Should I upgrade my CPU or GPU ???

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OrbitalTheGod

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Ok so I have a fairly nice computer. But I see a lot of people on high 60 fps for some reason I stay around 35 to 45 fps on BF4 on ultra, and on other game likes arma 3 stay at 40 fps. I want to know if i should upgrade my cpu or gpu .. I have spec wise.
AMD 8320 black edtion.
12 GB corsair ram
XFX R9 280x I have 2 of those.
2TB hard drive..
Nzxt phantom case.. with every single fan you can think of.
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So i have around £400 to play with... ?? any ideas .. I was personally thinking it was my cpu bottle necking so i was thinking of a i5 4670k.. and for gpu look at getting a gtx 980... I can only afford to do one or the other.. so which should it be ??? any ideas XD
 
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BTW, GTX970 and R9 390 are the same with their own pros and cons, the one is not better than the other.
The one is cooler, more power efficient, better OCable, more expensive but has a lot less RAM.
The other one is warmer, not power efficient, less better OCable, cheaper and has a lot more RAM.
Using benchmarks, both are extremely near to each other.
From DX12 point of view, by the time DX12 became mainstream, you are already looking at newer GPUs.

Actually,
If you want to use AMD/ATI, I would say R9 390x is more interesting, since if you are lucky enough, you can sometimes find R9 390x offers very near to GTX970's price.

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the most bang for the buck gpu imo is the r9 390, its the same price or even cheaper than the gtx 970, and it performs better and has more than double the memory
 
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If you change your CPU, you will need a new motherboard and probably memory too. I am not sure why you have duel 280X's I would never suggest having duel GPU's unless you already have the top range card, you will get a better performance per $ with a better single GPU than cheaper duel GPU's

Also if you are running at 45+ FPS, there is not really a need to change now anyway, you can save up a bit more and purchase a complete upgrade with a CPU and GPU later.
 
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BTW, GTX970 and R9 390 are the same with their own pros and cons, the one is not better than the other.
The one is cooler, more power efficient, better OCable, more expensive but has a lot less RAM.
The other one is warmer, not power efficient, less better OCable, cheaper and has a lot more RAM.
Using benchmarks, both are extremely near to each other.
From DX12 point of view, by the time DX12 became mainstream, you are already looking at newer GPUs.

Actually,
If you want to use AMD/ATI, I would say R9 390x is more interesting, since if you are lucky enough, you can sometimes find R9 390x offers very near to GTX970's price.

 
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He has 2 R9 280x in crossfire they will at least equal a GTX970 or R9 390 in most games that support crossfire. Sure they will use a whole lot more power but for performance I don't see any point in that "upgrade".
 
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Getting a 2nd matching R9 280x will have some pros and cons:

Pros:

Massive performance bump, usually faster than a 980 or comparable GPU
Usually lower per-GPU load because work is shared

Cons:

You will have occasional crossfire issues, but I personally find these slightly exaggerated. Over the 5+ years that I've used dual GPU setups, I only ever had 2 games give me problems, and these were fixed by driver updates.
More heat, power consumption and noise.
Lower usable vRAM than next gen GPUs like the 980/980ti and 390x/Fury
 
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I got the 280x and thinking about duel crossfire. The games I play are Battlefield 1, resident evil 7, company of heroes etc. Do you think crossfiring will be a good ideal over buying new single card? I'm average satisfied with performance but need more FPS as a luxury. what say?
 
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