Is a Sapphire Radeon R9 270X good for my system

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I got an amd a10 5800 processor and I was just wondering if it would bottleneck the
Sapphire Radeon R9 270X. Right now I'm using a 7770 and I really want to upgrade. I'm not an expert when it comes to graphics cards so I don't really know if I'll bottleneck it or not. Thank you for the help. P.S. If it will bottleneck the graphic card any suggestions?
 
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The 5800K shouldn't bottleneck that GPU, some games just won't perform as well as they would with a faster CPU like say, a Haswell I5 due to the general efficiency and the ability of that CPU to extract more out of the system around it. If I remember correctly (Correct me if I'm wrong) the 5800K is a Piledriver based CPU (Basically an FX 4300) and performs slightly better than a Phenom II X4 965. I happen to have one of those old hogs at stock clocks in an older rig paired with an overclocked HD 7850 running at 1050MHz, and experience no real CPU bottle necking on that rig. The GPU always maxes out before the CPU does. If your CPU maxes first, you have the definition of a true CPU bottleneck. If anything, my GPU is the bottleneck in my...
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There's no rule or algorithm for working it out.

If the a10 bottlenecked your 7770 then it will also bottleneck better cards. The as firo said - it also depends on the game being played. Some use the cpu a lot and others don't. It will be marginal is my guess.
 
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The 5800K shouldn't bottleneck that GPU, some games just won't perform as well as they would with a faster CPU like say, a Haswell I5 due to the general efficiency and the ability of that CPU to extract more out of the system around it. If I remember correctly (Correct me if I'm wrong) the 5800K is a Piledriver based CPU (Basically an FX 4300) and performs slightly better than a Phenom II X4 965. I happen to have one of those old hogs at stock clocks in an older rig paired with an overclocked HD 7850 running at 1050MHz, and experience no real CPU bottle necking on that rig. The GPU always maxes out before the CPU does. If your CPU maxes first, you have the definition of a true CPU bottleneck. If anything, my GPU is the bottleneck in my rig. The R9 270X is basically a 7870, a step up from my example GPU, and is noticeably faster, but shouldn't be fast enough to totally overrun your CPU. I have no doubt my old Phenom could handle an R9 270X and would make gains in games if I replaced the 7850 with one.

As I7Baby said, if there is a bottleneck it would probably be marginal and not really noticeable. And there really is unfortunately no definitive answer as to what bottlenecks what until you test it. And of course, CPU bound games will benefit more from faster CPU's. But that doesn't mean your CPU is too slow for the GPU, it just means it's not as fast as a faster CPU. An I5 3570K would appear slower if compared to an I7 4790K in some CPU bound games, but that doesn't mean the I5 is a bottleneck. The 270X will be a large step up from your current GPU for sure, and would definitely give you a noticeable boost in gaming performance over the 7770. I'd say go for it.
 
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