AMD FX 4130 Bottlenecking MSI Gaming R9-290?

Reaction_Time · Sep 2, 2014

I recently bought an R9 290 Msi gaming edition with hopes of playing BF3 on ultra settings, well lets say that didn't turn out. There are multiple videos on youtube showing off the card saying and showing it gets 60-x frames. When using MSI after burner the core clock seems to alway bounce around and never stay at peak for more than a few seconds, is this normal?
(sorry for newbie-ness)

Specs
Cpu: AMD fx 4130
RAM: 8GB of rip-jaws memory at 1600
SSD:Kingston 120GB
Graphics card:MSI R9 290 Gaming edition
PSU: corsair CX750M

sincreator · Sep 2, 2014

Yes it is a bottleneck. You should grab a FX 8350 or higher to get rid of as much of the bottleneck as possible. Have you tried out mantle yet? It is supposed to help a bit in situations like this. What motherboard do you have, and are you running stock cooling?

Reaction_Time · Sep 2, 2014

No im using an after market cooler from cooler-master (something evo) and the MOBO is a GA-970A-UD3P i believe

sincreator · Sep 2, 2014

Well if your board was more overclocking friendly I would suggest the FX 8320 and overclock it, but since it's not I suggest the highest clocked FX chip you can get for the right amount of money. That would be the new FX 8370, but it's not available in retail just yet. Here is a FX 8350 that is on sale for a good price though: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL090313&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL090313-_-EMC-090313-Index-_-ProcessorsDesktops-_-19113284-L0A

west7 · Sep 2, 2014

Yes it will bottleneck an r9-290 even if you oveclock it

geofelt · Sep 2, 2014

Look at your case cooling. The R9 cards are highly overclocked and if they get too hot, they will slow down.

BF3 single player is gpu dependent; multiplayer is cpu dependent. Which are we talking about here?
If you are thinking of an upgrade:

To help clarify your CPU/GPU options, run these two tests:

a) Run your games, but lower your resolution and eye candy.
If your FPS increases, it indicates that your cpu is strong enough to drive a better graphics configuration.
If your FPS stays the same, you are likely more cpu limited.

b) Limit your cpu, either by reducing the OC, or, in windows power management, limit the maximum cpu% to something like 70%.
Go to control panel/power options/change plan settings/change advanced power settings/processor power management/maximum processor state/
This will simulate what a lack of cpu power will do.
Conversely what a 30% improvement in core speed might do.

You could also experiment with removing one core in the bios. This will tell you how sensitive your games are to the benefits of many cores.

If your FPS drops significantly, it is an indicator that your cpu is the limiting factor, and a cpu upgrade is in order.

It is possible that both tests are positive, indicating that you have a well balanced system, and both cpu and gpu need to be upgraded to get better gaming FPS.

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