Howdy,
I looked around for a bit and couldn't find a thread quite like this one, so I apologize if this has been addressed elsewhere.
My current setup is an AMD FX-8350 (120mm cooler) with a GTX 970 Windforce, and admittedly I haven't kept up with components over the last couple of years. My question is, at this point, what would likely be bottlenecking me more? I'm a college student and could only afford to upgrade one or the other at this time, considering a new CPU means having to pick up a new motherboard and upgrading to DDR4 ram. I play games like the new Modern Warfare, Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord, and everything in between, and if I had to guess, the single core performance of the FX-8350 isn't doing me any real favors (especially with Mount and Blade, castle sieges of 500 troops are insufferable). At the same time, I think the 970 struggles pretty badly with particles, as whenever a throwable is tossed my way in Modern Warfare, it gets a bit chunky for a couple of seconds until it settles is. Loading chunks regardless of game gives me so obvious clunks too, which is pretty annoying when it occurs during a shootout in Warzone and costs me valuable hitmarkers. I'm far from max settings and performance still suffers.
All answers are appreciated, and better still if you have specific suggestions on what a "worthy" upgrade would be for either component. I'm looking to spend between $300 and $400 dollars with either route.
Thanks!
I looked around for a bit and couldn't find a thread quite like this one, so I apologize if this has been addressed elsewhere.
My current setup is an AMD FX-8350 (120mm cooler) with a GTX 970 Windforce, and admittedly I haven't kept up with components over the last couple of years. My question is, at this point, what would likely be bottlenecking me more? I'm a college student and could only afford to upgrade one or the other at this time, considering a new CPU means having to pick up a new motherboard and upgrading to DDR4 ram. I play games like the new Modern Warfare, Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord, and everything in between, and if I had to guess, the single core performance of the FX-8350 isn't doing me any real favors (especially with Mount and Blade, castle sieges of 500 troops are insufferable). At the same time, I think the 970 struggles pretty badly with particles, as whenever a throwable is tossed my way in Modern Warfare, it gets a bit chunky for a couple of seconds until it settles is. Loading chunks regardless of game gives me so obvious clunks too, which is pretty annoying when it occurs during a shootout in Warzone and costs me valuable hitmarkers. I'm far from max settings and performance still suffers.
All answers are appreciated, and better still if you have specific suggestions on what a "worthy" upgrade would be for either component. I'm looking to spend between $300 and $400 dollars with either route.
Thanks!
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