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spladam :
wdmfiber :
Ya, even a 8350 wouldn't be much good to you. AMD piledriver architecture is just weak. And old... with 2014 right around the corner you don't want a "new" CPU's dating to 2012.
Stick with what you have. Or get a new Asus Z87 board and an Intel 4670K.
That is incorrect, an 8350 would work absolutely fine with 280x, There seems to be a very big misunderstanding of what the bottleneck phenomenon is and how it works. It's very dependent on what you are running first of all, and it takes quite a bit of a performance gap before you can actually NOTICE anything without staring at meter numbers for an hour. Most modern titles will not come close to maxing out an 8350, no matter what GPU you've paired it with.
Good joke.
http://www.techspot.com/review/875-intel-core-i7-5960x-haswell-e/page8.html
or literally every other valid benchmark out there.
"Literally" huh? "Valid" benchmarks, as opposed to all the invalid ones. Ok, that link you referenced, did you notice how the reviewers avoided using the word "bottleneck", and how they referred to CPU "utilization". That's because that's what it is. You are confusing "better CPU = better performance" with bottle necking, which is what I was saying about there being a common misconception. If they showed the CPU-Z or HWiNFO sensor readout you'd most likely see that the FX 8350 did not hit 100% during test. Yes, better CPU means better performance, but that does not mean that the GPU was not using 100% during game-play. My R9 280 hits 100% under heavy load paired with my weak and tiny FX-6100 at 4GHz. What we refer to as Bottleneck happens when your CPU hits 100% and your GPU doesn't, under heavy load. Again, bottleneck is when your GPU fails to utilize 100% use under heavy load, limiting it's performance, and my R9 280 hits 100% during the Hitman Absolution benchmark every time. However, if I upgraded my CPU, I would have a better frame count.
Let me quot the AMD crossfire thread from THIS website:
"CPU Bottlenecking misconceptions: There is ONLY a bottleneck in your system if your CPU is at or close to 100% load, OR if it is throttling at a way to high temperature. If that is not the case with your current CPU, there is simply no bottleneck with your processor. If your current CPU is running close to 100% load, it is best that you soon invest in a new CPU to take maximum advantage of the cards in your chosen configuration."
You see, no joke.
-Edit: Let me correct myself, in a moment of self doubt, I ran the Hitman Absolution bench to double check, my 280 hits 97% while my CPU hits 79%. It appears I am indeed slightly holding that GPU back, but then again, it's a FX 6100. It's really time to upgrade.....
I average 42FPS on Ultra settings by the way.
Tomb Raider bench on Ultra: 58 FPS average, CPU: 67% peak GPU: 100%
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