Will shadowplay work good?

[Aero_Films]

Soon I'll have a 960...But as of now I have a II X4 640 cpu, Ive heard some stuff about how if you dont have intel it will run bad...Is this true??

[Fluffy]

it does not require intel but does require a high performance cpu depending on game and resolution.. the x4 640 will not be able to capture gaming very well at all

[Aero_Films]

Ok besides recording, what about gaming itself? Like performance

[Air]

I'm using an AMD FX-6120(a fairly weak CPU) and I have no issues with it. Shadowplay mainly uses the H.264 decoder on your GPU, so CPU performance isn't impacted that much. I've used it a few times with my GTX 750 Ti and I've only noticed a 5% performance decrease.

[Aero_Films]

Ok because Ive been neglecting my youtube lol, I really want to get back into it and Shadowplay is the best recorder..

[Fluffy]

big difference between fx 6 series and x4 640 due to 3 cores and 3 threads on fx-6 the x4 640 will not be able to record newer games regardless of video card... wait till you get the gtx 960 and youll find out..

[Aero_Films]

Now what about say an AMD FX-8350?

[Fluffy]

an fx 8350 records quite well..

your x4 640 will be a "bottleneck" for the gtx 960 in terms of utilization (youll see 100% cpu usage before 100% gpu) but if you upgrade cpu later youll get better fps down the road compared to a 750 which would be a more equal match for x4 640

[Aero_Films]

Yeah which i'm in a tough decision with my cpu as well, but thats beside the point, It'll do for now