Will my fx 6300 bottleneck my crossfired 280x's?

[Max McCarthy]

I've got at 6300 oc'd to 4.1ghz. Right now, I have one r9 280x, and I am considering getting a second for crossfire. Will I run into any CPU Bottlenecking?

 

[englandr753]

At some point Id say yes depending on the resolutions and games youre playing. What motherboard do you have? It may be worth dropping in the best cpu your motherboard can support to reduce any cpu bottlenecks.


Unfortunately the AMD platform isnt as great of a gaming platform as it once was. I hope that changes soon.


Are you having issues playing something that is making you think you need a 2nd 280x or are you just itching to upgrade?

 

[Max McCarthy]

I currently have an Asus M5A99fx Pro r2.0 motherboard. I use a single 1080p monitor. I just really want to max out bf4 and get above 60 fps.

 

[nikoli707]

at 1080p a single 280x should already be above 60fps. you are already bottlenecking.

sli 770s and 64man shanghi

 

[Max McCarthy]

I easily get above 60 fps on high, just not ultra. The lowest it gets is into the 50's on ultra.

 

[nikoli707]

keep on ultra, turn down post processing to the lowest and turn aa down to 2xmsaa.

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

Yes.

 

[Max McCarthy]

Would an 8320/8350 be better?

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

The problem is not the amount of cores, the problem is AMD FX processor low instructions per cycle, aka single core performance. This is what is going to increase your FPS by going Intel, across the board in all games. I own an AMD FX-6300, and overclocked it's still not enough, the IPC of Intel is way ahead of AMD today. In an MMO for instance, an Intel with a R9 285, or similar, is going to have higher FPS against an FX and an R9 280x/290. Your board will be able to handle a 8350 though, so up to you, no gain in FPS by upgrading though, majority of games use less threads than more.