Would a AMD FX 8350 bottleneck a R9 295x2?

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CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($149.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GT 113.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($149.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($175.85 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: AMD Radeon R9 Gamer Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($119.95 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Core Edition Video Card ($599.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe ATX Full Tower Case ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 1300W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($157.04 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($17.88 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.75 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1657.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-04 04:29 EST-0500
 
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http://anandtech.com/bench/product/697?vs=1261

While the i5 is better than the 8350, you can see in a lot of the game benchmarks that the gap is not particularly wide. And the only benchmarks where the FX isn't able to hit 50 FPS...are also the ones where the i5 also doesn't break 50 FPS.

So...unless you're gaming at extremely high resolutions, or playing a CPU-intensive, badly-ported ex-console game, you're not going to have any problems.
http://anandtech.com/bench/product/697?vs=1261

While the i5 is better than the 8350, you can see in a lot of the game benchmarks that the gap is not particularly wide. And the only benchmarks where the FX isn't able to hit 50 FPS...are also the ones where the i5 also doesn't break 50 FPS.

So...unless you're gaming at extremely high resolutions, or playing a CPU-intensive, badly-ported ex-console game, you're not going to have any problems.
 
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