Will this bottleneck?

[Aero_Films]

Will the FX 8350 bottleneck a GTX 980?

[Azza ☠]

Yes, FX 8350 would even start to bottleneck the GTX 970 (or AMD 390).

Depending on the game to how well it will perform. You still benefit, but probably not to the max performance it can go.

[Aero_Films]

Because I have the chance to get the 980 for $250

[Meurock460]

Oprindeligt skrevet af HeyIt'sCohen:

Because I have the chance to get the 980 for $250

For $250 I would get it anyway. You'll still get decent fps in most games with the GTX 980, even if there is some bottleneck from the CPU.

I'm guessing the GTX 980 in question is used?

[Aero_Films]

Well yes, it is my friends, he's getting the 1080..He barely uses it

[Bad 💀 Motha]

It will be fine. But what PSU do you have?

[Azza ☠]

It's a bargain for $250, go for it.
It's a beast for 1440p resolution at very high to ultra settings.

You can still keep it for future builds/upgrades too.

[Aero_Films]

I have a silverstone 500w

[banzaigtv]

The FX-8350 and GTX 980 will be pushing that PSU hard. It's better to get an Intel i5/i7 rebuild, but for now, you should upgrade the PSU just to be safe. The CPU will bottleneck the GTX 980 unless it is overclocked.

[Fluffy]

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgmKb-tIxoI

these are with a gtx 980 notice the gpu usage in the videos the fx-8350 is equivalent to i5 4460 in newer games and contrary to the intel gurus will not bottleneck even a gtx 970 or 390 as some have stated

[Rove]

At 4K monitor resolution no the FX 8350 would not bottleneck the GTX 980.

Under certain circumstances at lower resolutions you might get better results with a Intel i7. This has a lot to do with coding optimiztions favoring Intel for more FPS (as shown when resolutions are raised and FX 8350 framerates remain pretty steady while Intel drops much more until FX 8350 is outperforming i7 quadcore at 4K in a lot of situations) rather than the technical prowess of either CPU. However the FX 8350 should be enough to keep it over 60 FPS at 1080p and higher resolutions in most cases and certainly playable in any case. It will still be better than having a worse GPU. At 4K resolution for 60 FPS you might need dual SLI GTX 980 but the FX 8350 would still pull it just as well as it needs to do to get you at least your 60 FPS.

Since it's a great deal certainly do it. Also good for future proofing for later 4K upgrade.

[_I_]

4k 60hz or 1440p 144hz will bottlenck any single gpu

but when the gpu is not the bottleneck the cpu is
for most games with a gtx 960+ or r9 380+ at 1080p the fx cpu is the bottleneck

if you lower aa/af or res and the fps does not go up, its the cpu not able to push more info to the gpu

[Fluffy]

Oprindeligt skrevet af _I_:

4k 60hz or 1440p 144hz will bottlenck any single gpu

but when the gpu is not the bottleneck the cpu is
for most games with a gtx 960+ or r9 380+ at 1080p the fx cpu is the bottleneck

if you lower aa/af or res and the fps does not go up, its the cpu not able to push more info to the gpu

are you kidding me?? now a 8350 bottlenecks a gtx 960... lmao

[banzaigtv]

A GTX 980 or higher (especially a GTX 1080) is best run with an Intel Core i7-3770 or faster CPU.

[upcoast]

Oprindeligt skrevet af _I_:

4k 60hz or 1440p 144hz will bottlenck any single gpu

but when the gpu is not the bottleneck the cpu is
for most games with a gtx 960+ or r9 380+ at 1080p the fx cpu is the bottleneck

if you lower aa/af or res and the fps does not go up, its the cpu not able to push more info to the gpu

http://www.techspot.com/review/1128-rise-of-the-tomb-raider-benchmarks/page5.html

I say that ^.

http://www.techspot.com/review/1148-tom-clancys-the-division-benchmarks/page5.html

And that ^ to the bottleneck BS.

On the flip side there are a few and I stress few games that prefer intels higher work per core but for you intel fanboys to incessantly harp on any FX or amd is going to bottleneck any mid range or higher gpu is utter crap.

IIRC, you stated in the past that you had a PII and it bottlenecked a gtx560ti as well if this was you I'd say that is crap to0, if it wasn't you disregard.

Ps, most of us overclock our FX8350s, for $250 the gtx980 would be a damn good move.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT_dvZfG7hw

At 2:17 8350 vs 4460 GTX980.

[vadim]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Fluffy:

are you kidding me?? now a 8350 bottlenecks a gtx 960... lmao

FX 8350 has the same gaming performance as Core i3. It can, in certain circumstances, bottleneck even such low-end GPU as GTX 750 Ti. I have observed this in games with Unity engine, for instance. Like Kerbal Space Program.