Bottleneck!

[Jgomez]

I was wondering if the AMD FX-8320 (8 Core 3.5GHz) would bottleneck an NVIDIA GTX 970 SLI?

[AresKrieger]

Probably, fx chips aren't strong single core, and will be strained with that much gpu @Jgomez

[Aytex]

get a z97 and a 4460 for around the price of a 970

 

assuming you already have a 970 and your thinking about getting another one

[JebKerman]

yes, but if you plan to upgrade from the FX, it doesn't matter

[Enderman]

yeah, it is, some games a lot more than others

[Jgomez]

So I am just better off getting an Intel processor. Thanks for the help. Appreciated all.

[reapersivan]

So I am just better off getting an Intel processor. Thanks for the help. Appreciated all.

get the 4460 or for great SLI go with 4690k

[dragoon20005]

is this a new build?

 

like other says get the Intel i5 4690K or the 6600K

 

and instead of 970s SLi

 

go for a single 980Ti

[Nena Trinity]

At 4K probably not but at 1080p sure!

[Benji_w]

I was wondering if the AMD FX-8320 (8 Core 3.5GHz) would bottleneck an NVIDIA GTX 970 SLI?

 

No problem here with a single 970 but everything in my system is overclocked.

[FruitBasketSilex]

At 4K probably not but at 1080p sure!

You've got that backwards. It would bottleneck at 1080p, but not, or at least only partially, at 4k.

[Nena Trinity]

You've got that backwards. It would bottleneck at 1080p, but not, or at least only partially, at 4k.

That is what I said...

[FruitBasketSilex]

That is what I said...

totally missed the "not" in there.

[incarnate]

The 8350 bottlenecks a single 970. Sli 970s..... Yeah.... even with a suicide overclock it would still be a huge bottleneck, unless you'll be gaming at very high resolutions

[Nena Trinity]

The 8350 bottlenecks a single 970. Sli 970s..... Yeah.... even with a suicide overclock it would still be a huge bottleneck, unless you'll be gaming at very high resolutions

If you play Dying Light, Arma or DayZ then Yes most games run over 60fps and if you want 144fps then you need i5 & 980Ti

[Benji_w]

The 8350 bottlenecks a single 970. Sli 970s..... Yeah.... even with a suicide overclock it would still be a huge bottleneck, unless you'll be gaming at very high resolutions

 

Getting full use out of mine, maxing the card so no it doesn't even with a 4.8ghz overclock (very easy to achieve...) do you own both an 8350 and 970 to confirm?

[incarnate]

If you play Dying Light, Arma or DayZ then Yes most games run over 60fps and if you want 144fps then you need i5 & 980Ti

Limited fps is a symptom of a bottleneck not a bottleneck itself. A bottleneck is where one component limits the usage of another, you can have a bottleneck at 5 fps, you can an even bigger bottleneck at 300 fps.

The question wasn't would he reach 60 fps, but if the cpu would cause a bottleneck, and unless he's gaming at very high resolutions, the bottleneck would be massive and not worth using a second 970

[incarnate]

Getting full use out of mine, maxing the card so no it doesn't even with a 4.8ghz overclock (very easy to achieve...) do you own both an 8350 and 970 to confirm?

At what resolution? That is the important factor. There are games where it won't bottleneck, others it will depending on resolution.

Either way, an 8320 with sli 970s would be bottlenecked at all but the highest resolutions.

To answer your question, no I don't own an 8350, I was basing that off a multitude of tests that were posted online. I'm not saying you're lying, I could very well be wrong about an fx 8 and a single 970.

[Benji_w]

At what resolution? That is the important factor. There are games where it won't bottleneck, others it will depending on resolution.

Either way, an 8320 with sli 970s would be bottlenecked at all but the highest resolutions.

To answer your question, no I don't own an 8350, I was basing that off a multitude of tests that were posted online. I'm not saying you're lying, I could very well be wrong about an fx 8 and a single 970.

 

I play at 1080p I'm sure 1440p would be no problem either. I haven't maxed out my overclock for my 970 yet as I've not flashed the bios to remove the thermal limits on the stock bios.

[Nena Trinity]

Limited fps is a symptom of a bottleneck not a bottleneck itself. A bottleneck is where one component limits the usage of another, you can have a bottleneck at 5 fps, you can an even bigger bottleneck at 300 fps.

The question wasn't would he reach 60 fps, but if the cpu would cause a bottleneck, and unless he's gaming at very high resolutions, the bottleneck would be massive and not worth using a second 970

A FX at 4.5GHz with 6 to 8 cores should work great with A 970 but some games is simply very poorly optimized... Yet other games such as H1Z1 & Planetside runs much smother and they have more Zombies and Players!

[incarnate]

A FX at 4.5GHz with 6 to 8 cores should work great with A 970 but some games is simply very poorly optimized... Yet other games such as H1Z1 & Planetside runs much smother and they have more Zombies and Players!

Number of cores doesn't matter so much beyond 4 since, until dx 12, draw calls will run on one core only regardless of how many cores the game's logic uses

[incarnate]

I play at 1080p I'm sure 1440p would be no problem either. I haven't maxed out my overclock for my 970 yet as I've not flashed the bios to remove the thermal limits on the stock bios.

Higher resolutions are less cpu bound so if 1080p is fine, so will 1440p

[Nena Trinity]

Number of cores doesn't matter so much beyond 4 since, until dx 12, draw calls will run on one core only regardless of how many cores the game's logic uses

Like I have mentioned a million times more cores only can help minimum frame-rate for now!

[Sir_Chicken]

I was wondering if the AMD FX-8320 (8 Core 3.5GHz) would bottleneck an NVIDIA GTX 970 SLI?

It will a lot. Get an i5 or i7 instead and don't get sli 970. Get a single 980 ti instead. Lower temps, Lower noise, Lower power consumption.

[Benji_w]

Number of cores doesn't matter so much beyond 4 since, until dx 12, draw calls will run on one core only regardless of how many cores the game's logic uses

 

More and more games will start using more cores. I'm not saying that the FX range will be used more on newer titles, but the 6300 was doing pretty well against an i3 skylake in the witcher 3 even though the reviewer gimped the 6300 with a shit motherboard and ram.

 

Higher resolutions are less cpu bound so if 1080p is fine, so will 1440p

 

Well then great, I'm golden, because I seriously have no issues at 1080p.