R9 Fury Crossfire w/ FX8320

[RuLeZ]

This is the price of an I5 with a good mobo (locked):

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/m4JKcf

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/m4JKcf/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£141.26 @ More Computers)

Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£58.76 @ Scan.co.uk)

Total: £200.02

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-12 16:50 BST+0100

 

(unlocked):

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/z78FYJ

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/z78FYJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£178.00 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£56.93 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £234.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-12 16:52 BST+0100

 

This is the price of a single 9590 and please bear in mind the fact you need a very good after market cooler as well:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7jD2xr

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7jD2xr/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-9590 4.7GHz 8-Core Processor  (£204.17 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £204.17

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-12 16:52 BST+0100

The first MB doesnt support CF, the OP wants to do it later.

But the second one is a nice deal

[RuLeZ]

Sure, not every game.. Games played at 8K and Ultra visuals wont..

But really most modern games played at normal settings will.

I dont know which resolution he wants to use, but if he wants CF of Fury, I am almost sure that he wants something like 4K.

 

[ADZ_123_!"£]

The first MB doesnt support CF, the OP wants to do it later.

But the second one is a nice deal

Didn't notice the lack of Xfire support, LOL B)

[Mkfish]

Well as some of you pointed out this is indeed to drive 4K. I had strong suspicions that I'd need to upgrade to a stronger processor anyway so this doesn't come as much surprise. I'm just glad I'll now be making the informed upgrade choice rather than wasting money on a 9590 that isn't really going to serve me much better!

So as if I needed more of an excuse to build a new Intel platform, I think I found a good one

[ADZ_123_!"£]

Well as some of you pointed out this is indeed to drive 4K. I had strong suspicions that I'd need to upgrade to a stronger processor anyway so this doesn't come as much surprise. I'm just glad I'll now be making the informed upgrade choice rather than wasting money on a 9590 that isn't really going to serve me much better!

So as if I needed more of an excuse to build a new Intel platform, I think I found a good one

Sounds like a very good plan to me. :B

[arniks8]

Well as some of you pointed out this is indeed to drive 4K. I had strong suspicions that I'd need to upgrade to a stronger processor anyway so this doesn't come as much surprise. I'm just glad I'll now be making the informed upgrade choice rather than wasting money on a 9590 that isn't really going to serve me much better!

So as if I needed more of an excuse to build a new Intel platform, I think I found a good one

If your going 4k then you can probably stick with your current CPU.

[Prysin]

I used to run a FX 8320 OCd to 4.52 GHz with an R9 295x2. The 295x2 has a performance that is GREATER then that of a single Titan X. Yet, in The Witcher 3 i could NEVER break 33 FPS outside of the menus... I swapped to a i7 4790k and instantly went up to 58-65 FPS for the most part (sure there are some dips here and there). So in the end, YES, you will be bottlenecked by the FX CPU no matter what.

[RuLeZ]

I used to run a FX 8320 OCd to 4.52 GHz with an R9 295x2. The 295x2 has a performance that is GREATER then that of a single Titan X. Yet, in The Witcher 3 i could NEVER break 33 FPS outside of the menus... I swapped to a i7 4790k and instantly went up to 58-65 FPS for the most part (sure there are some dips here and there). So in the end, YES, you will be bottlenecked by the FX CPU no matter what.

Maybe was a problem with a driver.

On this case is playing with a GTX 980 with a low resolution and the CPU is far from being a bottleneck

[Prysin]

Maybe was a problem with a driver.

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

On this case is playing with a GTX 980 with a low resolution and the CPU is far from being a bottleneck

At low.... i play at full settings.

Interestingly enough, the FX had less of a performance impact running with Hairworks on, then my 4790k does. Perhaps the FX handles physics in some other way then intel does, i dunno.

Also, that benchmark is at 1080p, i do not play at 1080p, i play at 3440x1440. So it is less of a driver issue, and more of a pure resolution issue

[79wjd]

At low.... i play at full settings.

Interestingly enough, the FX had less of a performance impact running with Hairworks on, then my 4790k does. Perhaps the FX handles physics in some other way then intel does, i dunno.

Also, that benchmark is at 1080p, i do not play at 1080p, i play at 3440x1440. So it is less of a driver issue, and more of a pure resolution issue

Higher resolutions reduce CPU bottlenecks. 

[Prysin]

Higher resolutions reduce CPU bottlenecks. 

depends. Higher aspect ratios often causes more shit to appear on the screen (not much, but a little). Thus CPU gotta deal with more stuff.

 

That or just because I DO NOT USE NVIDIA CARDS, so PhysX (yes, its there) is dumped onto my CPU.

[Bouzoo]

Absolutely not. Unfortunately the Fury will be bottlenecked which has been said. Maybe the bottleneck will be lower with DX12, but that will be only for games that will support DX12. Older games that don't support DX12 and use very few threads will have problems with that CPU. That's the reality.

[RuLeZ]

depends. Higher aspect ratios often causes more shit to appear on the screen (not much, but a little). Thus CPU gotta deal with more stuff.

 

That or just because I DO NOT USE NVIDIA CARDS, so PhysX (yes, its there) is dumped onto my CPU.

Higher resolution means that the GPU needs to work more, aspect ratio does increase the CPU usage, but not even near as much as the GPU usage inscrease due to the much higher resolution. So, the higher the resolution, the lower the bottleneck caused by the CPU, thats why, lower resolutions are the best to test CPU performance.

[Nena Trinity]

I think you should try to OC that CPU to 5.0 at turbo or buy a better FX CPU!

[kipper]

Who the fuck buys a Fury X with an FX?

 

At least go Phenom II like me with a R9 390.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Who the fuck buys a Fury X with an FX?

 

4K gaming. 

[kipper]

4K gaming.

Was a joke LOL

[-iSynthesis]

Who the fuck buys a Fury X with an FX?

 

At least go Phenom II like me with a R9 390.

Phenom II are beasts <3. 

 

@OP at high resolutions you shouldn't see too big of a bottleneck, however i strongly reccomend getting at least an i5 for dual fury's

[sgloux3470]

If you run it at resolutions where Fury Crossfire makes sense, you'll be fine.  If you're running anything less than triple monitors or 4K, don't bother with two.

 

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