A8 6600K APU + R9 280X Bottleneck ? (have them)

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robbiehamouda

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Hi guys first post here,

My current system build is (up and running),

ASRock A88M FM2+ Extreme 4 Motherboard
AMD A8 6600K @ 4.7GHz
Asus 29 280X GPU (V2)
16GB G.Skill Ripjaws 2133MHz DD3 (running at 2133MHz through BIOS).
SSD Drive
LG IPS LED 27" Monitor (1920x1080p)

My question is I just got my 280x some games will run below 60fps on Ultra settings is my CPU bottlenecking the system ? and will upgrading to a Z87 Motherboard / i7 4770K boost my FPS by a significant margin ?

Games Im playing

BF4 / Call of Duty Ghosts / NFS Rivals / Bioshock Infinite / Far Cry 3

Thanks guys.
 
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Good choice on the motherboard, my money would stay with AMD and wait for the A10-7850k aka Kaveri aka Steamroller 2.0, Kaveri will drop right in your Motherboard Socket and you've already got great memory and and discrete GPU, i used G Skill RipjawsX DDR3 2133 Cas9 but i went with the AsRock FM2A88X Extreme6+ motherboard and the A10-6800k but it's just temporary until Kaveri is released..
AMD and Kaveri will intoduce some innovations to the gaming world, your GPU will work nicely with Kaveri as a team, i am waiting to purchase a GPU until Kaveri has been released and the intelligent folks here at Tom's determine what the best choice is but my eyes are on the R7-260x as the best candidate for Kaveri, minimal bottlenecking in either...
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robbiehamouda

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Far Cry 3 is totally unplayable @ Ultra even turning down some settings to high it dips to 40ish ... wondering if a 4770K will bump this up significantly ? ive done everything else right just wish I didnt take the apu route to start with and upgrading to a FX Processor is not possible for me their are currently no decent AM3+ boards in micro/mini itx form factor that fit in my case (thermaltake armor a30).
 
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u could get this.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8vkg
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8vkg/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8vkg/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H77M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $279.98
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-11 18:04 EST-0500)

280 bonos :D


 
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Doesn't make sense pairing that motherboard with that CPU.

But to the OP, yes your bottleneck is coming from your CPU.

If you were to upgrade to say a i5-3570k (w/ Z77 motherboard), or a i5-4670k (w/ Z87), or even a 8320 on an AM3+ motherboard, you would notice a significant difference.



 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/75OU
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/75OU/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/75OU/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($124.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $334.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-11 18:09 EST-0500)
 
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Good choice on the motherboard, my money would stay with AMD and wait for the A10-7850k aka Kaveri aka Steamroller 2.0, Kaveri will drop right in your Motherboard Socket and you've already got great memory and and discrete GPU, i used G Skill RipjawsX DDR3 2133 Cas9 but i went with the AsRock FM2A88X Extreme6+ motherboard and the A10-6800k but it's just temporary until Kaveri is released..
AMD and Kaveri will intoduce some innovations to the gaming world, your GPU will work nicely with Kaveri as a team, i am waiting to purchase a GPU until Kaveri has been released and the intelligent folks here at Tom's determine what the best choice is but my eyes are on the R7-260x as the best candidate for Kaveri, minimal bottlenecking in either direction, just coordinated gameplayers..
 
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While Kaveri's true performance is unknown until we get actual reviews on them, I would wait until Kaveri is out and reviewed before buying anything. For now, I would just back off a bit on some settings. If there is a setting for shadows, I would start there. I currently only play WoW, but I know turning shadows to low and disabling SSAO made a world of difference when I was still running my HD 5850's.
 
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yes good choice unless u wanna spend 300$ for an i5. honestly amd is moving away from performance mainstream cpus. i wouldnt holdout for steamroller. amd seems more concentrated on integrating everything on one chip and possibly making arms cpus for mobile and low-powered tablets etc.

 
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Kaveri is slated to be released 1/14/14. I don't think just going to a slightly reduced setting and waiting a month for official reviews is a bad idea. I don't expect miracles here, but spending that much for a new board and CPU, when a couple settings being turned down can probably get the desired FPS, is kinda silly. Looked around a bit. Motion blur and post AA disabled and V-sync disabled apparently helps framerates considerably.
 
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