Will a i3 6100 bottleneck an RX480 (4gb)?

[ShadowStalker]

Will a i3 6100 bottleneck an RX480 (4gb)?

[DarkBlade2117]

I only get a slight bottleneck in games like GTA V or CPU intensive games

[bgibbz]

3 minutes ago, ShadowStalker said:

Will a i3 6100 bottleneck an RX480 (4gb)?

yes. Dual core CPUs aren't disigned for gaming. 

[PRTI]

In CPU intensive games yes

[Thony]

Little bit yes, but its still a good combo for games like CSGO, Overwatch, LoL, Dota and such.

[STRMfrmXMN]

7 minutes ago, ShadowStalker said:

Will a i3 6100 bottleneck an RX480 (4gb)?

Depends on what you're doing. Some games will see issues as even with four threads an i3 just won't cut it. My i3 maxes out 100% when I play GTA V at 1080p and it makes it stutter occasionally.

[Sir Asvald]

8 minutes ago, bgibbz said:

yes. Dual core CPUs aren't disigned for gaming. 

2 Cores 4 threads*

[Zyndo]

8 minutes ago, ShadowStalker said:

Will a i3 6100 bottleneck an RX480 (4gb)?

Don't ask yourself that question. People are FAR to paranoid about this topic. its not that big of a deal (unless you're pairing a titan with a pentium)Ask this question instead, "Will a gaming rig with an i3 6100 and an RX 480 be a decent 1080p gaming experience?"

 

Yes. Yes it will.

 

Of course, if you can afford a better CPU, then you should get a better CPU. But I assume you're asking this because you don't want to cough up the money to a more expensive CPU like an i5 6500. Don't feel like you're obligated to do that.

[ShadowStalker]

8 minutes ago, bgibbz said:

yes. Dual core CPUs aren't disigned for gaming. 

however, the 6100 does have hypertherading so the sysem views it as a 4 core 

[ivan134]

8 minutes ago, Zyndo said:

Don't ask yourself that question. People are FAR to paranoid about this topic. its not that big of a deal (unless you're pairing a titan with a pentium)Ask this question instead, "Will a gaming rig with an i3 6100 and an RX 480 be a decent 1080p gaming experience?"

 

Yes. Yes it will.

 

Of course, if you can afford a better CPU, then you should get a better CPU. But I assume you're asking this because you don't want to cough up the money to a more expensive CPU like an i5 6500. Don't feel like you're obligated to do that.

I agree with this guy. Will it bottleneck? Yes. Is it fine if that's you can get with your budget? Yes. Another alternative might be getting an i5 6400 with an rx 470 instead.

[Zyndo]

1 minute ago, ivan134 said:

I agree with this guy. Will it bottleneck? Yes. Is it fine if that's you can get with your budget? Yes. Another alternative might be getting an i5 6400 with an rx 470 instead.

That's exactly what I mean by people are far too paranoid about it. you will probably get a worse gaming experience out of most games with an i5 6400 and an rx 470. People are so paranoid about bottlenecking their GPU by even 1% that they will get a lesser GPU in order to avoid it.

 

Bottlenecking your GPU doesn't mean that your system performs badly. You don't get better performance out of lesser hardware just because it isn't bottlenecking. In fact you will likely get worse performance.

[DarkBlade2117]

23 minutes ago, bgibbz said:

yes. Dual core CPUs aren't disigned for gaming. 

Tell that to my i3 that I stream and record on and render with.

[i_build_nanosuits]

i3-6100 and RX 480 is a great combo...i3-6100 and GTX 1060 is even BETTER.

[ybriK]

3 hours ago, bgibbz said:

yes. Dual core CPUs aren't disigned for gaming. 

roflmao.

[bgibbz]

36 minutes ago, ybriK said:

roflmao.

Say what you want, but when every modern title has a quad core as the minimum requirement... well it's undesputable that i3 are not designed for gaming, how well they work for gaming is another point all together. 

[Prysin]

3 hours ago, ShadowStalker said:

Will a i3 6100 bottleneck an RX480 (4gb)?

AMD + i3 is a bad combo. AMDs driver overhead will cause CPU overhead and stuttering. Get a 1060 instead.

[dfg666]

4 hours ago, bgibbz said:

yes. Dual core CPUs aren't disigned for gaming. 

You easily fall into marketing tricks. A 6100 is 20% faster than a 4130 and a 4440 is equivalent to a 6100, take that into consideration. 

