RX 480 bottleneck?

[SpartanKingLeonidas]

Just a question: if I were to invest in a Ryzen 5 1600X for high 1080p/low 1440p gaming, would my old RX 480 bottleneck it at all? Its the XFX reference model at 1288 MHz. This could potentially save me a lot of money if so. Thanks.

[DrMacintosh]

No, it wouldn't bottleneck it. 

[Jurrunio]

1. A 1600 non-x will save a bit of money on unnoticeable performance compared to x model.

 

2. 1600 can be paired with a 1080ti and still no significant CPU bottleneck. RX 480 is already enough for your requirements.

[staubgame]

Bottleneck is the wrong word.

The RX 480 will, however, most likely be the limiting factor, yes.

Should be no problem for gmaing on 1080p though, even low 1440p. 

Bottleneck means a component keeps another from reaching it's full potential. 
However I doubt that a R5 1600X would even be surpassed in fps-output by a GTX 1080.

 

If I recall correctly, the bigger Ryzen 3 was already sufficent to max. power a GTX 1060.

[Wwadsworth]

CPU usage is still minimal when gaming, unless it is a RTS. A better GPU would probably be the route to take. Though I would love to have a 480 over my 1050 ti at the moment. Joined the PC MR during the mining craze was.... crazy. Need something for school though so went with it. I have a 1050ti paired with a 1700 I can throw (so far) any game at 1080p 60 fps on high and shoot my wii u died just before I beat botw.... got cemu and can play botw with it at a 25-30 fps. 

[Brooksie359]

The r5 1600 is a good match for the rx 480. If anything the r5 1600 is more powerful than what the rx 480 needs but that is a good thing as you will have a good cpu that won't have to be upgraded when you upgrade your gpu.

[SpartanKingLeonidas]

Just now, Wwadsworth said:

CPU usage is still minimal when gaming, unless it is a RTS. A better GPU would probably be the route to take. Though I would love to have a 480 over my 1050 ti at the moment. Joined the PC MR during the mining craze was.... crazy. Need something for school though so went with it. I have a 1050ti paired with a 1700 I can throw (so far) any game at 1080p 60 fps on high and shoot my wii u died just before I beat botw.... got cemu and can play botw with it at a 25-30 fps. 

My gamepad broke a while ago I feel the pain. Thanks for the advice anyways

[staubgame]

1 minute ago, Wwadsworth said:

CPU usage is still minimal when gaming, unless it is a RTS. A better GPU would probably be the route to take. Though I would love to have a 480 over my 1050 ti at the moment. Joined the PC MR during the mining craze was.... crazy. Need something for school though so went with it. I have a 1050ti paired with a 1700 I can throw (so far) any game at 1080p 60 fps on high and shoot my wii u died just before I beat botw.... got cemu and can play botw with it at a 25-30 fps. 

Well the 1700 is quite overkill for a 1050Ti

 

[SpartanKingLeonidas]

Seems like for the most part, I should be able to keep my RX 480. Thanks for the help guys, I guess my wallets still alive until the next big Steam sale.

[Wwadsworth]

Just now, staubgame said:

Well the 1700 is quite overkill for a 1050Ti

 

It is I plan to upgrade down the line. I am using it right now though for Oracle VM Virtual Box for school. Need a few flavors of linux at the moment for school. Totally stoked to get started. Wish I planned to go before I started a family though.

[staubgame]

Just now, Wwadsworth said:

It is I plan to upgrade down the line. I am using it right now though for Oracle VM Virtual Box for school. Need a few flavors of linux at the moment for school. Totally stoked to get started. Wish I planned to go before I started a family though.

School and family doesn't mix well, I have some luggage to carry there as well. 

At least a project involving a Oracle VM sounds awesome. ^^