CPU Upgrade beneficial?

[ocean_xoul]

Hi guys,

I'm currently running an AMD FX6300 with a single R9 280X. I'm planing to buy a second for running them on crossfire. Would it be beneficial to upgrade the CPU to a FX8350? Will I see a significant increase in performance with two R9 280X over an FX6300 with two R9 280X, especially in gaming?

Greetings from Germany.

[Guest Emrye]

I would say it isn't worth the extra money to upgrade. The FX-6300 may bottleneck a little bit, but it still should perform fine.

[Joshua Ondangan]

well with current games right now. it's like there but barely noticable. (single gpu wise)

 

well about the part where you crossfire 280x with the 8350 I won't have much Idea about that. so far I've only tried a single gpu solution on a 8320/50.

 

you can always buy the gpu and xfire it now.

 

then when you see huge bottleneck then just up to a 8320.

[Guest]

Since most games have trouble using more than 4 cores (let alone 8), probably not. That is if we're strictly talking about gaming, if you have other programs running in the background you may see a difference. I was about to suggest a higher OC on the CPU, but since yours is already running at 4.8GHz that's probably not going to happen.

[ocean_xoul]

Probably not.^^ Unless I'm switching from watercooling to ln2 but I guess it wouldn't be very convenient to constantly fill up the liquid nitrogene while gaming.

[shorinman]

Since most games have trouble using more than 4 cores (let alone 8), probably not. That is if we're strictly talking about gaming, if you have other programs running in the background you may see a difference. I was about to suggest a higher OC on the CPU, but since yours is already running at 4.8GHz that's probably not going to happen.

That's why buying an FX 8350 is senseless. Considering the Intel options within that same price range. More, yet weaker cores, whereas games typically benefit more from fewer, yet stronger cores I.e. Intel chips in general.

[Guest]

That's why buying an FX 8350 is senseless. Considering the Intel options within that same price range. More, yet weaker cores, whereas games typically benefit more from fewer, yet stronger cores I.e. Intel chips in general.

 

If you're doing nothing but gaming, yes. Programs that utilize all 8 cores are amazing on an 8350. Also, with a heavily overclocked 8350 you could do tons of multitasking while gaming, something where an intel quad- or dual core would really struggle.

[shorinman]

If you're doing nothing but gaming, yes. Programs that utilize all 8 cores are amazing on an 8350. Also, with a heavily overclocked 8350 you could do tons of multitasking while gaming, something where an intel quad- or dual core would really struggle.

I don't think Intel struggles at anything as the differences would - at best - be negligible. In order to avoid fanboyism, I will say that both camps bring great performance to the table and unless you're running games or software that prefer one over the other, both will provide a great, modern computing experience.

[Guest]

I don't think Intel struggles at anything as the differences would - at best - be negligible. In order to avoid fanboyism, I will say that both camps bring great performance to the table and unless you're running games or software that prefer one over the other, both will provide a great, modern computing experience.

 

Sorry but an i5 or a dualcore from intel will struggle greatly if you play a game while streaming and encoding a video at the same time, for example. That's where the 8 core gets interesting, since the game probably won't use more than 4 cores anyway you still have processing power to spare for those other things. I'm not saying that an 8350 will be amazing at that scenario, but for the price (and it is in the i5 territory for the most part) it is a multitasking beast and will probably do all those things "fine". Not amazing, but good enough that you probably won't notice a huge difference. The i5 (or indeed a dualcore) would just crap themselves in that situation. That has nothing to do with fanboyism either, I'm running an i5 4670k myself, it's just a matter of more cores and more threads being incredibly useful for multitasking, even if the individual cores are weaker.