Is fx6300 the upgrade?

[RushIsRight97]

I have a fx4300 and am upgrading my gpu to a RX 470/480. On paper the fx6300 is 15%ish faster (from userbenchmarks.com) When I look at live fps comparisons in the games I care about, (the witcher 3 & skyrim remastered) I only see a 3 ish fps difference. Is the fx-6300 worth the cost?

[SlipperyPete]

1 minute ago, RushIsRight97 said:

I have a fx4300 and am upgrading my gpu to a RX 470/480. On paper the fx6300 is 15%ish faster (from userbenchmarks.com) When I look at live fps comparisons in the games I care about, (the witcher 3 & skyrim remastered) I only see a 3 ish fps difference. Is the fx-6300 worth the cost?

no. save your money and dont waste it on a current or older amd cpu. hold out for zen or for an intel upgrade. just not worth it at this time

[Morgan MLGman]

1 minute ago, RushIsRight97 said:

I have a fx4300 and am upgrading my gpu to a RX 470/480. On paper the fx6300 is 15%ish faster (from userbenchmarks.com) When I look at live fps comparisons in the games I care about, (the witcher 3 & skyrim remastered) I only see a 3 ish fps difference. Is the fx-6300 worth the cost?

Well, it's got three modules compared to FX-4300 two so it is faster only in terms of multithreading, even by up to 50% in tasks that use all the cores, singlethreaded-wise it's the same.  But if you want to play Skyrim, I suggest you get an Intel CPU, they just work better in that game.

 

If changing your entire platform is out of the question, an FX-6300 would be a decent upgrade that would heavily reduce bottlenecking of RX 470/480 that your current 4300 will cause.

[RushIsRight97]

12 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Well, it's got three modules compared to FX-4300 two so it is faster only in terms of multithreading, even by up to 50% in tasks that use all the cores, singlethreaded-wise it's the same.  But if you want to play Skyrim, I suggest you get an Intel CPU, they just work better in that game.

 

If changing your entire platform is out of the question, an FX-6300 would be a decent upgrade that would heavily reduce bottlenecking of RX 470/480 that your current 4300 will cause.

Thanks for the advice. I currently have a r7-250 so when I upgrade, it will be better regardless. I'll see how the 4300 works for now though I believe that I will have an upgrade in my CPU before next summer.

[Morgan MLGman]

3 minutes ago, RushIsRight97 said:

Thanks for the advice. I currently have a r7-250 so when I upgrade, it will be better regardless. I'll see how the 4300 works for now though I believe that I will have an upgrade in my CPU before next summer.

Well, I had an overclocked Athlon X4 750K (4,5GHz) paired with a GTX 970 for a short while which is essentially the same in terms of what you want to run. The Athlon X4 750K is basically identical in terms of performance to the FX-4300 and the RX 470 is around 6% slower than a GTX 970 while the RX 480 is 7% faster.

 

And I can tell you, in The Witcher 3 for example the bottleneck was very significant, especially in locations like Novigrad.

[Thony]

FX8120 is the least I would consider and upgrade maybe worth it depending on the pricing. 

 

Best would be i5-6500 to notice the difference.

[RushIsRight97]

2 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

And I can tell you, in The Witcher 3 for example the bottleneck was very significant, especially in locations like Novigrad.

May I ask what kind of fps approximately you got? I can live with a 40-60 fps range. -Thanks again

[Morgan MLGman]

3 minutes ago, RushIsRight97 said:

May I ask what kind of fps approximately you got? I can live with a 40-60 fps range. -Thanks again

Oh it's been over a year since that time... I remember that it was good in open-area environments cause they're not as CPU-intensive, however once I entered Novigrad, Bloody Baron's "castle" or bigger cities in Skellige the FPS dropped quite heavily resulting in stuttering due to CPU maxing out at 100% usage across all cores.

 

I'd overclock the FX-4300 if I were you and get the GPU, and then start gathering money for a platform upgrade (CPU+motherboard+RAM)

[RushIsRight97]

3 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

I'd overclock the FX-4300 if I were you and get the GPU, and then start gathering money for a platform upgrade (CPU+motherboard+RAM)

Sounds like a good plan. Thank you for helping to clarify the situation.

[Morgan MLGman]

Just now, RushIsRight97 said:

Sounds like a good plan. Thank you for helping to clarify the situation.

The CPU might still limit the GPU despite the overclock, but it shouldn't be that terrible You're welcome, I'm glad to help