Swagrid :
dudeman509 :
Depends on the game, but probably not games like GTAV or Crysis 3, Witcher 3, etc. with ALL the visual effects cranked up...it will run very high settings though.
My friend has a lower gnu and the same cpu and he says he can play GTA on full graphics and still get 45 - 55. And my gnu would be better, so I may just have to overclock my cpu?
There are a ton of graphics options in GTAV. He doesn't have them ALL cranked up if he's playing it on a lesser card than a 970, but he might have a few of them pretty high. Even the 970 can't handle full detail in that game.
Yes, the FX CPUs respond very well to an OC in GTAV.