Do I need a new processor??

[Judochamp97]

So I have a Gtx 780 strix 6 GB graphics card paired with an AMD FX 4300 QUAD CORE PROCESSOR, I feel like my card is being held back because its a very good card i am able to run high graphic demanding games and get solid fps but on some i drop down to 40 and 50 FPS, is my processor the cause of this?

 

[Aytex]

Depends on how intense the game is on the processor, if your saying your only playing high demanding graphical games that stresses on the gpu more than the cpu then it will lighten the bottleneck but if your intending to play arma 3 or total war, GTA 5 then I would get a better processor

[Nacho Marco Segui]

For sure, the bottleneck is strong.

[Lolucoca]

It is. 

[i_build_nanosuits]

well yeah, back when i had a GTX 780 it was paired with an heavily overclocked FX-8320 and the processor was holding back the card in many games with fluctuating GPU loads and drops in framerates whenever some CPU intensive stuff was happening...i would suggest you upgrade your CPU and motherboard (AM3+ CPU upgrade not worth it)

[Trevor87]

I would agree with Aytex with the games side of things. I would wait an till AMD release there new Zen line up and compare CPU with CPU.     

[Darel321]

check if you can find a second hand fx 8350 you should be fine with that.. or even a fx 6300

[Judochamp97]

Like I am playing battlefield 4 on ultra but I am trying to play battlefield 1 and I can only run it on high and the frames still seem to drop, and it also happens in gta 5.

I was thinking of maybe getting an

i5 6600k and pair it with the ASUS Z170-A ATX DDR4 Motherboard

 

Any other suggestions? my budget for a processor is around $260

 

 

[kaiju_wars]

54 minutes ago, Judochamp97 said:

Like I am playing battlefield 4 on ultra but I am trying to play battlefield 1 and I can only run it on high and the frames still seem to drop, and it also happens in gta 5.

I was thinking of maybe getting an

i5 6600k and pair it with the ASUS Z170-A ATX DDR4 Motherboard

 

Any other suggestions? my budget for a processor is around $260

 

 

Well, you'll of used all but $10 of your budget on the CPU alone.  I don't think you'll find a motherboard for $10.  I would suggest just getting either an FX-63XX or an FX-83XX CPU if I were you.