Will an Fx 6300 Bottleneck an r9 390

_Vault_Dweller_ · Nov 11, 2015

I have an Fx 6300 paired with an r9 390 and im pretty sure that it's bottlenecking because performance isnt what I thought it should be. Also in amd afterburner, the gpu usage during gaming goes sporadically up and down like a heart beat. Is this bottlenecking? and if so what can I do to fix it?

daswilhelm · Nov 11, 2015

it's bottlenecking if you cpu is constantly at 100%.

depending on the game, results will vary.

_Vault_Dweller_ · Nov 11, 2015

daswilhelm :

Yes amd afterburner says all 6 cores are at max, do you think if i got an fx 8320 it would solve this

PandaBear270 · Nov 11, 2015

Out of curiosity, what games are you playing that push six cores to the max?

_Vault_Dweller_ · Nov 11, 2015

PandaBear270 :

Some pretty tasking ones: GTA V, Fallout 4, Ark Do you think an fx 8320 would solve this?

daswilhelm · Nov 11, 2015

i doubt that upgrade will help you. a switch to intel would.

as panda asks, what game is causing this issues? there might be somethign else going on.

also, whats the rest of your system specs?

_Vault_Dweller_ · Nov 11, 2015

daswilhelm :

Well you know the cpu and gpu also 8 gigs of ram and a 750 watt psu

jimmysmitty · Nov 11, 2015

_Vault_Dweller_ :

GTA V and Fallout 4 are not taxing 6 cores, even though your CPU is a 3 module 6 thread processor, but it depends on the setting you play atr:

http://www.techspot.com/review/991-gta-5-pc-benchmarks/

The FX 6000 series is only a bit weaker in GTA V vs a FX 8000 series. If it is bottlenecking then you might have to change certain in game settings.

Fallout 4 should be fine too.

Something else seems off.

_Vault_Dweller_ · Nov 11, 2015

what else could be off?

PandaBear270 · Nov 11, 2015

And why you think you are getting less performance? Are your FPS dropping to like 25?

indiferenc · Nov 11, 2015

fx-6300 OC'd @ 4.6 here, CPU never uses more than 60%. also, FO4 has some serious bugs and performance issues. do not attribute this to your card. its the game

_Vault_Dweller_ · Nov 11, 2015

PandaBear270 :

Yes they are. In fallout 4 when i look at a town or a populated area, the fps can drop to 19. And im pretty sure my rig is supposed to be able to handle something like that.

indiferenc · Nov 11, 2015

_Vault_Dweller_ :

many others are having this issue. some are saying to verify your game install. but its the game, not your set up

_Vault_Dweller_ · Nov 11, 2015

indiferenc :

What voltage are you at? cant get mine past 4.2ghz

PandaBear270 · Nov 11, 2015

Then is what indiferenc said all the way. It was just released and you will have wait for some patches and updates to optimize it.

_Vault_Dweller_ · Nov 11, 2015

PandaBear270 :

I have thought this too but my friend has a 280x and an 8320 and is getting better frames than me. Also why is the gpu usage acting so strange in amd overdrive?

PandaBear270 · Nov 11, 2015

Do not ever never use AMD overdrive to overclock... Always use the BIOS/UEFI.

I am really use the FX 6300 is capable of handling those games even on stock clock and I would bet an arm for it. The problem should be elsewhere.
I know this question can sound silly but, did you downloaded your Fallout 4 from a pirated source? I am asking only because you could have been infected by a Bitcoin miner that sucks all your CPU cycles. I have seen this happen before with my own eyes and people blamed the hardware.

_Vault_Dweller_ · Nov 11, 2015

PandaBear270 :

No I got it from steam

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