fx 8320 with r9 290

[megamax124]

hey everyone,

ive recently seen some videos and reviews on the combo fx8320 with an r9 290. it says that it will perform really bad on bf4

is this really that bad of a combo and can you give an estimate on the fps in bf4 on what settings

have a nice day

~max

[Paul567]

I don't have exact benchmarks but from what I have heard BF4 is more intensive on the GPU than it is on the CPU. This means that your FX-8320 should be ok.

 

What I do have for benchmarks is a comparison video between the i5 4690k and the FX-8320. It uses an overclocked GTX 780 but the R9 290 should be somewhere close to that. Then again, mantel may affect that to some degree. The video below starts at the single player benchmarks where they test BF4 and show that the FX-8320 gets about 100FPS.

 

http://youtu.be/26UKz42uQ1Y?t=1m37s

[cesrai]

I don't have exact benchmarks but from what I have heard BF4 is more intensive on the GPU than it is on the CPU. This means that your FX-8320 should be ok.

 

What I do have for benchmarks is a comparison video between the i5 4690k and the FX-8320. It uses an overclocked GTX 780 but the R9 290 should be somewhere close to that. Then again, mantel may affect that to some degree. The video below starts at the single player benchmarks where they test BF4 and show that the FX-8320 gets about 100FPS.

 

http://youtu.be/26UKz42uQ1Y?t=1m37s

Yeah it's more intensive on GPU that CPU but it's CPU intensive too, if you want a CPU intensive game I would Metro LL.

[Paul567]

Yeah it's more intensive on GPU that CPU but it's CPU intensive too, if you want a CPU intensive game I would Metro LL.

 

That video linked to also contains benchmarks for Skyrim which is apparently more CPU intensive. Its around that point that you start to see the FX-8320 taper off and the 4690k really pull ahead.

[KeltonDSMer]

BF4 isn't necessarily "more GPU intensive than CPU intensive", it is simply a well threaded game which allows the 83xx to use more of its resources to run the game. Skyrim is the opposite and only runs on 1-2 threads which is the worst case scenario for the 83xx (a situation where a dual core Haswell outperforms the 83xx by quite a bit).

 

A 290 might not always run 99% usage in BF4 with an 83xx, but that is actually a "best case scenario" game for that CPU.

[The_Evenger]

i have a fx8350 and duel r9 290s, with just one r9 290 the CPU does evidently bottleneck sometimes, but with duel r9 290s, it's extremely evident with both GPUs sitting below 50% most of the time, the fact of the matter is: for whatever reason the r9 290 is more CPU hungry than the NVidia equivalents.

 

I'm currently saving up to switch to a i7 4790k, so i would suggest not that combo.

 

Edit: and if you do go with a 8350 r9 290 combo, some maps will be out of the question unplayable. like pearl harbor on a full server, it's a stuttering mess.

[cesrai]

That video linked to also contains benchmarks for Skyrim which is apparently more CPU intensive. Its around that point that you start to see the FX-8320 taper off and the 4690k really pull ahead.

Wasn't skyrim one of the worst unoptimized games ?

[Sintezza]

FX8320 with 290 is totaly fine for BF4.

You will only maybe notice some frame dips at 1080p multiplayer 64+ players.

But you also have mantle which helps allot on the minimum frames.

 

If you play BF4 single player, then you are GPU bound mainaly.

[Majestic]

It's ok-ish because you can enable mantle on a 290.

 

It would be seriously underpowered without it though.

 

Could you perhaps put this into context? Which of the two parts is already in your posession, and which are you thinking about buying. As shown in the benchmarking here, even at a steep OC, it can't beat a locked i5.

[SteveGrabowski]

hey everyone,

ive recently seen some videos and reviews on the combo fx8320 with an r9 290. it says that it will perform really bad on bf4

is this really that bad of a combo and can you give an estimate on the fps in bf4 on what settings

have a nice day

~max

 

I thought BF4 loved AMD CPUs?

 

[SteveGrabowski]

nm 

[Majestic]

I thought BF4 loved AMD CPUs?

 

 

 

That is single player.