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R9 285 compatibility

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August 29, 2014 5:24:40 PM

How will the new R9 285 hold up with an FX-6300 processor? Is it to early to know if there will be bottlenecking issues between these two?

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August 29, 2014 5:50:39 PM

The R9-285 should be between the R9-280 and R9-290. I would say that is about the max for that processor w/o bottleneck if it is OC'd a bit. I have another gamer with a Phenom II X4 965BE @ 4.0 GHz running a R9-280 w/o bottleneck... so far. The FX-6300 should be in that class of CPU.
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September 11, 2014 12:57:30 PM

clutchc said:
The R9-285 should be between the R9-280 and R9-290. I would say that is about the max for that processor w/o bottleneck if it is OC'd a bit. I have another gamer with a Phenom II X4 965BE @ 4.0 GHz running a R9-280 w/o bottleneck... so far. The FX-6300 should be in that class of CPU.

R9 285> R9 280> R 290 If Im correct. There should be no bottleneck since Fx is the Vishera chip far more capable than old Phenom chips!

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September 11, 2014 2:39:20 PM

Actually, the FX-6300 with its 3 Bulldozer modules is about in the same class as the Phenom II X4 965BE with its 4 discrete cores for gaming. I doubt you could tell the difference. Tom's Hierarchy chart rates the FX-6300 in the same tier as the 3.4 GHz Phenom II X4 965BE at stock speeds.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-o...

OC'ing both will increase their performance about equally. I have built with several of both processors and find that to be exactly the case.

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