Will FX-8350 Bottleneck Nvidia GTX 970?

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So I just got my MSI GTX 970 a couple of days ago, and started to see the card underperforming when playing games. I have an AMD FX-6300 and learned that the CPU was bottlenecking my GPU. If I am going to buy an Intel CPU, I would have to buy a new motherboard plus the Intel CPU aswell, which costs a bit. Instead, I would just like to upgrade my AMD CPU. Will AMD FX-8350 bottleneck GTX 970?
 
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Going from the FX 6300 to the FX 8350 wont show much improvement in gaming. (Same can be said for the i5 4690K & i7 4790k). As you can see here even the top of the line AMD CPU will bottleneck GPU's higher than a R9 280X/GTX 770.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-fx-8370e-cpu,3929-7.html

If your gaming at 1080p 60fps or higher resolutions than the FX 8320/8350 is fine. I had a FX 6300 OC to 4.5ghz and upgraded to the FX 8320 and see no difference in gaming so i returned it and switched to Intel with gave me more stable FPS and better minimum frames withed is the most important in gaming.

I suggest overclocking your FX 6300 and save up for Intel or AMD next generation CPU's.

I'll be selling an i5 4690K soon if your interested.
 
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It won't bottleneck.

FX 8350 will be fine with a single GTX 970. It would be fine with dual 970's in SLI as well.

FX 8350 scales better than an i5 in Crossfire, but not quite as well as an i7.


For example:

Unigine Valley
Primarily uses a single CPU core
Will max my Gigabyte GTX G1 Gaming 970 @ 99% usage 1500/3800
My FX 8350 is at 80% or so on just one core @ 4.5GHz


Another example:

Guild Wars 2
Primarily single core limited render pipe
I get 50-60 FPS on average in PvE areas with maxed details + Supersampling. In Zergs I get the same FPS as friends with i7 4770k CPUs. +/- 1-2 FPS difference max.

You'll be fine.
 
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Wow they have a 979 out now wow lol you will be fine with the 8350 you wont bottleneck .. You don't need A INTEL I 5 SYSTEM for gaming you can do just fine with the 8350 or a 8320 you even have headroom to over clock save some money run the amd system until you want to build a entire new system again you will be fine running the 970.

Infact you be better off buying the 8320 and you can oc it if you like and you would save a few bucks from buying the 8350

 
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The amount of false information in this thread gives my brain hurt.
Even though people say that the fx 8350 will not bottleneck a gtx 970, it is crystal clear that IT WILL bottleneck. By about as much as the fx 6300, actually.
Going with an I5 and motherboard is a much smarter move.

For evidience, google up some benchmarks and/or check the links in my signature.
 
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sometimes price is a major factor. We would all get better performance if we went out and bought a 4790k and a new motherboard, but sometimes the jump in performance isnt worth the price to some people.
 
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My motherboard is a Gigabyte 970A-D3P, and no, I don't have an aftermarket cooler.
 
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^ then grab an aftermarket cooler & overclock your fx 6300 .
Me & ifreestylin are on the same wavelength - the only reason a 8350 will perform better is because of the increase in raw clock frequency not because of the extra 2 cores.
It would be an expensive option for not a lot of benefit.
I even agree with dubbleclick up to a point - the gtx 970 is too powerful for any of the fx chips at stock clocks - changing to an Intel is monstrously expensive.
Get your 6300 up to 4-4.1ghz ,disable all the power saving crap & turbocore & it will perform significantly better with your shiny new gtx 970.
Even the cheapo sub $20 zalman cnps5x is entirely capable of a 4ghz clock on a 6300.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007B5PSG8/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1419350828&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX200_QL40&dpPl=1&dpID=51eYozOOX3L&ref=plSrch
 
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^ if you have any games with built in benchmarks ie grid autosport,tomb raider,crysis games,shadow of mordor,dragon age inquisition.
Post em here & I'll do a bench on mine on mine at max settingd to show you what a 4ghz clock does for performance with a 970.
 
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Ok, so I tried to overclock to 4 GHz, since I dont have cooler I didn't want to go higher, and after overclocking I tested FarCry 4. Before the overclock I got 30-50 fps. After it went down to 20 and it stayed around 20. I changed it back in it works fine now, but I don't really know where I got it wrong.
I tried to follow a tutorial.
 
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What are your temps?
 
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I think max was 65 Celsius, I didn't play much. It was only to test.[/quotemsg]

You should verify the OC with CPU-Z and then check your temps under load to see everything's fine. If it's still not working after that, we need to look at other things.
 
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I think max was 65 Celsius, I didn't play much. It was only to test.[/quotemsg]

like antilli says 65c is too high,your cpu will likely downclock at those temps

point me to the tutorial you used to overclock mate,Id like to have a look,I wouldnt recommend doing anything while you have the stock cooler personally but at 4ghz 65c on a stock cooler is still a few degrees higher than I woudl expect.


 
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You should verify the OC with CPU-Z and then check your temps under load to see everything's fine. If it's still not working after that, we need to look at other things.[/quotemsg]

Ok, I overclocked it again, to 4.2 GHz. Tested with 3DMark. Before my score was 6060, after it was 7792. Tried FarCry 4 again and noticed it would go from 50-60 and it actually stayed at 60 at times. I think I got it working now :) When I get my CPU cooler I can maybe overclock even more.
 
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I'm running r9 295x2 with fx 8370 overclocked ro 4.8 and it looks like my gpu is bottlenecking . Conclusion from bf4 graph while gaming my cpu line is below gpu line and still pushing 100+ fps on ultra with BenQ xl2720z monitor. So I think you would be fine with single 970 or sli 970 with better cpu like 8320 or 8370 to get more clock speed out of the box. If you are not affraid overclocking then 8320 and push it to 4.8 with good cooler. Don't get any 8370e which is power saver thing with amd cause that's kind of missing the point of having performance. Or try overclocking your 6300. Hope that helps
 
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