Curious about compadability

[dman773]

I was thinking about upgrading my GPU and was wondering if I needed a whole new motherboard.

 

Specs

 

Mobo: ASUS M5 A97 R2.0

CPU: AMD FX-6300

GPU: Radeon R9 270x

PSU: 750w

 

So if I wanted to upgrade the r9 270x to a gtx 970 would there be any issues?

[Godlygamer23]

Board is fine. CPU might be an issue.

[Evolved_Evil]

It should work fine... Not familiar with cpu tho

[Guest]

Your CPU might be the bigger problem as it might bottleneck

[evilarceus]

You won't have a problem upgrading the GPU, but the CPU is a bottleneck. You might have to change your CPU and mobo to pump out the 970's full power. Probably a 4460/Some H97 mobo.

[MMKing]

The CPU is only a bottleneck in games such as Starcraft 2, Total war games, MMORPG games and other CPU intensive games. In which case, a top notch Intel CPU would also be a bottleneck. Games such as the Witcher 3, Last light, Battlefield 3,4 and Hardline will be bottle necked by the GPU long before CPU becomes an issue.

 

As for Dota 2, LOL, HOTS, CS:GO and Diablo 3. These games are designed to run on toasters.

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6396/the-vishera-review-amd-fx8350-fx8320-fx6300-and-fx4300-tested/5

 

As you can see, the difference in performance is not that huge before it goes to RTS and MMORPG games. With the exception of Dragon Age origins, but it's still above 120FPS in that title.

 

So yes, a 970 is compatible with your current hardware. And it will have major impact on graphically intensive games, though not so much in CPU intensive games.

[Godlygamer23]

Games such as the Witcher 3, Last light, Battlefield 3,4 and Hardline will be bottle necked by the GPU long before CPU becomes an issue.

All of those games are CPU heavy.

[MMKing]

All of those games are CPU heavy.

First of all, nowhere did i state that the games were not CPU heavy.

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page5.html

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/458-battlefield-3-performance/page7.html

 

I meant dying light in the post above* http://www.techspot.com/review/956-dying-light-benchmarks/page5.html

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/734-battlefield-4-benchmarks/page6.html

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/979-battlefield-hardline-benchmarks/page5.html

 

In what way are these games in any way shape or form CPU dependent games? They are certainly not light on the CPU, you are correct in that, but to call the FX-6300 a bottleneck for the 970 is a far fetched idea.

[dman773]

First of all, nowhere did i state that the games were not CPU heavy.

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page5.html

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/458-battlefield-3-performance/page7.html

 

I meant dying light in the post above* http://www.techspot.com/review/956-dying-light-benchmarks/page5.html

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/734-battlefield-4-benchmarks/page6.html

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/979-battlefield-hardline-benchmarks/page5.html

 

In what way are these games in any way shape or form CPU dependent games? They are certainly not light on the CPU, you are correct in that, but to call the FX-6300 a bottleneck for the 970 is a far fetched idea.

If I were to upgrade the cpu to an amd fx-8350 would it still bottleneck or limit performance?

[IateMApoo]

If I were to upgrade the cpu to an amd fx-8350 would it still bottleneck or limit performance?

FX 6300 with GTX 970 will work fine till you can afford a better CPU, try upgrading when Intel Skylake will be out.