What is the highest end card that my AMD FX 8120 will Support?

Tokage · Feb 2, 2016

As the title says, I'm curious what the highest end GPU I can put in with my 8120 without a major bottleneck. Currently I'm planning on getting a 970 or 980, then getting a new CPU/MoBo/CPU Cooler and then another 980/970. I'm fairly certain it's a decent enough CPU to handle either of these GPU's.

Many thanks to all who reply!

ak47jar3d · Feb 2, 2016

It can handle gtx 970 and gtx 980 is most games bottleneck free. If you plan on going sli, you will need a newer Intel processor (haswell or newer) to avoid bottleneck.

Guest · Feb 2, 2016

Here's a thread from 2015 asking a similar question, regarding the 980 Ti and their FX 8120: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2708641/gtx-980ti-8120-bottleneck-pci.html

Not sure was rez you are gaming at, but with that proc and at 1080p the GTX 960 may be the sweet-spot without a bottleneck, possibly a GTX 970.

ohiou_grad_2006 · Feb 2, 2016

I used to have the fx 8120, have you overclocked it? If not, do that also. I think I had mine at 4ghz on stock voltage.

ohiou_grad_2006 · Feb 2, 2016

I used to have the fx 8120, have you overclocked it? If not, do that also. I think I had mine at 4ghz on stock voltage.

Tokage · Feb 2, 2016

ak47jar3d :

Thanks for the reply, forgot to say that I plan on getting a 4790k for the upgrade after the GPU. I'm sure that will be good enough, as I have a friend with a similar build to what I plan on having.

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