Best AMD cpu for gtx 680?

daggy · Apr 25, 2013

My amd phenom II x6 1090T is giving me all sorts of problems, so I am wondering what AMD cpu is the best that wont bottleneck me.

I'm new to this whole problem, but I was looking at this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103962

would this be enough for the gtx 680? or do I need something better?

It needs to be AMD btw because of my amd mobo

mactronix · Apr 25, 2013

The CPU you have now is AM3, the CPU you posted is AM3+. Some AM3 boards will support AM3+ CPU's with a bios update, are you sure yours does ?

Can you please list complete system specs including power supply and monitor resolution (not size).

Mactronix

Duke Nucome · Apr 25, 2013

schmuckley :

Not true ^. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8350-vishera-review,3328.html

daggy · Apr 25, 2013

mobo: GA-990XA-UD3

cpu: amd phenom ii x6 1090T @ 3.8 ghz

gpu: gtx 680 2gb

RAM: 8gb ddr3

psu: 700watt

1920 x 1080

daggy · Apr 25, 2013

mactronix :

heres the exact mobo http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3901#ov

daggy · Apr 25, 2013

FX-8350

FX-8320

FX-6300

FX-4300

would any of these suffice?

Duke Nucome · Apr 25, 2013

daggy :

Yes I recommend the all but I would get the FX 6300 and OC it.

mactronix · Apr 25, 2013

Your motherboard is indeed compatible with AM3+ CPU's thanks for linking it makes life so much easier.
Gaming wise there is little difference between a FX 6300 and the FX 8320 or FX 8350.
If you have the funds then going straight for the FX 8350 will give you the best of both gaming performance and encoding performance with minimal fuss.
if you are on a budget and are willing to overclock then a FX 6300 with a decent cooler should (nothing is a given with overclocking all chips are different) overclock to withing a whisker of i5 3570 stock performance, which is enough for any GPU.

Mactronix

daggy · Apr 25, 2013

Duke Nucome :

mactronix :

ok thanks a ton guys, hopefully I will be able to upgrade soon

DukeOvilla · Apr 25, 2013

FX-8350

daggy · Apr 25, 2013

DukeOvilla :

whats wrong with it?

Duke Nucome · Apr 25, 2013

schmuckley :

From what an FX 6300 ?

daggy · Apr 25, 2013

well in certain areas of the witcher 2 im geting 18fps, and my gpu usage is at 50% maximum

sounds like a cpu bottleneck to me...sooo i need a new cpu even if its a small increase...

i mean the witcher 2 is the only game im having trouble in so far, but people are saying that other games are having problems with the 1090T.

It just boggles my mind why my gpu usage is at 30% on the fucking witcher 2 but it is at least at 70& on every other graphically intense game....

i dun get it.

Is it possible to downgrade the witcher 2 to before EE? maybe this isnt a cpu problem at all, just shit coding.

Duke Nucome · Apr 25, 2013

schmuckley :

Duke Nucome :

From a Thuban.

Not true ^. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8350-vishera-review,3328.html

Duke Nucome · Apr 25, 2013

daggy :

I have a varying degree of bottlenecking in almost all the games I play on an OCed X4 970BE. Is Uber Sampling on in Witcher 2 when you play it ?

Duke Nucome · Apr 25, 2013

schmuckley :

Duke Nucome :

If you'll please notice..The Thuban is at stock 3.4 or whatever..and the 8350 is @ 4 Ghz.

Ya they are both at stock clocks.

daggy · Apr 25, 2013

Duke Nucome :

nope. ubersampling is off.

I only experience these drops in certain locations, but when they happen shit hits the fan. my gpu usage plummets to 32% and my fps plummets to 18.

Duke Nucome · Apr 25, 2013

daggy :

Duke Nucome :

nope. ubersampling is off.

I only experience these drops in certain locations, but when they happen shit hits the fan. my gpu usage plummets to 32% and my fps plummets to 18.

when the framerate plummets in game exit out of the game and check the CPU usage if it's at or near 100% on the cores it's time for a new CPU.

daggy · Apr 25, 2013

Duke Nucome :

daggy :

when the framerate plummets in game exit out of the game and check the CPU usage if it's at or near 100% on the cores it's time for a new CPU.

....well this is interesting.

I did what you said and i basically just sat looking at the angle that causes my computer to shit itself (game was running at 19fps, lol)

my cpu usage was...pretty low too. most of the cores were between 25%-50% usage, but core 4 wasn't having a good time, it was nearly hitting 100%.

I just...don't...know anymore lol.

poor core 4

core 4 during the witcher 2 . . . .

daggy · Apr 25, 2013

Status report: still don't know shit captain

Duke Nucome · Apr 25, 2013

daggy :

???

daggy · Apr 25, 2013

schmuckley :

already did some affinity tweaking but i always left core 0 alone. Lets give it a try.

daggy · Apr 25, 2013

schmuckley :

noope. Didn't change anything.

daggy · Apr 25, 2013

schmuckley :

Well that's a damn shame

8350rocks · Apr 25, 2013

schmuckley :

Duke Nucome :

If you'll please notice..The Thuban is at stock 3.4 or whatever..and the 8350 is @ 4 Ghz.Now when you overclock the Thuban to 4 Ghz..it actually surpasses the FX chip in most things..definitely in single-threaded things.Overclocking greatly increases the performance;moreso in the older chips than the new ones.
This chart for example..3.7 Deneb is better at 3Dm11 (gaming benchmark)than 8350
http://media.bestofmicro.com/X/G/357604/original/3dmark%20graphics.png
If the Thuban was overclocked to 4 Ghz;It would surpass them both.

Yes, but that's a strawman, if you OC one, then OC the other...

FX8350 @ 5.0 GHz blows the doors off Thuban @ 4.0 GHz.

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