Will my CPU bottleneck my GPU

[Prowlin]

I know that bottle necking is a very overused term but my GPU and my CPU are very different in price brackets so I was just wondering if there would be any issues. 

 

GPU MSI Radeon R9 390

 

CPU AMD FX-8350 Black Series

 

If you think it will what do you suggest instead

[MoonlightSylv]

You should be fine.

[Rocko]

No it won't you should be good.

[Necrodead]

You should be fine.

This.

 

Also inb4 "get any intel"

[Darth-Marius]

should be alright...

[don_svetlio]

Bottleneck city.

[DarkBlade2117]

Yes, the FX8 are not "great" CPUs.

[don_svetlio]

You should be fine.

 

 

should be alright...

 

No it won't you should be good.

In what world does an FX chip not bottleneck a 390? >.<

[MoonlightSylv]

This.

 

Also inb4 "get any intel"

?

[Darth-Marius]

i wouldn't recommend fx chips though

 

should be alright...

[don_svetlio]

?

 

i wouldn't recommend fx chips though

it will bottleneck quite a bit. A 380 is fine, 390 no.

[Necrodead]

In what world does an FX chip not bottleneck a 390? >.<

He would see increases from any i3 but it wouldn't be a huge bottleneck.

 

 

?

Waiting for the deluge of posts saying the FX is bad and to get an i3. Surprised there hasn't been more yet...

[Darth-Marius]

it will bottleneck quite a bit. A 380 is fine, 390 no.

fair point, i just am not sure about vishera

[don_svetlio]

fair point, i just am not sure about vishera

Vishera is better than Bulldozer but still quite bad.

[Dabombinable]

Yes it will. You should never go above an R9 280X/GTX 960 with any of the FX line.

[Morgan MLGman]

In what world does an FX chip not bottleneck a 390? >.<

Depending on a game, however he should be fine if he already has the CPU, he doesn't have to get a worse GPU cause of it if he can afford the 390, it's the top card he should get with that CPU imo, here's the video I made to check how the 8350 performs with a GTX 970, results should be similar with a 390.

He'd get up to 5-10fps increase with an i5-4690k which he can always upgrade to later. Having that 8350 does not justify grabbing a crappier GPU if he can afford the 390

[Darth-Marius]

Vishera is better than Bulldozer but still quite bad.

alas. i had hope.

[OAcesync]

It will bottleneck a bit especially in any CPU bound games

FX don't have good IPC compared to Intel so it doesn't have great perf. and sometimes even a i3 can outdo it

But should still be decent perf.

[don_svetlio]

Depending on a game, however he should be fine if he already has the CPU, he doesn't have to get a worse GPU cause of it if he can afford the 390, it's the top card he should get with that CPU imo, here's the video I made to check how the 8350 performs with a GTX 970, results should be similar with a 390.

 

970 is a different card with Nvidia's drivers - AMD rely on strong single CPU cores.

[Morgan MLGman]

970 is a different card with Nvidia's drivers - AMD rely on strong single CPU cores.

True, but the 390 is a more powerful card, with that in mind, the performance would be around the same I believe.

[Litargirio]

it will bottleneck quite a bit. A 380 is fine, 390 no.

^

This. Listen to the dude with 6800 posts. The bottleneck will indeed be quite notorious.

[i_build_nanosuits]

I know that bottle necking is a very overused term but my GPU and my CPU are very different in price brackets so I was just wondering if there would be any issues. 

 

GPU MSI Radeon R9 390

 

CPU AMD FX-8350 Black Series

it will depend on the game, screen resolution and settings. i would suggest an i5-4590 if you do not already own the AMD FX cpu, if you do then get the 390 or GTX970. play with full anti-aliasing and enjoy.

Consider a platform upgrade to skylake as a next move.

 

Depending on a game, however he should be fine if he already has the CPU, he doesn't have to get a worse GPU cause of it if he can afford the 390, it's the top card he should get with that CPU imo, here's the video I made to check how the 8350 performs with a GTX 970, results should be similar with a 390.

He'd get up to 5-10fps increase with an i5-4690k which he can always upgrade to later. Having that 8350 does not justify grabbing a crappier GPU if he can afford the 390

^^but this is also 100% correct (except the part in red i question), but nvidia dx11 drivers are more efficient and that 8 core CPU would perform better with a GTX970 i'm pretty sure.

turns out from the informations i've gathered you need quite a bit of CPU horsepower to max out these higher-end AMD GPU's and get good framerates.

In red is a number i highly question: when paired with an R9 390 running AAA titles at 1080p...an average of this would be good but i would believe it would be more than that. Minimum framerates and average frametime variance would be valuable data as well but from my experience even with a GTX780 which is weaker in every way the difference is more than that even without hyper-threading and no overclock.

 

TLDR: some games are CPU intensive and many others are not, if you already own the AM3+ platform it's still work picking up a strong GPU and make good use of it. If you do not already own an AMD FX CPU and motherboard then i suggest you do your research. Good luck!

[Khajiit Dealer]

This will bottleneck your GPU and lead to undesirable FPS in games

Not trying to hate on AMD but their processors are plain crap.

[WaitForMeImOnDialUp]

get the 390 dont settle for a lesser gpu..the 8350 will not bottleneck it in 80% of games and the ones it will, will still have very good performance. dont listen to haters 8350 is not that bad of a cpu..and dx12 is going to make alot of people feel dumb for saying it is.

[i_build_nanosuits]

get the 390 dont settle for a lesser gpu..the 8350 will not bottleneck it in 80% of games and the ones it will, will still have very good performance. dont listen to haters 8350 is not that bad of a cpu..and dx12 is going to make alot of people feel dumb for saying it is.

this user had a 1500$ budget cap for his gaming PC he contacted me through PM and i created a thread for him in the ''new builds and planning'' section of the forum which you can follow and comment here:

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/457494-1200-us-build-since-i-have-it-in-msg/