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Bottleneck Potential?

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12 minutes ago, Busconian said:

Thanks :) Probably going to upgrade to a 8320 and a RX 480 later this year.

Depends on the game. Much less than your current CPU of course, but Witcher 3, BF4, GTAV, etc. Will all see FPS losses compared to an i5 or i7, will still be over 60 nonetheless.

I am not a expert with PCs and I am looking into upgrading my PC....

Would my CPU hold back the RX 480 a lot and how much performance should I be gaining if I bought the card? 

I mostly play Grand Theft Auto 5, Battlefield 4, Black Ops 3, and some other smaller games at 1280x720 to get about 50-60 FPS.

 

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AMD 4300 3.8Ghz

8GB Ram

GTX 750ti

600w Thermaltake PSU (Got a good deal I know it is over-kill)

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3 minutes ago, Busconian said:

I am not a expert with PCs and I am looking into upgrading my PC....

Would my CPU hold back the RX 480 a lot and how much performance should I be gaining if I bought the card? 

I mostly play Grand Theft Auto 5, Battlefield 4, Black Ops 3, and some other smaller games at 1280x720 to get about 50-60 FPS.

 

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Specs:

AMD 4300 3.8Ghz

8GB Ram

GTX 750ti

600w Thermaltake PSU (Got a good deal I know it is over-kill)

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Big time, you'd probably get over 60FPS, but you'd be wasting a lot of potential.

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12 minutes ago, Busconian said:

Thanks :) Probably going to upgrade to a 8320 and a RX 480 later this year.

Depends on the game. Much less than your current CPU of course, but Witcher 3, BF4, GTAV, etc. Will all see FPS losses compared to an i5 or i7, will still be over 60 nonetheless.

i7 6700K @ Stock (Yes I know) ~~~ Corsair H80i GT ~~~ GIGABYTE G1 Gaming Z170X Gaming 7 ~~~ G. Skill Ripjaws V 2x8GB DDR4-2800 ~~~ EVGA ACX 3.0 GTX 1080 SC @ 2GHz ~~~ EVGA P2 850W 80+ Platinum ~~~ Samsung 850 EVO 500GB ~~~ Crucial MX200 250GB ~~~ Crucial M500 240GB ~~~ Phanteks Enthoo Luxe

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4 hours ago, Busconian said:

I am not a expert with PCs and I am looking into upgrading my PC....

Would my CPU hold back the RX 480 a lot and how much performance should I be gaining if I bought the card? 

I mostly play Grand Theft Auto 5, Battlefield 4, Black Ops 3, and some other smaller games at 1280x720 to get about 50-60 FPS.

 

~~~~~~~~~

Specs:

AMD 4300 3.8Ghz

8GB Ram

GTX 750ti

600w Thermaltake PSU (Got a good deal I know it is over-kill)

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save your money and get an I5 (haswells are cheap now adays)

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