Is my System bottlenecked

[xeroja876]

Here are the specs

 

AMD Phenom 2 1090T

R9280x (Windforce)

10GB of Ripjaw ram

SSD (OS)

HDD (storage)

Corsair 750W PSU

990FX Mobo

 

Do you guys think I need to update my processor and board to something newer I like to game at 1080p with everything maxe or do I simply need to move up to a R9 290x or maybe a GTX 970 

[WinNut]

You might want to upgrade.

 

Jamaica, Queens or Jamaica in the Caribbean?

[brownninja97]

yes

[Enderman]

yeah you need a much better CPU...

[xeroja876]

Jamaica in the Caribbean, but how much of a gain will I see changing my CPU and what do you recommend from the AMD line if possible

[Fate]

It's likely getting bottlenecked by your processor, I recommend upgrading to a 4690k or a locked i5 (4430/4460) if you can. 

[mapegl]

Actually your CPu is fine. I don't know why people think it would bottleneck your card, but at 1080p a 290X would not be bottlenecked by the 1090t.

 

http://www.techspot.com/articles-info/734/bench/CPU_01.png

 

 

The 1090t is almost as fast as the 1100t. So you are fine.

[SkilledRebuilds]

You won't see much benefit even with an FX processor as their not much of a jump from what you have.

Unless your video encoding..

For Gaming, not much gain.

 

 

Actually your CPu is fine. I don't know why people think it would bottleneck your card, but at 1080p a 290X would not be bottlenecked by the 1090t.

 

http://www.techspot.com/articles-info/734/bench/CPU_01.png

Thats a game where it probably won't thats for sure, but BF4 isn't representative of all games.

Many games do not reach optimal performance with many AMD CPU's.

 

 

See these posts for reference, the last week or two there has been SO MANY posts about it. These two specific posts have a LOT of info worth reading.

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/263646-how-is-the-fx-8350-for-games/page-8#entry3623952

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/266481-an-issue-with-people-bashing-the-fx-cpus/page-5#entry3621417

[xeroja876]

So if I got and i5 or i7 how much performance difference would I see?

[mapegl]

You won't see much benefit even with an FX processor as their not much of a jump from what you have.

Unless your video encoding..

For Gaming, not much gain.

 

 

Thats a game where it probably won't thats for sure, but BF4 isn't representative of all games.

Many games do not reach optimal performance with many AMD CPU's.

 

 

See these posts for reference, the last week or two there has been SO MANY posts about it. These two specific posts have a LOT of info worth reading.

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/263646-how-is-the-fx-8350-for-games/page-8#entry3623952

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/266481-an-issue-with-people-bashing-the-fx-cpus/page-5#entry3621417

1) True, Battlefield likes many cores which helps here and it is definitely not representative of all games. Although you can see that it still does perform at a good level for gaming.

 

2) I can't disagree with the posts,because I can't test it, though you are comparing completely different structures here. The 8350 has 8 modules, 2 modules on each of its four cores, not real cores as int an Intel CPU. The 1090t has six ACUTAL cores.

You won't see great performance increases by upgrading now unless you spend a lot of money and even then there won't happen much in some games and in others we are talking differences between 60 or 100 fps....which at a 60Hz display feels pointless to me. Personal opinion, but not worth spending a lot of money on I think.

If you really want to upgrad, be patient and wait for the new intel platform and get skylake. Hopefully they will actually be as efficient as expected.

[xeroja876]

so next question keep the 280x or move up to a 290x maybe a GTX 970

[dragoon20005]

so next question keep the 280x or move up to a 290x maybe a GTX 970

Keep the gpu. Until the price of the R9 390x is released.