AMD System + 1080

Mavixuz · July 13, 2016

Can I run the HTC Vive on an AMD FX 8350 and a GTX 1080 or will i run into problems I also have 12 gb system memory so should I upgrade or is it enough.

Sorry if this isn't the right thread long time LTT watcher but this is my first post on the forum..

Oshino Shinobu · July 13, 2016

It will run, but the issue you may run into is CPU bottlenecking in games.

Honestly, I would suggest looking at upgrading to something like an i5 6600K. It would require a board and RAM upgrade as well, though.

Mavixuz · July 13, 2016

Yeah thats what im trying to avoid and my cpu is pretty solid for me right now but I was worried about bottlenecks.

MiketheGingerGuy · July 13, 2016

3 hours ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

It will run, but the issue you may run into is CPU bottlenecking in games.

Honestly, I would suggest looking at upgrading to something like an i5 6600K. It would require a board and RAM upgrade as well, though.

he is right any amd prossecer prior to the zen release will be bottlenecking a 1080, a 1070 would suit you better unless you are planing to switch to intel soon.

Matu20 · July 14, 2016

We have come to the point where every CPU is a bottleneck for the 1080.

jedinym · July 14, 2016

I hate the world bottlenecked sooooo much ... A lot of people are using it badly .. (I don't want to get bottlenecked etc.)

Mavixuz · July 15, 2016

well the term fits in this case a fx8350 is what 4+ years old and the 1080 is a bad ass card there is a potential bottleneck there probably not a bad one or even noticable but still probably going to happen especially since i dont even have my 8350 overclocked so I hate the word* bottleneck too but it does happen and could possible apply and there hasnt been any testing yet to prove me other wise

Briggsy · July 15, 2016

I think the last graphic card that the 8350 could handle was the 7970, and even then it was iffy once you overclocked the card.

I don't know if its relevant to use the word "bottleneck" here, because the GPU doesn't do anything without the CPU telling it what to do, and because a bottleneck is usually something along the way that slows down communication/traffic between two points. Ironically, Nvidia drivers work better with an FX8350 than AMD drivers.

A good example of a bottleneck might be: downloading from a server that can send 50MB/s and the network interface on your PC can receive 100MB/s, but your router can only transfer 8MB/s, effectively bottlenecking the communication between the two points.