Will my AMD Athlon II 740k bottleneck the R9 270x or Gtx 760?

vLx Twiistzz · Mar 3, 2014

My Birthday is coming up and I wanted to buy myself a new graphics card for my gaming pc. I am a little stuck on which one to get as of gaming wise and bottle neck, the two graphics cards are the ones I am looking at but if anyone can suggest any better or if they will bottle neck that will be most appreciated

Danbuscus25 · Mar 3, 2014

probly, i would spend some money and get an am3+ based system with fx 4300. how much money are you looking at?

neieus · Mar 3, 2014

It will not matter which one you decide to go for because your CPU will be your true bottleneck.

coolcole01 · Mar 3, 2014

i dont know where you live but microcenter has fx 8320 for 99 bucks get that and a decent mobo and enjoy

ak47jar3d · Mar 3, 2014

Yes. I would expect a bottom neck of either card. Either fx processor or i3 3rd Gen at least.

vLx Twiistzz · Mar 4, 2014

I'll possibly have ave £200 as I'm in th UK but Iight go for the processor then?
Do you have any other suggestions on graphics cards? I have the amd 7770 and the moment

vLx Twiistzz · Mar 4, 2014

I might*

coolcole01 · Mar 4, 2014

How good do you want your graphics to be an fx 6300 can take you a long way

Radu Ionel · Mar 4, 2014

I would also chose the FX-6300 and for the motherboard is best to go with Asus they ofer the best,i have FX-8320 and Asus M5A99X EVO R 2.0 mobo ,they are great.

vLx Twiistzz · Mar 4, 2014

Something that can run battlefield 4 at a decent fps or something where I won't need to upgrade for a while

Radu Ionel · Mar 4, 2014

You will get stable 60 FPS with R7 260x on medium settings vsync 1080p without antialiasing , i have stable 60 FPS on R9 270X ultra high textures an the other high without antialiasing. The 260X has Mantle for Battlefield and True Audio.

coolcole01 · Mar 4, 2014

For the money the fx 6300 + http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16813131795 is a great deal

vLx Twiistzz · Mar 4, 2014

How bad would the bottleneck be if I got the r9 270x?

coolcole01 · Mar 4, 2014

In games that are using 2-4 cores compared to fx its not that bad but as games move forward and use more cores its atrocious. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/piledriver-k10-cpu-overclocking,3584-16.html

coolcole01 · Mar 4, 2014

The place it will really hurt is minimum fps it will get brutal in the future.

vLx Twiistzz · Mar 4, 2014

Ah right..
What graphics card should I go for then that's good enough for my processor?

coolcole01 · Mar 4, 2014

Im a big supporter of buying the best card you can as you have a quad core you should be ok on games that aren't using more cores. Games like bf4 or cysis 3 need the more cores. But they are the exception. What kind of budget do you have.

coolcole01 · Mar 4, 2014

If you could come up with 270 I would get this but you might need a new psu.http://m.ebuyer.com/579927

coolcole01 · Mar 4, 2014

Because yes it will get bottlenecks but in the future when you upgrade cpu it will be great and it gives you the best you can do now and prices are reasonable for cards in the UK compared to the states Damn.

vLx Twiistzz · Mar 4, 2014

Thanks for the support I think I'm gonna get a new processor first

coolcole01 · Mar 4, 2014

do you have an fm2 board or is it fm2+

vLx Twiistzz · Mar 5, 2014

I think I have San fm2+

coolcole01 · Mar 5, 2014

Was just thinking since you have fm 2+ maybe you could get a a10-7850k and run it in dual mode with your hd7770

coolcole01 · Mar 5, 2014

Never mind I don't think its compatible get a fx 6300 if your going Budget or a fx 8350 or i5 3570/4670k if you have time to same.

Will my AMD Athlon II 740k bottleneck the R9 270x or Gtx 760?

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