i3 4130 Crossfire

[Ober1kenobi]

I have a i3 4130 and a MSI R9 270, and I want to crossfire it with another R9 270 While I wait for broadwell to come out, or Devils Canyon if they will have K Sku processors. Quite interesting in Upgrading and kinda want to go with the Toc, Unless the refresh will be really good

My question is, would I be able to crossfire another R9 270 and factoring in the not perfect crossfire scaling and the CPU might not be able to handle all the power, How much of a performance gain would I get, and how much total performance would I be missing out on (vs say 4670k OC'd)? And I'd really only like Answers from people who have experience with an i3, would be great if it was the same 4130, because it somewhat of a beast , Refer to Austin Evans Video on i3 4130 vs 4670k (granted at clock speeds)

Don't want to go AMD there is plenty of reviews of the i3 keeping up or outrunning a 8350 in gaming...But the i3 Slaughters it in Single threaded apps

Currently getting AVG of 55-60FPS Ultra 1080p in Battlefield 4, Multiplayer will hover between 50-100 depending on explosions etc,

[creativename]

In older titles, you probably won't be missing much, in anything 2012+ you'll probably be missing quite a bit from an i5.

[harrynowl]

You wouldn't gain much performance X-Fire 270s with an i3, but when you upgrade to a i5 4690k (refresh, devils canyon) you'll get a big jump again.

[Ober1kenobi]

You wouldn't gain much performance X-Fire 270s with an i3, but when you upgrade to a i5 4690k (refresh, devils canyon) you'll get a big jump again.

Cheers, So there will be a K series refresh ?

It's not X but it's Overclocked passed a Standard 270X

[harrynowl]

Cheers, So there will be a K series refresh ?

It's not X but it's Overclocked passed a Standard 270X

Yep, the main goal behind devils canyon is to solve the poor thermals of haswell with better TIM So we should definitely see some decent overclocking.

[Ober1kenobi]

Yep, the main goal behind devils canyon is to solve the poor thermals of haswell with better TIM So we should definitely see some decent overclocking.

That's good to hear, I will probably end up buying both, in some regard HTPC and For Gaming, Yeh Haswell's thermals aren't great even my i3, but Australia has it's very warm and then warm days.... rain every now and then

[nokturrduk84]

If you can't afford i5, then try to overclock that cpu, I think you can it with bclk if I'm not mistaken.

[s3ns3]

what are guys talking about ? 

 

the performance increase will be based on cf optimisation of the game.fps with i3 would be about the same with a stock i5 . i3 haswell is very good it doesnt bottleneck a 780 if we were to go there

[Ober1kenobi]

If you can't afford i5, then try to overclock that cpu, I think you can it with bclk if I'm not mistaken.

Even if I were to do so, some places say not take bclk beyond 105-106, with a multplier of 34 I'd only gain 175Mhz, that's if it were possible

[s3ns3]

ups,the bottleneck will be your motherboard. the second pci-e slot runs at 4x. i strongly recommend not going CF. sell gpu and get a better one

 

i donno why you even ask when you get 50-100 fps on ultra in bf4 multiplayer with a 270 and i3. thats very good

[Ober1kenobi]

ups,the bottleneck will be your motherboard. the second pci-e slot runs at 4x. i strongly recommend not going CF. sell gpu and get a better one

 

i donno why you even ask when you get 50-100 fps on ultra in bf4 multiplayer with a 270 and i3. thats very good

Because with other games, like Farcry 3, Metro Last Light, etc, the intense games, it doesnt perform as good as that, for some reason this setup just chews up Battlefield 4 and spits it out

[s3ns3]

Because with other games, like Farcry 3, Metro Last Light, etc, the intense games, it doesnt perform as good as that, for some reason this setup just chews up Battlefield 4 and spits it out

yeah the cpu is responsible for -2-5fps less in crysis 3 but thats not a big deal, the big deal is that last light kills gpus . first upgrade gpu then if you really need it cpu. 

 

make sure advanced physx is off in last light and ofc ssao off,if you set it on 2x,bam gpu dead ,non playable frames. couse its a mid eng gpu

[Faa]

270's in CF is somewhat the performance of a 780 or 780ti and i3's dont bottleneck them in BF4..

[Spongy141]

270's in CF is somewhat the performance of a 780 or 780ti and i3's dont bottleneck them in BF4..

More like a gtx 770.  Even a 270x OC'ed CF isn't as powerful as a single 780 Ti.

[Ober1kenobi]

270's in CF is somewhat the performance of a 780 or 780ti and i3's dont bottleneck them in BF4..

You had a different opinion in another thread ? i3's are 'absolute trash' ?

[Ober1kenobi]

More like a gtx 770.  Even a 270x OC'ed CF isn't as powerful as a single 780 Ti.

Yeh I don't expect it to scale well.. we'll see how it goes I guess, my current 270 is OC'd passed a ref 270x

[Spongy141]

Yeh I don't expect it to scale well.. we'll see how it goes I guess, my current 270 is OC'd passed a ref 270x

Personally i would sell it and buy a better single GPU, not all games support CF, and the ones that do scale differently, so you might just only get like 5% FPS in one and 20% in another.

And to answer your question. Your i3 will bottleneck.

[Recon-UK]

The i3 will not bottleneck 270 crossfire, i do think a single GPU is a better option however.