Is my AMD FX-8350 bottlenecking my 780 Ti?

Loanstar · Dec 9, 2013

I recently got a 780 Ti from the EVGA website and I know in some cases the CPU to go with is intel, but I haven't had my 8350 for too long so I didn't really stop to think that it could bottleneck. I usually run things at 1920x1080. Everything has been running great so far but I'm just curious if I should invest in a better CPU/Mobo. (currently have an Asus Crosshair Formula-Z)

ezskills · Dec 9, 2013

Check this out www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAgpvWc4VBM and No it won't especially at 1080p Have a look at the benchmarks here www.anandtech.com/show/6985/choosing-a-gaming-cpu-at-1440p-adding-in-haswell-/5

The 8350 has no problems handling 2 cards. The scores scale just as well as haswell. These tests were done with 2 7970s which are pretty close to 780ti in GPU power..

The only places the 8350 trailed is games which rely massively on single threaded perf like Civ V and sometimes greater than 3 cards which I suspect was a PCIe limitation rather than cpu.

a1blaster · Dec 9, 2013

corvetteguy1994 · Dec 9, 2013

a1blaster :

you give very misleading information with no logical explanation. beware of this user.

a1blaster · Dec 9, 2013

corvetteguy1994 :

i watched linus comparing 8350 and i7....8350 held back 780's performance by 15%...
probably 20-25% performance loss in 780 ti

MapRef41N93W · Dec 9, 2013

ezskills :

7970 are close to 780ti in power? What universe do you live in?

corvetteguy1994 · Dec 9, 2013

ezskills :

this man is right. the 8350 is a great cpu. only suffers in heavy single threaded use. i've done the test with firestrike with 7970CF and OC'd. scored 18,221pts with the 7970's and the 8350 at 8,846 while my 3770k at 4.6ghz scored 11,000. the 8350 is awesome for the price.

corvetteguy1994 · Dec 9, 2013

a1blaster :

linus also heavily OC's all gpu's to thier thermal limit. a 8350 will not bottleneck a stock 780ti

nikoli707 · Dec 9, 2013

get a decent cooler that is well known to get the 8350 to 5.0ghz and friggin do it. the 8350 is a plenty nice processor especially if you get it upwards of 4.8ghz. no its not going to bottleneck. certain games are cpu bound like skyrim… doesn't' mean its a bottleneck, their just more cpu intensive as other games. skryim with a 3970x and a gtx760 will run higher fps than a 4770k and sli 780ti's… its just that cpu intensive of a game.

MapRef41N93W · Dec 9, 2013

corvetteguy1994 :

a1blaster :

linus also heavily OC's all gpu's to thier thermal limit. a 8350 will not bottleneck a stock 780ti

And who would buy a 780ti to run it at stock? That's a completely pointless argument.

corvetteguy1994 · Dec 9, 2013

MapRef41N93W :

corvetteguy1994 :

And who would buy a 780ti to run it at stock? That's a completely pointless argument.

who would buy a budget cpu and match it with the fastest gpu in the world?

ezskills · Dec 9, 2013

MapRef41N93W 2 7970s which are pretty close to 780ti in GPU power. please read... 2 meaning crossfire look it up show proof then comment gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-HD-7990-vs-GeForce-GTX-780-Ti

a1blaster · Dec 9, 2013

corvetteguy1994 :

they tested 7970 on both i7 and 8350...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qvsL8YRUCw

im sure 8350 will bottleneck a 780 ti by 20% because it even bottlenecked a 7970 by 10%...

MapRef41N93W · Dec 9, 2013

corvetteguy1994 :

MapRef41N93W :

who would buy a budget cpu and match it with the fastest gpu in the world?

I don't know he could be an AMD fanboy or something and not like the 9590 cpu. I know there is not a single 780 ti owner in the world that isn't overclocking their card though.

corvetteguy1994 · Dec 9, 2013

MapRef41N93W :

corvetteguy1994 :

I don't know he could be an AMD fanboy or something and not like the 9590 cpu. I know there is not a single 780 ti owner in the world that isn't overclocking their card though.

lol true dat. he didn't state that he OC'd so i had to go by stock settings.

Loanstar · Dec 9, 2013

I did not have the card for very long, as it just came across my mind to ask. I have a cooler to OC the 8350, but I was just wondering if I should go get an intel cpu and board, or just keep what I have and OC the cpu.

MapRef41N93W · Dec 9, 2013

Loanstar :

I would personally say yes because I think AMD's bulldozer and subsequent based architectures (vishera) were massively disappointing and are why AMD is leaving the traditional CPU market. You could sell the CPU and mobo and probably get an ok return as well.

Loanstar · Dec 9, 2013

MapRef41N93W :

Loanstar :

I would personally say yes because I think AMD's bulldozer and subsequent based architectures (vishera) were massively disappointing and are why AMD is leaving the traditional CPU market. You could sell the CPU and mobo and probably get an ok return as well.

Thanks I'll take a look into that.

xgamer1500 · Jul 24, 2014

a1blaster :

corvetteguy1994 :

i watched linus comparing 8350 and i7....8350 held back 780's performance by 15%...
probably 20-25% performance loss in 780 ti

I wouldn't exactly trust that, he is biased , VERY.

Is my AMD FX-8350 bottlenecking my 780 Ti?

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