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Hello I would kindly ask if anyone knows if the R7 260/X will bottlneck my FX4100? Ohh and should I get the R7 260 instead of the 260x because I am probably going to overclock and I am on a budget ;D Thanks for any help
 
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Mantle and BF4: http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/news/view/bf4-mantle-live/

The above is the best info I've found so far. As you can see there's a huge difference in scores, so you need to read most of this to understand where the improvements are coming from if you want to GUESS at how you'll improve.

Example:
25% improvement for an FX-8350 + HD7970

Of course, TWEAKING the game settings is still really important. If screen tearing isn't too bad, my advice is tweak to 45FPS average with VSYNC OFF.
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It will VARY between games whether there is a bottleneck or not, but the 260X isn't even close to being a bottleneck in most (all?) games.

My advice is get the best graphics card you can afford. Even a GTX770 isn't going to be a bottleneck in many games.

The R7-260X isn't as fast as an HD7850: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/R9_280X_Direct_Cu_II_TOP/26.html

If you could manage to stretch to $223 then I'd recommend the Asus R9-270X:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-r9270xdc2t2gd5




 
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Thank you, that will help me and what I find is that in the UK R9270x is stupidly expensive as so is the 7850! But this card can play most games on ultra without AA! BF4 here I come (Mantle!)
 
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Just look at the BENCHMARK I linked above.

Based on that, an R9-270X should be roughtly 2x faster than an HD7770. That is going to VARY between games, but on average you should see DOUBLE the performance.

MANTLE:
The benefit in BF4 appears to be mainly for those where the CPU power is relatively poor. So YOU should see a bit of a boost, especially in areas that have really LOW frame rates due to CPU bottlenecking in Multiplayer.

It's hard to guess, but I think you might see a 20% boost on average and your LOW frame rates might be a lot higher (i.e. 10FPS to 25FPS). Again, it's an educated guess looking at some benchmarks with different hardware.
 
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Mantle and BF4: http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/news/view/bf4-mantle-live/

The above is the best info I've found so far. As you can see there's a huge difference in scores, so you need to read most of this to understand where the improvements are coming from if you want to GUESS at how you'll improve.

Example:
25% improvement for an FX-8350 + HD7970

Of course, TWEAKING the game settings is still really important. If screen tearing isn't too bad, my advice is tweak to 45FPS average with VSYNC OFF.
 
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