Will it bottleneck?

Hieb · October 7, 2014

Online. At the local PC shop here where everyone gets their parts from, both the i3 and the 8FX are ~170

Tell them to stop overcharging for the i3 =P

I wish I had a shop around here that had good prices :c

Hieb · October 7, 2014

You're on the LTT forum. At least know what goes on around here. http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/6782-i5-3570k-vs-fx-8350-showdown-part-1-1080p-no-aa/

I can't view the file. Can you show me where it has a video of an FX-6300 or FX-8320 outperforming an i3 in Battlefield 4 multiplayer?

edit:

managed to find an online app to view the file

A graph of the 8350 having a couple extra fps than the 3570K in BF3 doesn't tell me much.

a. Was it multiplayer or single-player? What were the conditions?

b. How does this affect your claim about Battlefield 4?

Even the FX-8350 + GTX 780 fails to keep the framerate above 60 and is frequently dipping to the 40s and 50s in the video I linked, and it's being recorded with Shadowplay. Meanwhile the i3-4130 and GTX 760 keeps the fps above 60 99.9% of the time... i wish i could find actual CPU comparisons in the game using identical settings, identical GPU, and playing on the same map... but i made do with what i had

From the videos I fail to see anyway that an FX-6300 would be better than the i3 for BF4, and how you suggest that it would support a GTX 970 without issue in games that will use 6 threads.