FX 4100 + GTX 970

[jem.graham]

Hey guys,

So I've just ordered my 970 and I was wondering if my CPU would bottleneck it's performance in anyway. I know the term bottleneck is way over used, but I'd just like to know the performance differences compared to an i5 or something.

Thanks, Jem

[Sir Asvald]

There will be a bottleneck. An i5 4460 would work fine. 

[minibois]

Yeah, it will bottleneck. Quite a bit actually. Depending on the game you might lose like 30% performance or something.. (Based of FX 6300 vs. i5 4460 benchmarks. The i5 doesn't bottleneck the 970 and the 6300 performs about the same as the 4300 in games because most games use 4 cores max)

[don_svetlio]

Yeah, it will bottleneck. Quite a bit actually. Depending on the game you might lose like 30% performance or something.. (Based of FX 6300 vs. i5 4460 benchmarks. The i5 doesn't bottleneck the 970 and the 6300 performs about the same as the 4300 in games because most games use 4 cores max)

The FX 6300 is on par with an i3 4130 so I'd say the 4100 is a LOT worse

[manikyath]

well, it always depends how cpu/gpu bound games are, and some other factors.

 

but yeah... i'm not really feeling that combo.

 

look into a cpu & mobo upgrade in the near future. you could probably sit out zen launch tho.

[Arwanell]

get a used i5 4440, they are really cheap

[jem.graham]

Yeah, it will bottleneck. Quite a bit actually. Depending on the game you might lose like 30% performance or something.. (Based of FX 6300 vs. i5 4460 benchmarks. The i5 doesn't bottleneck the 970 and the 6300 performs about the same as the 4300 in games because most games use 4 cores max)

Oh shit, I didn't think it would be that bad fuck

[minibois]

Oh shit, I didn't think it would be that bad fuck

What GPU do you have now?

 

It's not bad as in games are not playable, it's just that the performance increase is probably not/not very noticeable

[minibois]

The FX 6300 is on par with an i3 4130 so I'd say the 4100 is a LOT worse

As you can see, the Athlon X4 860K performs in most of these benchmarks a tad bit or similar to for example the FX 8370E. The 4100 performs ever so slightly better than a the 860K and as you can see there's a FX 6350 in these benchmarks, so you can compare a bit.

So the FX 4100 will perform very similar to the FX 6300, not "a LOT worse". And you also can't directly say 1 CPU is as good as another, because it still highly depends on the game you will play (That is for example why I didn't include the Tomb Raider 2013 benchmark, because that was just a whole bunch of CPU's on pretty much the exact same fps)

[don_svetlio]

As you can see, the Athlon X4 860K performs in most of these benchmarks a tad bit or similar to for example the FX 8370E. The 4100 performs ever so slightly better than a the 860K and as you can see there's a FX 6350 in these benchmarks, so you can compare a bit.

So the FX 4100 will perform very similar to the FX 6300, not "a LOT worse". And you also can't directly say 1 CPU is as good as another, because it still highly depends on the game you will play (That is for example why I didn't include the Tomb Raider 2013 benchmark, because that was just a whole bunch of CPU's on pretty much the exact same fps)

So Digital Foundry are wrong?

[jem.graham]

What GPU do you have now?

 

It's not bad as in games are not playable, it's just that the performance increase is probably not/not very noticeable

I've got a HD 6850, so I hope to see a pretty big performance increase in most games, maybe not huge increases in something like 3DMark Fire Strike

[Patrick Bateman]

Yeah it will bottleneck badly.

[minibois]

I've got a HD 6850, so I hope to see a pretty big performance increase in most games, maybe not huge increases in something like 3DMark Fire Strike

From that GPU, the 970 will perform better (even with your CPU), you just wont get the fps numbers the benchmarks get.

I would consider upgrading your CPU probably.

[Nena Trinity]

For a 970 you need a FX-6300(OCed to 4.5 or above minimum!) but a modern i3 or a older i5 will be a good match to!