Have FX9370 and R9 280x better GPU or CPU first?

[Darnacus]

Hello.

I wanted to upgrade my GPU R9 280x to RX580, but then I realized that my CPU FX9370 would probably bottleneck RX580.

I intend to play games at 1080p Now I have only 60 hz monitor, but I will upgrade my monitor later in this year to 144 hz.

So I was thinking should I buy now RX 580 8gb (about 300€ where I live) or should I buy new motherboard, cpu and ram first? New CPU, motherboard and ram obviously needs more money, about 450€ ...was thinking Ryzen 5 1500X for CPU (220€ where I live)

I have budget 300-350€ now so I need to save some more if I would upgrade CPU/motherboard/Ram first.

I am open for all suggestions about upgrades and I am not AMD fanboy 😛

So what would you wise people suggest. ^^'

 

[turkey3_scratch]

I would just upgrade the GPU, the CU should still be fine.

 

[boosted1g]

If you want to play at 1080p at 144hz you need better then a 580. You would need a GTX 1070 for that, AMD does not make anything to compete wtih the 1070.

If at all possible I would wait until June to see how the new AMD Vega cards stack up, if nothing else it will drive prices down a bit.

 

[Darnacus]

If you want to play at 1080p at 144hz you need better then a 580. You would need a GTX 1070 for that, AMD does not make anything to compete wtih the 1070.

If at all possible I would wait until June to see how the new AMD Vega cards stack up, if nothing else it will drive prices down a bit.

Gtx 1070 would be awesome, but that price... Almost 500€ In finland if vega will not put nvidia's prices down, but if I get 1070 then bottleneck would surely be there?

 

[Darnacus]

Gaming In 144hz is not must and was thinking to get amd gpu because freesync.

 

[boosted1g]

Correct you would bottleneck any fx series CPU with a GTX 1070

If high frequency is not maditory then a GTX 1060 or RX 580 would be fine.
If you are not just gaming but also doing photoshop, video editing, handbrake, cad, etc; those programs can utilize the CUDA cores found in NVIDIA cards and thus split the tasks among CPU and GPU to see faster render times. Thus you will get way more use for your money getting a GTX 1060 over a RX 580 if you do those tasks.