I just bought a Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHZ OC 2 GB 256 -bit card for $160 to improve lag (Very Little, Only on ultra) and performance in games like skyrim and far cry 3. I upgraded from an hd 7770 and am wondering how big of a difference i will see and if it will bottleneck badly. I am not worried too much about a small bottleneck if my performance is still very improved. In a few months i will probably upgrade my FX processor which i know is not a great series for gaming but i want to keep with my build as long as i can. which FX cpu should i go to?
Current Build
-AMD FX-4100 Zambezi 3.6GHz
-SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB 128-bit
GDDR5
-G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB -MSI 970A-G46 AM3+
-2 Western Digital WD
Blue 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache
-CORSAIR CX series CX500 500W ATX12V -Cooler
Master Hyper 212 Plus
Current Build
-AMD FX-4100 Zambezi 3.6GHz
-SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB 128-bit
GDDR5
-G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB -MSI 970A-G46 AM3+
-2 Western Digital WD
Blue 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache
-CORSAIR CX series CX500 500W ATX12V -Cooler
Master Hyper 212 Plus