Will my CPU bottleneck RX 480?

[DGB]

now that the specs for the card have been released, i don't know if my CPU will bottleneck it or not.

CPU-FX 8350

[Philcat101]

I wouldn't know, many people talking about it just bust into flamewar

My guess is yes...?

[Imakuni]

5 minutes ago, DGB said:

now that the specs for the card have been released, i don't know if my CPU will bottleneck it or not.

CPU-FX 8350

We'll only be able to tell once the card is actually out. I suspect yes, the FX is a pretty outdated chip.

[yackson]

i used to have a phenom ii 1100t and it did bottleneck a hd7970 in gta 5 (stuttering, low gpu usage). the fx 8350 only has marginally better single core performance (usually what causes the bottleneck) than the 1100t. the hd7970 is similar to an r9 380x performance-wise, and the 480 is supposed to be a lot better than that. so yes, i'm afraid it will bottleneck.

[Anarchyz11]

No one knows and it depends on the game.

 

But unless the card is way weaker than expected, yes, an FX-8350 will likely have issues in certain games.  

[No]

i honestly dont think itll be that bad

[Nena Trinity]

Depends on the game but mostly no! (just buy Zen later if it does...)

[Prysin]

1 hour ago, DGB said:

now that the specs for the card have been released, i don't know if my CPU will bottleneck it or not.

CPU-FX 8350

from my own testing with a R9 295x2 (dual 290X), the FX 8320 running at 4.6GHz will run a 290X mostly fine, and when running two 290Xs its at least bottlenecking them by 20-30%

 

As time goes on, games get more multi threaded and less focused on single thread. So it might not be totally shit

[legonate416]

First of all, bottlenecking is a relative term. If you're running CPU intensive games such as GTA V, Just Cause 3, or The Witcher 3, Arma 3, etc., (or any open world game in general), you will experience FPS loss that cannot be fixed by turning down visual settings. This is a CPU bottleneck. 

 

If you're running mostly GPU intensive games, like most First Person Shooters, or VR games in general, or even older games at high resolutions you will have a GPU bottleneck, and to fix it is to simply turn down some of the visual settings. 

 

So it really depends on the games you play. What games ARE you playing?

 

Personally I would prefer a GPU bottleneck to a CPU bottleneck. 

[ivan134]

Yes