Will my CPU bottleneck my GPU?
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Brillis Wuce
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The 270 is a mid-tier card, and the 4300 should be enough to go along with it. Check out the video below...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQJGAhSMC08
This is with the 270x, and it seems to be performing fine. Would you get better performance with something like the 6300? Yes. It's up to you whether its worth it or not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQJGAhSMC08
This is with the 270x, and it seems to be performing fine. Would you get better performance with something like the 6300? Yes. It's up to you whether its worth it or not.
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The 4300, 6300, and 8320 all perform very similar in gaming if thats what your doing with this pc then the 4300 should be just fine. And it depends on the game most games it wont but in cpu intensive titles like bf4 it will. My fx 6350 overcloked to 4.7ghz bottlnecks my gtx 760 a bit in bf4 and its pretty bad in rome total war 2, and arma engine games. but every other game i play works just fine with no bottleneck
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Shouldn't have any issues, except in games like WOW and other cpu based games. The majority of games out shouldn't cause any bottlenecking
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*There's a lot of confusion on the topic of bottlenecking:
1) There's always a bottleneck in a computer. It just means the part that if replaced your system for THAT PARTICULAR GAME would run better.
2) The bottleneck varies a lot between games. Some may be more CPU bottlenecked and some may be more GPU bottlenecked.
3) *You can improve your experience in some games with a better CPU like the FX-8350 and the same card but it's arguably NOT worth it. You'd need to look up individual game benchmarks to see how the FX-4300 compares to FX-8350 or FX-6350 etc.
For example: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/57615-amd-vishera-fx-6300-fx-4300-review-12.html
A noticeable benefit to Deus Ex but not significant for the other two games at least IMO to justify the cost of the new CPU. If you play a lot of BF4 or well threaded games especially in Multiplayer you may notice a 20% to 40% improvement.
I'd consider just saving up your money and replace the guts with an INTEL setup. For example in a year or so maybe the successor to the i5-4690K, suitable motherboard and Windows 10 64-bit OEM.
*With the FX-8350 already a bottleneck in most games that will just continue to be a problem especially when you get a new graphics card and the difference is greater. So again maybe WAIT, go with INTEL and then that will be rock solid for years after that.
4) Carefully TWEAKING game settings goes a long way to getting a great experience. As opposed to simply going for HIGH settings and dropping below 30FPS.
5) RADEONPRO has a cool feature called "Dynamic VSYNC" (I think that's the name.. I did use it). It works the same as NVidia's Adaptive VSYNC. Let's assume you want 60FPS VSYNC because the game gets a lot of screen tear (otherwise tweak to maintain at least 40FPS).
a) Run FRAPS. Run Game. VSYNC to OFF.
b) tweak settings (AA, shadows, possibly resolution to 1600x900) for the best balance to maintain 60FPS at least 90% of the time
c) Force DYNAMIC VSYNC on for that game only.
d) *the game should now stay at 60FPS most of the time but if it drops then VSYNC is auto turned off thus getting a bit of screen tear but not micro-stutter. (You can get really bad STUTTER if you drop below the target refresh with VSYNC ON. This solves this issue)
e) Alternatives: The "HALF" method for maintaining 30FPS on 60Hz monitors. Ideal for slower game play with screen tear that you can't achieve 60FPS. CnC 3 runs 30FPS by default and works great.
(or "HALF" method for 72FPS on 144Hz monitors for same reason)
SUMMARY:
- Bottleneck... yes at times
- Upgrade worth it? Must investigate games you play
- recommend waiting and get better INTEL
May want to PRINT THIS and think carefully about when to use VSYNC ON, VSYNC OFF, or adaptive/dynamic VSYNC.
1) There's always a bottleneck in a computer. It just means the part that if replaced your system for THAT PARTICULAR GAME would run better.
2) The bottleneck varies a lot between games. Some may be more CPU bottlenecked and some may be more GPU bottlenecked.
3) *You can improve your experience in some games with a better CPU like the FX-8350 and the same card but it's arguably NOT worth it. You'd need to look up individual game benchmarks to see how the FX-4300 compares to FX-8350 or FX-6350 etc.
For example: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/57615-amd-vishera-fx-6300-fx-4300-review-12.html
A noticeable benefit to Deus Ex but not significant for the other two games at least IMO to justify the cost of the new CPU. If you play a lot of BF4 or well threaded games especially in Multiplayer you may notice a 20% to 40% improvement.
I'd consider just saving up your money and replace the guts with an INTEL setup. For example in a year or so maybe the successor to the i5-4690K, suitable motherboard and Windows 10 64-bit OEM.
*With the FX-8350 already a bottleneck in most games that will just continue to be a problem especially when you get a new graphics card and the difference is greater. So again maybe WAIT, go with INTEL and then that will be rock solid for years after that.
4) Carefully TWEAKING game settings goes a long way to getting a great experience. As opposed to simply going for HIGH settings and dropping below 30FPS.
5) RADEONPRO has a cool feature called "Dynamic VSYNC" (I think that's the name.. I did use it). It works the same as NVidia's Adaptive VSYNC. Let's assume you want 60FPS VSYNC because the game gets a lot of screen tear (otherwise tweak to maintain at least 40FPS).
a) Run FRAPS. Run Game. VSYNC to OFF.
b) tweak settings (AA, shadows, possibly resolution to 1600x900) for the best balance to maintain 60FPS at least 90% of the time
c) Force DYNAMIC VSYNC on for that game only.
d) *the game should now stay at 60FPS most of the time but if it drops then VSYNC is auto turned off thus getting a bit of screen tear but not micro-stutter. (You can get really bad STUTTER if you drop below the target refresh with VSYNC ON. This solves this issue)
e) Alternatives: The "HALF" method for maintaining 30FPS on 60Hz monitors. Ideal for slower game play with screen tear that you can't achieve 60FPS. CnC 3 runs 30FPS by default and works great.
(or "HALF" method for 72FPS on 144Hz monitors for same reason)
SUMMARY:
- Bottleneck... yes at times
- Upgrade worth it? Must investigate games you play
- recommend waiting and get better INTEL
May want to PRINT THIS and think carefully about when to use VSYNC ON, VSYNC OFF, or adaptive/dynamic VSYNC.
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