Question about XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB

[Zygor91]

Hi there,

I'm planning to buy this GPU soon, i'm curious how well i'll be able to play modern games at max settings with FX 6300 (Stock clock).

Will it be a huge bottleneck with XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB on my current cpu because I just installed it some days ago.

I'm mostly playing WoW but will also be playing some fps games such as BF4, Titanfall and some newer upcoming games.

Another question regarding RAM, I currently have 6gb of ram (1333mhz A-Data) and plan to buy Corsair 8GB (2x4GB) CL9 1600Mhz VENGEANCE LP along with the graphic card, is there a huge diffrence between 1333/1600,/18xxx/2,1xx and so on?

My mobo:

ASUS M5A97 R2.0

 

[Danoded]

The FX-6300 will not bottleneck the R9-280X in any manner that you will be able to detect. Bottlenecking is the new Boogeyman. It's funny how we never used to worry about it before but now it's as overused a word as terrorism. In the strictest sense, bottlenecking occurs with ALL CPUs when using top-end cards. In the real sense, bottlenecking means that the CPU will drag your video card down into unplayable frame rates. The FX-6300 will not do that to any GPU. No bottleneck here. You're fine and remember, bottleneck and boogeyman have something in common. They're both greatly exaggerated.

 

[Zygor91]

The FX-6300 will not bottleneck the R9-280X in any manner that you will be able to detect. Bottlenecking is the new Boogeyman. It's funny how we never used to worry about it before but now it's as overused a word as terrorism. In the strictest sense, bottlenecking occurs with ALL CPUs when using top-end cards. In the real sense, bottlenecking means that the CPU will drag your video card down into unplayable frame rates. The FX-6300 will not do that to any GPU. No bottleneck here. You're fine and remember, bottleneck and boogeyman have something in common. They're both greatly exaggerated.

Hahah, yeah that's true. I only know how to build a pc but when it comes to chose the right part to make a good 'balance' it worries me sometimes that I might have chosen wrong part.

Thanks for the explanation about bottleneck, I get it now