390 vs 380 with a8 6600k

[GamallKall]

I can get a pretty great deal on a 390 for 300 USD but I only have a a8 6600k CPU so I was wondering if it would do any better than the r9 380 with the huge bottleneck, I can get the 380 for around 200 USD so maybe it's the better option because it bottlenecks less, I would really love some help,

 

Thanks !

[don_svetlio]

Get an R9 390 and upgrade the CPU when possible if you ask me.

[ShadowCaptain]

I can get a pretty great deal on a 390 for 300 USD but I only have a a8 6600k CPU so I was maybe wondering if it would do any better than the r9 380 with the huge bottleneck, I can get the 380 for around 200 USD so maybe it's the better option because it bottlenecks less, I would really love some help,

 

Thanks !

 

A bottleneck will not make performance worse, you just wont get full use of the 390 when there is a bottleneck

 

If you can get a good deal on the 390 get it, you can always upgrade your CPU later too

[Nacho Marco Segui]

Get the 390 and the updrage the cpu

[Lolucoca]

It will bottleneck a bit, but you can upgrade the CPU in the future

[Paytend01]

Get the 390, upgrade later (the Cpu i mean)

[don_svetlio]

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=AMD+A8-6600K+APU&id=1946

It's decent for now. You're going to be fine in GPU-bound games.

[ZetZet]

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=AMD+A8-6600K+APU&id=1946

It's decent for now. You're going to be fine in GPU-bound games.

Again, the most trust worthy benchmark known to humanity.  

[don_svetlio]

Again, the most trust worthy benchmark known to humanity.  

 

It makes proper use of all the cores

Admittedly, games aren't the same way.

[GamallKall]

Thanks for awesome responses ! I think I'll definetly go the route of buying a 390 then later on buy a i5 skylake !