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Current spec

 

amd fx8350

r9 390x

8gb ram

 

do i upgrade my cpu to ryzen 1600 first or get gtx 1080 first? i will be getting both but whats going to impact my game most?

 

will be getting next set of parts the following month.

 

i play siege, singleplayer games such as shadow of war, watch dogs etc, also play rocket league, forza horizon 3 and dead by daylight also do some streaming here and there.

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Upgrade the CPU and motherboard, use the 390X until you've got more money for the GPU. 

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1 minute ago, A Crazy Walrus said:

will it increase my fps more than 1080 with my fx 8350?

A good way to look at things is.. A cpu is used for everything (GPU tasks still have to communicate with the CPU in almost every case) However the CPU does not need the gpu for many tasks. Infact many things are written purely on the cpu.

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31 minutes ago, A Crazy Walrus said:

Current spec

 

amd fx8350

r9 390x

8gb ram

 

do i upgrade my cpu to ryzen 1600 first or get gtx 1080 first? i will be getting both but whats going to impact my game most?

 

will be getting next set of parts the following month.

 

i play siege, singleplayer games such as shadow of war, watch dogs etc, also play rocket league, forza horizon 3 and dead by daylight also do some streaming here and there.

new cpu and ram for sure.

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You'll notice a much bigger difference if you upgrade your CPU to something more modern. Not to mention FX series chips often bottleneck newer GPUs, such as the RX480

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