Bottleneck?

[Luhan]

Will a Athlon X4 860K @ 4.6 Ghz bottleneck a R9 280/x/285 playing at 1080p and 1440? LG 21:9 monitor? Will it be a significate gpu upgrade from the r7 260?

[ThyFeared]

No bottleneck and it will be a big upgrade.

[Luhan]

No bottleneck and it will be a big upgrade.

What's the highest graphics i can go?

[Fate]

Probably not, and it's definitely a significant upgrade.

 

What's the highest graphics i can go?

With your overclock, I would guess a 290 at 1080p and 980 or higher at 1440p but honestly I'm not sure (resolution goes up, bottlenecks go down). 

[lani100]

Will a Athlon X4 860K @ 4.6 Ghz bottleneck a R9 280/x/285 playing at 1080p and 1440? LG 21:9 monitor? Will it be a significate gpu upgrade from the r7 260?

It will bottleneck yes it will be a huge upgrade.

[Luhan]

Probably not, and it's definitely a significant upgrade.

With your overclock, I would guess a 290 at 1080p and 980 or higher at 1440p but honestly I'm not sure (resolution goes up, bottlenecks go down).

Ah i see, im a bit confused since people tell me otherwise

[Guest]

Will a Athlon X4 860K @ 4.6 Ghz bottleneck a R9 280/x/285 playing at 1080p and 1440? LG 21:9 monitor? Will it be a significate gpu upgrade from the r7 260?

Just so you know. The R9 285 is slower than the R9 280.

[soaringchicken]

You might need to oc it but you should be fine, and that will be a significant bump up

[Luhan]

Just so you know. The R9 285 is slower than the R9 280.

Thanks for the heads up

[Briggsy]

an 860K won't hold back a 280 in the slightest at those clocks. Except for a couple cry engine & Frostbite engine games that seem hellbent on ignoring shader instancing, and demanding a lot more draw calls - you should be good.

[Fate]

Ah i see, im a bit confused since people tell me otherwise

Aye the 860k is a bit weaker than I originally thought. 

It might will bottleneck the R9 290 in some quite a few games at 1080p with that overclock, though I'm not sure as I can hardly find information and I'm relying on synthetics.