How performance drop with gtx 960 using fx 6300 vs i5 4590

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Hi,

1) Depends on the game. There's a MASSIVE difference between how much one game is CPU bound versus another.

Tomb Raider is an example of a game that has MINIMAL CPU requirements. Some games like the Metro series can cost you 40% or so depending on the settings and GPU used.

Saying "2 to 3 fps drops" is completely incorrect.

2) Also, do you mean GTX970 or GTX960?

The GTX970 is the only card with the "3.5GB" memory issue due to slow access to 512MB of it. The GTX960 has 2GB and 4GB variants but both of these have no such issue.
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i'd say 1 cathegory at most, if you were playing on high, to keep FPS the same, you'd have to play medium, and i think i may be exaggerating, if you're asking if it's worth the leap, yes, it is
 
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Hi,

1) Depends on the game. There's a MASSIVE difference between how much one game is CPU bound versus another.

Tomb Raider is an example of a game that has MINIMAL CPU requirements. Some games like the Metro series can cost you 40% or so depending on the settings and GPU used.

Saying "2 to 3 fps drops" is completely incorrect.

2) Also, do you mean GTX970 or GTX960?

The GTX970 is the only card with the "3.5GB" memory issue due to slow access to 512MB of it. The GTX960 has 2GB and 4GB variants but both of these have no such issue.
 
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CPU scaling:

Tomb Raider (minimal CPU bottleneck):
http://www.techspot.com/review/645-tomb-raider-performance/page5.html

Skyrim (CPU bottleneck):
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-processor-frame-rate-performance,3427-6.html

Ignore what GPU used and settings as these are only EXAMPLES, but the point is that your performance loss will vary significantly between those two CPU's paired with the same GTX960 depending on the game.

A good CPU can get over 50% higher frame rates for Skyrim at these settings (ignore VSYNC) whereas Tomb Raider has essentially NO drops. Frame TIMES might be slightly different but that's another discussion.

So yeah, you can vary by 0% to over 50% difference.
 
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