Athlon X4 860K + R9 ?

[AMDMike]

As the title says im building a rig with an X4 860K on an msi A88XM gaming, whats the best gpu I can pair with this I would like a 290 or 290X if possible.

[KamiKatze]

I'd get a R9 280 or 285 at best. At that point the CPU would probably start to throttle in some games.

[AnnoyedShelf]

As the title says im building a rig with an X4 860K on an msi A88XM gaming, whats the best gpu I can pair with this I would like a 290 or 290X if possible.

I'd cap it at a 285 or 280X. Anything higher and the CPU is going to bottleneck it.

[JoaoPRSousa]

I'd get a R9 280 or 285 at best.

 

Told you @XPS630i

[huracan]

athlon and r9 is not the best combination but id suggest to get a r9 270/270x . or perhaps investing in a balanced build like a fx 6300 and r9 280x or a core i5 and r9 290x or something like that.

[Jumper118]

As the title says im building a rig with an X4 860K on an msi A88XM gaming, whats the best gpu I can pair with this I would like a 290 or 290X if possible.

you can pair it with a 290 if you want but the cpu will hold it back in most things.

[harrynowl]

Well depending on what you play you may get away with it. In games that don't really care for CPU power it'll be fine with a 280X, in games that do care about CPU power you'll limit the potential of most R9 series cards.

[dvw24]

In a 1080P  game the R9 270 / 270x can run at ultra/high and still get decent fps. 

   

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLQrZseRlew

And if you have more money to spend I'd suggest upgrading your socket. Currently the 860K is the highest end CPU in it´s socket?

The money you save, going with a lower end GPU, you can spend on a Higher CPU + MOBO Class 

Unless you're playing on higher resolution. Than not