- Aug 19, 2015
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Hey everyone!
Last week I finally received my R9 390 from Newegg.ca for $460 CAD.
With that card included, here are my specs:
CPU: AMD FX-6300 6-Core 3.5Ghz
RAM: G.Skills X Series 8GB DDR3 (2 x 4GB)
GPU: XFX R9 390
PSU: Antec 650W 80+ Bronze
When I played Skyrim maxed out on this card, without mods, I get a constant 60 FPS when outdoors in the wilderness or wherever there isn't much stuff going. However, when I enter dense areas, like cities, my once 60 FPS, can often drop to 30-40 FPS. In my opinion, this is really annoying and takes a lot away from my experience.
For example, once i enter the town of Riften, my FPS will drop to around 30 FPS, when looking towards the center of the town, basically, the more stuff that my camera is looking towards, the more my FPS drops, by a lot.
So, I figured that either my expectations for the R9 390 were too high, or my CPU, the AMD FX-6300, was effecting my performance.
Is the issue likely my CPU? I heard that AMD CPUs are pretty big culprits when it comes to bottlenecking in-game.
I'm thinking of changing my CPU now. To an Intel i5 4460 with an H81M motherboard, as I have heard that the 4460 doesn't really bottleneck most modern day cards, and that it would be a good upgrade, in terms of gaming.
Thank you for the help!
Last week I finally received my R9 390 from Newegg.ca for $460 CAD.
With that card included, here are my specs:
CPU: AMD FX-6300 6-Core 3.5Ghz
RAM: G.Skills X Series 8GB DDR3 (2 x 4GB)
GPU: XFX R9 390
PSU: Antec 650W 80+ Bronze
When I played Skyrim maxed out on this card, without mods, I get a constant 60 FPS when outdoors in the wilderness or wherever there isn't much stuff going. However, when I enter dense areas, like cities, my once 60 FPS, can often drop to 30-40 FPS. In my opinion, this is really annoying and takes a lot away from my experience.
For example, once i enter the town of Riften, my FPS will drop to around 30 FPS, when looking towards the center of the town, basically, the more stuff that my camera is looking towards, the more my FPS drops, by a lot.
So, I figured that either my expectations for the R9 390 were too high, or my CPU, the AMD FX-6300, was effecting my performance.
Is the issue likely my CPU? I heard that AMD CPUs are pretty big culprits when it comes to bottlenecking in-game.
I'm thinking of changing my CPU now. To an Intel i5 4460 with an H81M motherboard, as I have heard that the 4460 doesn't really bottleneck most modern day cards, and that it would be a good upgrade, in terms of gaming.
Thank you for the help!
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