Bottleneck in my system? Playing BF4

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dvdwindsor

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I am going to be building a system for BF4 play ONLY. I want smoothest frame rates and eyecandy. I would like to use these elements:
R9 290 - GPU
4670K - CPU

Now if I choose a $100 motherboard or a $200 motherboard, will it make that much of a difference in gaming performance? What about socket 1150 vs 1155 for gaming performance? As long as I pair the best GPU w/ CPU and an "ok" gaming motherboard, I should be ok, right? Advice please. Thannks.
 
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Get an FX-8350 for BF4. BF4 supports multi-threading. The 8350 has been getting better performance over the 4670k because of this. This link will make you extremely happy.

http://www.bf4blog.com/battlefield-4-retail-gpu-cpu-benchmarks/

This has all the information your going to need about how GPU's and CPU's are performing in BF4.

8350 plus a 290x. Cant go wrong for BF4.

A $100-$150 mobo should be fine.
 
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Cheaper motherboards don't allow you to overclock and are in general, slower performers. You have picked a Haswell CPU, you have no choice but to get the 1150 socket. Get a decent 150+ dollar socket 1150 Z87 motherboard for that.
 
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If BF4 is your only concern (and you're playing at 60 fps) then TripleBullet is correct, you'll get much better price/performance from an 8350. You can grab that and a midrange motherboard and still come out ahead of a 4670k and a cheapo motherboard.
 
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WIll a 8350 outperform a 4770K? Both offer hyperhtreading...It seems if I choice intel components that it will be better in the long run for resale and upgrading, since AMD is really not much in the running anymore it seems....
 
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The i7 will perform better overall.

There is only a 2fps difference between an i5 and the 8350. Honestly that isn't enough to make a difference at all, and most all other games still run better on the i5 because it is superior per-core. Either way you will likely not be able to tell a difference. BUT, an i7 offers very little over an i5 for gaming. Really nothing actually besides a tiny bit of performance in BF4.
 
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One of the things I am worried about is purchasing hardware that is unequal to the other and losing the potential peak performance of one. I dont necessarily want the best hardware, but the best MATCHED hardware that has the best price/performance ratio.

 
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Where gaming is going. AMD is going to be able to compete some what with Intel. Mainly because AMD owns console hardware so games will be designed more so far AMD hardware. Although 4770k wins all around.
 
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Sorry for reviving a dead thread, but did you ever get that 8350? I only get 45-75 on DX11 and only 55-100 on Mantle in 1080p Ultra. My GPU usage is dropping to 70%, and that is a bottltneck by the CPU...

How's yours running?
 
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