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X4 880K Bottleneck?

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Can someone please answer me on this one? I am gonna build a computer, and i am conisdering buying the R9 290X as the GPU for my build. But I was wondering if the X4 880K will bottleneck or if it will be fine? I am also new to this page, so I have no idea how things work around here, but anyways.. Thanks for the replies :)

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Yes, the 880k will definetly bottleneck a 290.

 

But I got to ask: Why are you even considering buying a 290 at this point?

 

The 480 will realese soon between 200-250$ with a performance level near that of the 980.

 

 

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I am buying it used, and it is the best card i can get for my money. I don't have 200$ to spend, My budget is max 120$ for a GPU.

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Wait for the RX 480

Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
Windows 10 is now MSX! - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440190-can-we-start-calling-windows-10/page-6

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Just now, don_svetlio said:

Wait for the RX 480

That still won't help if his CPU bottlenecks it.

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1 minute ago, Raiden60 said:

That still won't help if his CPU bottlenecks it.

True - the 880K will limit him in some games. On others it should be fine.

Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
Windows 10 is now MSX! - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440190-can-we-start-calling-windows-10/page-6

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