Would Gigabyte gtx 970 work with fx 4300 and do better than gtx 650 ti

Roma Bezdvornyi

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So I have a really bad CPU FX 4300 and gtx 650 ti. But Im thinking about getting a Gigabyte gtx 970 so its going to replace my gtx 650 ti that i have right now. The question is. Would the gtx 970 work with fx 4300 or would it bottleneck my gpu and what exactly the bottleneck would do to my pc and what CPU should than i get if it wouldnt work. Than You for help and SORRY for my English.
 
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It will be better than the GTX 650 Ti for sure, but it will be bottlenecked in a lot of relatively demanding games. Just be aware that you won't get the most out of the GTX 970 until you upgrade your CPU to something like an i5.

So bottleneck yes, but still way better performance than your 650 Ti.

You could also upgrade to just a Radeon R9 280X or GTX 960 4GB version, both of these are ~2x the power of the 650 Ti, and then put the money saved from a 970 towards a CPU & board upgrade.

kwa-e

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What games are you currently playing/planning to play?

In the case of most games a good overclock should get you within smooth +45 FPS range, it may be a bottleneck but it'll be a much better experience than with a 650TI
 

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Im usually playing CS GO a lot it guves me 99-110 fps good enough but I also playing DayZ and BF4 and planing to get a GTA 5 and my power supply is 650 WATTS.
 

Roma Bezdvornyi

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My PSU is Antec 620W is it enough?
 

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It will be better than the GTX 650 Ti for sure, but it will be bottlenecked in a lot of relatively demanding games. Just be aware that you won't get the most out of the GTX 970 until you upgrade your CPU to something like an i5.

So bottleneck yes, but still way better performance than your 650 Ti.

You could also upgrade to just a Radeon R9 280X or GTX 960 4GB version, both of these are ~2x the power of the 650 Ti, and then put the money saved from a 970 towards a CPU & board upgrade.
 
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OC goes a long way with Amd fx cpus. If you can get a decent OC, @4.4-4.6GHz, with a 970 on a 1080p 60Hz monitor you'll not see much, if any, bottleneck in any game named, as you'll cap out before you reach that threshold.

The 4300 is not a bad cpu, its actually quite decent, especially in single thread games, for an fx, since those games only run @1-3 cores anyways. Where you'll suffer is in games like bf4 multi-player, where lack of strength (fx weakness) in single thread performance with only 4 cores will are a difference.

The Antec 620w is plenty to run a 980, so no worries on a 970, even with a high oc.