Is this a good OC?

[Moondrelor]

So this was my first time ever overclocking anything. Please tell me if this is a good OC for my first time?

 

GPU - Radeon R9 380

Core Clock From 990 to 1100

Memory Clock from 1375 to 1475

 

Valley Benchmark Scores

Stock score 1511

OverC Score 1633

 

Stock Average FPS 36.1

OverC Average FPS 39.0

 

Stock Min FPS 15.4

OverC Min FPS 16.6

 

Stock Max FPS 71.7

OverC Max FPS 76.1

 

ExtremeHD 1080p FireStrike

Stock Score 6314 - Graphics Score 8548 - Physics Score 5564 - Combined Score 2290

(I need to get this bench when I get home today after work)

 

CPU - FX-6300

I need to get a new cooler before I can OC this, but I also feel like it's bottle-necking my system...

[Fluxx]

Just looked at some reviews and they get in the high 2000s in the benckmark scores

[Moondrelor]

Just looked at some reviews and they get in the high 2000s in the benckmark scores

 

I'm trying to figure out if I got a junk card or if my CPU is bottle-necking it at this point... I guess it's time to go with an i5-4460? Idk

[Fluxx]

I'm trying to figure out if I got a junk card or if my CPU is bottle-necking it at this point... I guess it's time to go with an i5-4460? Idk

This guy has a 4460 and gets a score of 3029: 

[Giki]

~snip

You're not thermal throttling are you?

[Patrick Bateman]

to know if its bottlenecking check gpu usage and cpu usage if cpu usage is 100 percent and gpu usage is low then you have  a bottleneck. looks like a bottleneck tho because of your scores

[Moondrelor]

This guy has a 4460 and gets a score of 3029: -snip-

 

Wow...

That's two times better than mine... So does this prove my CPU is bottle necking it?

 

**And everyone said the FX-6300 doesn't bottle neck a 380...

[Moondrelor]

You're not thermal throttling are you?

 

No, but my but my coreclock shoots down for less than a second and back up, even at stock speeds... Could that be my problem? Constantly. Is that normal? Just Goes up and down but it's up more than it is down, it's never a flat line when it goes down, just a spike.

 

to know if its bottlenecking check gpu usage and cpu usage if cpu usage is 100 percent and gpu usage is low then you have  a bottleneck. looks like a bottleneck tho because of your scores

 

I don't think CPU was at 100%, but then again, I didn't have that chart up... I will look tonight when I get home from work.

[Patrick Bateman]

but he was at 1080p default settings

[Enderman]

**And everyone said the FX-6300 doesn't bottle neck a 380...

who told you this?

 

because they are very wrong

[Moondrelor]

who told you this?

 

because they are very wrong

 

More than a handful of people on this forum. First time I have used a AMD processor. Got it on Black Friday sales. 

[Patrick Bateman]

who told you this?

 

because they are very wrong

exactly. op should just buy an intel i5 and be done with it

[Moondrelor]

exactly. op should just buy an intel i5 and be done with it

 

I couldn't agree more... First time AMD CPU and I'm not very pleased with my results...

[Fluxx]

More than a handful of people on this forum. First time I have used a AMD processor. Got it on Black Friday sales. 

That's just really shitty on their part, overclocking would help but you would still run into bottlenecking problems on a lot of games. 

[Moondrelor]

That's just really shitty on their part, overclocking would help but you would still run into bottlenecking problems on a lot of games. 

 

Well, I guess the perk is. I have a mobo and cpu for a guest computer right?  

 

**always look on the bright side???? 

 

Nah.. I'm kind of upset about this. I really wasn't expecting such poor performance out of the 380 as I'm getting, and if it's the CPU, I am kind of more mad at myself than the forum. I put too much trust in what people said, but I doubt it would of been any better than going Intel Pent G3258. I didn't see the i5 on sale so I just sucked it up since I didn't have a lot of funds at the moment. 

[Fluxx]

Well, I guess the perk is. I have a mobo and cpu for a guest computer right?

 

**always look on the bright side???? 

 

Nah.. I'm kind of upset about this. I really wasn't expecting such poor performance out of the 380 as I'm getting, and if it's the CPU, I am kind of more mad at myself than the forum. I put too much trust in what people said, but I doubt it would of been any better than going Intel Pent G3258. I didn't see the i5 on sale so I just sucked it up since I didn't have a lot of funds at the moment. 

Can you return it by any chance?

[ShiftHitTheFan]

Well, I guess the perk is. I have a mobo and cpu for a guest computer right?

**always look on the bright side????

Nah.. I'm kind of upset about this. I really wasn't expecting such poor performance out of the 380 as I'm getting, and if it's the CPU, I am kind of more mad at myself than the forum. I put too much trust in what people said, but I doubt it would of been any better than going Intel Pent G3258. I didn't see the i5 on sale so I just sucked it up since I didn't have a lot of funds at the moment.

On stock clock, compare the fx 63 to a i3. Over clocked above 4.5ghz is when you can compare it to an i5. I agree on stock clock the 63 sucks compared to an i5.

Why would you buy an 6300 and not an 8300 at least?

[Moondrelor]

Can you return it by any chance?

 

Well, I ordered the CPU off Amazon, and I still have all the boxes... I got the Mobo off Newegg... Both on the same day, Black Friday.

I might be able to.

[Moondrelor]

On stock clock, compare the fx 63 to a i3. Over clocked above 4.5ghz is when you can compare it to an i5. I agree on stock clock the 63 sucks compared to an i5.

Why would you buy an 6300 and not an 8300 at least?

 

No moolahhh.

[ShiftHitTheFan]

No moolahhh.

Well, sorry to say this, but that was a stupid idea. It's always better to save up and buy bigger.

Idk who told you that an fx 6300 can compete with a newer i5 on stock. But whoever those people are, they are retarded.

Here is the CPU line:

Pentium<i3<Fx6300<FX8300<I5<I7

[Moondrelor]

Well, sorry to say this, but that was a stupid idea. It's always better to save up and buy bigger.

Idk who told you that an fx 6300 can compete with a newer i5 on stock. But whoever those people are, they are retarded.

 

No one said it can compete. I was told by 10+ people that it wouldn't bottle-neck a R9 380. They where obviously wrong...

 

It was a stupid idea to get AMD CPU at any rate. I should of stuck it out and got the i5 like I originally planned.

[ShiftHitTheFan]

No one said it can compete. I was told by 10+ people that it wouldn't bottle-neck a R9 380. They where obviously wrong...

It was a stupid idea to get AMD CPU at any rate. I should of stuck it out and got the i5 like I originally planned.

A fx 6300 can't really bottleneck a r9 380 unless it a mainly cpu game. It will a 390, but not a 380.

What resolution and what game?

[Moondrelor]

A fx 6300 can't bottleneck a r9 380. It will a 390, but not a 380.

 

But here I am looking at my system, average 30ish fps... and looking at another system, different cpu, 70ish fps.

[ShiftHitTheFan]

But here I am looking at my system, average 30ish fps... and looking at another system, different cpu, 70ish fps.

What game?

[Moondrelor]

What game?

 

It's here in the thread, first page. The YT video.