Using a Gtx1060 6GB with an AM3+ GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-S2?

[Olive_Bot]

I have a pretty old motherboard, but aside from that, all my other parts are rather up to date.
However, I feel like my gaming performance is lacking in some titles [PUBG (35-90 unconsistent fps), GTA V (50-60 fps), etc.] and could be higher with a different GPU.

HOWEVER. I've read many online forums, and they say that any CPU my board is compatible with will severely bottleneck a 1060.


These are my current specs:

CPU: AMD FX-8300 Overclocked at 3.8 GHz (Will clock to 4.0 or higher when new cooler arrives)
GPU: GTX 1050ti 4GB (single fan) with a +10% overclock
16 GB PNY Anarchy DDR3 RAM
256GB Sandisk SSD

I've heard the FX-8350's base clock speed is 4.0 GHz... will my CPU need an upgrade, or should a 1060 be fine with my FX-8300?

Thanks for the input!

[Muppet among Puppets]

Depends on what actually causes the lack of performance.
What happens if you lower resolution a bit?

[Ogami]

I have an AMD FX 4350 which performs about the same as your 8300 in games.
It already bottlenecks my GTX 970 quite a bit and your planned 1060 is more powerful.
My friend has the exact same card but with an i5 skylake CPU and he gets around 20% better performance in games then i.
Honestly the whole AMD FX series is hopelessly out of date by now.
You would get much more out of it by upgrading your CPU instead of your GPU.
If you want to get the budget route get an AM4 MB and a AMD RYZEN 1300 or so.
Will be much better performance then your current setup or the potential 8350.

[Olive_Bot]

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Depends on what actually causes the lack of performance.
What happens if you lower resolution a bit?

Doesn't really change much. In some games, lowering the resolution or quality settings actually decreases my framerate.

[Olive_Bot]

Originally posted by Ogami:

I have an AMD FX 4350 which performs about the same as your 8300 in games.
It already bottlenecks my GTX 970 quite a bit and your planned 1060 is more powerful.
My friend has the exact same card but with an i5 skylake CPU and he gets around 20% better performance in games then i.
Honestly the whole AMD FX series is hopelessly out of date by now.
You would get much more out of it by upgrading your CPU instead of your GPU.
If you want to get the budget route get an AM4 MB and a AMD RYZEN 1300 or so.
Will be much better performance then your current setup or the potential 8350.

I dunno. I guess I need to do more research. I've heard really good things about the FX-8370 (and higher). And I'd love to go ryzen, but don't they use an AM4 socket?
I can play Counter Strike at 180fps min high settings and my GTA V (now on an ssd) runs 85-120+ fps high settings. It's just games like PUBG that struggles.
It's quite a dilemma.

[Muppet among Puppets]

That game is in early access.

[Cathulhu]

Yes, RyZEN uses AM4 and it's worth the change as the AMD FX CPUs are just way to inferior to Intel and even RyZEN CPUs.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Well for one thing you're on a Motherboard that doesn't support FX CPUs, so you will never even get the full FX CPU performance on such a board as that.

I would save up for Intel 8th Gen or AMD Ryzen CPU, Motherboard and DDR4 RAM

[LiMpY]

It doesn't look like your mobo supports the 8370. Your 8300 is about as good as it gets. As for bottlenecking a GPU, that's just a load of hooey. Get the best GPU you can afford (and supported by your PSU). It will last with a noticeable improvement until you can upgrade the cpu side of your rig for another noticeable improvement.

[upcoast]

Your mobo isn't ideal but if you're able to get the FX8300 up to 3.8ghz-4GHZ then don't worry about it.

The GTX1050ti isn't much better than a GTX960 by the most part and a lot of times the R9 280x/380x fly by the GTX1050ti, however GTA 5 is an Nvidia favoring title and relies on a strong ipc but GTA 5 should be nice and smooth for you with the FX8xxx and a GTX1060 6GB.

Lately because I'm mostly mining with my PC I dropped my FX8350 down to stock clocks 4GHZ and GTA 5 plays fine, I got increase in FPS and higher settings swapping from an R9 280x to Rx 580 8GB.

For kicks I took the GTX1060 6GB and threw it on a stock x4 965BE and a game like Just Cause 3 played fantastic even though the gpu was bottlenecked by the x4 965BE, iirc the 1060 was only used around %60 but very smooth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOIKPCsshKo

TBH, your game choices would still benefit from a cpu upgrade either Ryzen or eventual coffee lake but your current FX8xxx should manage in the mean time.

[Olive_Bot]

Originally posted by LiMpY:

It doesn't look like your mobo supports the 8370. Your 8300 is about as good as it gets. As for bottlenecking a GPU, that's just a load of hooey. Get the best GPU you can afford (and supported by your PSU). It will last with a noticeable improvement until you can upgrade the cpu side of your rig for another noticeable improvement.

Will do! Thanks for the input!!

Originally posted by upcoast:

Your mobo isn't ideal but if you're able to get the FX8300 up to 3.8ghz-4GHZ then don't worry about it.

The GTX1050ti isn't much better than a GTX960 by the most part and a lot of times the R9 280x/380x fly by the GTX1050ti, however GTA 5 is an Nvidia favoring title and relies on a strong ipc but GTA 5 should be nice and smooth for you with the FX8xxx and a GTX1060 6GB.

Lately because I'm mostly mining with my PC I dropped my FX8350 down to stock clocks 4GHZ and GTA 5 plays fine, I got increase in FPS and higher settings swapping from an R9 280x to Rx 580 8GB.

For kicks I took the GTX1060 6GB and threw it on a stock x4 965BE and a game like Just Cause 3 played fantastic even though the gpu was bottlenecked by the x4 965BE, iirc the 1060 was only used around %60 but very smooth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOIKPCsshKo

TBH, your game choices would still benefit from a cpu upgrade either Ryzen or eventual coffee lake but your current FX8xxx should manage in the mean time.

I have my 8300 clicked at around 3.7 GHz. I'd clock higher, but I only have a stock cooler for the moment. I'm planning on getting a better one in a few weeks.
I've heard really good things about the 8350. Will my motherboard support it? That extra clock speed would help out a lot.

[upcoast]

^ I wouldn't bother with the FX8350 you've already got the FX8300 which has a higher thermal threshold of 70c vs FX8350 at 63c so overclocking wise you'd not get anything significanly better swapping the cpu out just keep the FX8300 add a Cryorig H7 cooler to it and see what you can squeeze out for overclock on that mobo, realistically the FX8300 tops out at 4.2ghz and the FX8350 tops out at 4.4ghz anything more takes too many extra volts which becomes a heat problem for minimal performance gain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ0gjcY__z8

The GTX1060 will do a better job in games like GTA 5 but Rx480 and GTX1060 are similar, again bottlenecking will vary from game to game and in general even though you may get bottlenecked the GTX1060 will play smooth and let you crank up the settings and you can move the GTX1060 to another build down the road. Inel Coffee Lake and Zen 2 will be bringing some good stuff out in the future so watch for benchies and save your pennies for an eventual mobo/cpu/ddr4 upgrade down the road.

For now don't get too hung up on CPU bottlenecking.