have been significant.

How low end is the fx 6300? Its been with me since I bought a pre built that was running a 640.

I don't really know that much about pc's, I can build them but that's really as far as it goes for me. Any comments would be appreciated. Sorry if I'm a noob/newb/scub!

 

[ShadyHamster]

Sadly, yes, your FX6300 will be the bottleneck, the GTX770 was actually the perfect card to be running with the FX6300, anything above that and the CPU will start being the bottleneck.

Did you completely remove the old drivers and reinstall the latest ones when you installed the 980?

 

[WowAunusedName]

@Shadow - ty can you recommend a new cpu?

@Shady - I just ran the install disc, pretty sure it deletes the old drivers.

 

[WowAunusedName]

While trying to figure out the quote system I accidentally picked best answer, no idea how to cancel it. Still need some help 🙁 sorry

 

[madmatt30]

There's not really anywhere practical to go upgrade wise on the amd side mate.
Depending on your motherboard an aftermarket cooler & a substantial over clock would go some way to alleviate the bottleneck but a 980 is not a sensible choice for any rig unless you're running 1440p and/or 100htz+.

It takes an overclockable k Intel chip to get the most from a 980 ,a 970 would have been a more sensible choice - you would have still only hit the same fps as your old 770 but with everything maxed out.

 

[ShadyHamster]

As madmatt said, there isn't really anything to upgrade to on the AM3+ side of things, yes there are the 8core cpu's but for the price they don't really offer that much more performance over your current cpu.
The cheapest solution would be to buy an aftermarket cooler and look into overclocking your current cpu, would greatly depend on what motherboard you have though.
Upgrading to any i5 cpu would be the only upgrade i would recommend, this of course is a more expensive route then overclocking your current cpu but will be the best option.

The drivers on the included disc with the graphics card are always out of date, download the latest drivers from the nvidia website.

 

[WowAunusedName]

I wasn't ready to upgrade since I was fond of my 770 but my brother needed a new gpu so I gave it to him and got the 980 as a replacement. Overclocking the fx 6300 is not something I wanted to do. It looks like even with a decent overclock it would pretty much still be lesser than a good i5/i7 at base clock. Not sure how an amd 6 core does against a intel quad but I heard that intel is pretty much better.

I know you said i5 but the 4790k is not that expensive so would it be better to get that and a new motherboard? I've heard good things about them overclocking and I really don't want to waste the 980. I currently have 3 1080p monitors but plan to upgrade my main monitor soon enough. Just want to get a good pc setup that I can keep for a while.

Once again I'm not really that knowledgeable with the specifics so sorry if I said something that doesn't make sense.

 

[ShadyHamster]

In most games you wont notice any difference between the i5 and the i7, the i7 does have the core clock advantage but there are very few games that will make use of the extra threads and the 4690k can easily be oc'ed to the 4790k speeds, so unless you are doing other things like video editing/rendering you may as well save the $100 or so and go with the i5

 

[WowAunusedName]

Ok I might do that then, ty for the help.

 

[mrhippo900]

Do you plan on staying with your current motherboard? Or do you want to make the big jump to Intel?

 

[Melkur at Dol Guldar]

Hi all

Sorry but I need you to answer another one of my dumb questions.....

I recently upgraded from a gtx 770 to a 980. I haven't really had time to check a lot of games but I'm not really seeing an improvement on the ones I have tried. Pretty much get the same fps as far as I can see. I was wondering if it was my cpu, I realize it's not really a powerhouse but I like it enough and really haven't had any complaints as far as performance. Is the cpu slowing the 980 down or am I just not noticing any improvements. To my knowledge the gpu upgrade should have been significant.

How low end is the fx 6300? Its been with me since I bought a pre built that was running a 640.

I don't really know that much about pc's, I can build them but that's really as far as it goes for me. Any comments would be appreciated. Sorry if I'm a noob/newb/scub!

Sorry to reply to this thread after so long, I know it is old. This site is not what it used to be. The people giving you answers to this question are grossly misinformed, Intel biased, or do not have the proper level of affinity with technology to give you a proper answer.

The answer to you question is...YES, an FX 6300 will certainly be able to be paired with a GTX 980. The FX 6300 is a CPU that can easily best any I3 on the market, and can also best any low end I5. I have read on this site people suggesting an I5 4660 as CPU for the 980, a cpu that ranks below FX 6300 according to Furmark. I have seen the realtime benchmarks of an FX 6300, stock, running along side a 980 and was shocked that in some titles the 980 was taxed to a 98% GPU load while the CPU load was in the high 80% range!

Of course, the games were running in 1080P. Running in a higher resolution for newer titles would probably require an upgrade. In the end, you can run the FX 6300 stock, or you can overclock it, as I would recommend, no higher than 4.0 Ghz on the stock cooler, 4.1 - 4.3 for an aftermarket fan based solution, or up to 5.0 Ghz with a water cooled solution. With the OC you should have more flexibility with 1440p resolutions, but I would still be selective. Lastly, OC the CPU (or not), but if you must OC the GPU- make sure it is a slight one, under 10% efficiency. The reason I say this is because the stock GTX 980 is the most powerful card you can pair to a stock FX 6300. A higher tier card would see the effects of unoptimized hardware values. So if you OC one, it might be suggested to OC the other. The factory OC on a 9800 doesn't affect things, in that regard, to cause concern. Just remenber to keep the CPU and GPU balanced if you go around optimizing things, as you don't have tons of headroom. Hope this helps, sorry I'm so late.