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i3-6100-vs-Intel-Core-i3-4130/3511vs1621 

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-4440-vs-Intel-Core-i3-6100/1993vs3511

 

 

You get the picture? Yes he will experience bottlenecking but at least he's still above 60 fps for averages. You're way too paranoid about this whole "bottlenecking" scene. Actually a lot of people on this forum are WAY TOO FREAKING PARANOID ABOUT BOTTLENECKING!

[bgibbz]

1 minute ago, dfg666 said:

You easily fall into marketing tricks.

 

You get the picture? Yes he will experience bottlenecking but at least he's still above 60 fps. You're way too paranoid about this whole "bottlenecking" scene. Actually a lot of people on this forum is WAY TOO FREAKING PARANOID ABOUT BOTTLENECKING!

Sure. Personally, I am not concerned about bottlenecking at all. Whether your rocking a 6950x and a titan xp or an i3 and a rx480, bottlenecking will occur. I was simply pointing out that i3s aren't designed with gaming in mind. I gamed off an i3 for years, and especially in CPU intensive titles, it struggled immensely. If getting an i3 can be avoided, it should be. If the op doesn't want to spend the extra cash on a better CPU, that is fine. I was simply stating that he will get noticeably worse performance with an i3 rather than an i5, which your benchmarks above can confirm. 

[xAcid9]

Review was done with Core i3-6100T which is slower than i3-6100. (3.2Ghz vs 3.7Ghz)

http://www.hardwareunboxed.com/amd-radeon-rx-470-benchmarks-new-cost-per-frame-king/

 

Of course average FPS is only one side of the story.

[FPS-Russia]

2 hours ago, bgibbz said:

Say what you want, but when every modern title has a quad core as the minimum requirement... well it's undesputable that i3 are not designed for gaming, how well they work for gaming is another point all together. 

Ignorant.

[bgibbz]

5 minutes ago, FPS-Russia said:

Ignorant.

K. 

[FPS-Russia]

Just now, bgibbz said:

K. 

 

[bgibbz]

Just now, FPS-Russia said:

 

This will be the last post I write on this topic. If any of you would actually read what my arguments were, then maybe you wouldn't be so fast to disagree. Showing me a video of a review of a gpu with an i3 is irrelevant; I have admitted many times that a rx480 WILL WORK with an i3. All I have said was that the i3 would be the bottleneck (even though the phrase "bottleneck" is a meaningless phrase). I answered the ops questions using what I have experienced, and supported it with benchmarks that someone else posted. The only argument that I have repeatedly made is that an i3 is not designed for gaming. Find one peice of official intel documentation that proves me wrong in that regard. Never once have I said that a rx480 would not work with an i3. I simply stated that a better CPU would be benifical for his use case. Disagree with me all you want, I really couldn't care any less. I offered my two cents, take it or leave it. I won't argue with people that can't take the time to read my posts, but rather take excerpts out of context and simply say "ignorant". If you want to believe I am ignorant, that is fine by me. Next time, try to actually point out flaws in my reasoning rather than slapping an arbitrary label on me. 

[FPS-Russia]

Just now, bgibbz said:

This will be the last post I write on this topic. If any of you would actually read what my arguments were, then maybe you wouldn't be so fast to disagree. Showing me a video of a review of a gpu with an i3 is irrelevant; I have admitted many times that a rx480 WILL WORK with an i3. All I have said was that the i3 would be the bottleneck (even though the phrase "bottleneck" is a meaningless phrase). I answered the ops questions using what I have experienced, and supported it with benchmarks that someone else posted. The only argument that I have repeatedly made is that an i3 is not designed for gaming. Find one peice of official intel documentation that proves me wrong in that regard. Never once have I said that a rx480 would not work with an i3. I simply stated that a better CPU would be benifical for his use case. Disagree with me all you want, I really couldn't care any less. I offered my two cents, take it or leave it. I won't argue with people that can't take the time to read my posts, but rather take excerpts out of context and simply say "ignorant". If you want to believe I am ignorant, that is fine by me. Next time, try to actually point out flaws in my reasoning rather than slapping an arbitrary label on me. 

Every thing have bottleneck but the i3 with 480 will give good performance at 1080p. My PC has graphics bottleneck becaus ei play at 1440p with 8GB RX 480.

Sorry if i offend, i'm not always good with English.

[DarkBlade2117]

3 hours ago, bgibbz said:

Say what you want, but when every modern title has a quad core as the minimum requirement... well it's undesputable that i3 are not designed for gaming, how well they work for gaming is another point all together. 

 

6 hours ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

Tell that to my i3 that I stream and record on and render with.

You clearly didn't see my post, it wasn't designed for any of this ^^^ but it sure does the job A OK without trouble.