Possible bottleneck with FX 4300 and R9 380?

dmitry0903 · May 29, 2016

Hi,

so, a while ago I upgraded from my GTX 660 to the somewhat better R9 380. I thought all my lag in my games (Battlefield 3,4 GTA 5, that kind of games) would vanish at high settings. But it didn't. My setup is a CX500M PSU, and a FX 4300 GPU. Is there a bottleneck? This are some readings while playing BF3 on High: http://imgur.com/5gtbhTh . I did get some almost negligible slowdowns for 1 second or so, then the GPU use drops straight down to 0.
I would be really happy if someone could help me with this!

Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163 · May 29, 2016

The R9 380 is enough to play GTA V at Very High (without the extras) at a solid 60 FPS in 1440p even, so yes, a pretty big bottleneck. However, right when I got my R9 380, I was using a A8 5500, so, that's a lot worse than what you have now, if that makes you feel any better.

My GPU usage is doing the same thing.

dmitry0903 · May 30, 2016

Thank you for your answer!
Would you know if buying a better processor (FX-8300 or something like that) would really help my case?

Pc6777 · May 30, 2016

Yes, For games that can utilize all of its cores(most new AA titles including gta v)

dmitry0903 · May 30, 2016

Thank you guys for your replies!
So, if I buy a better CPU, I will definitely get better performance?

Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163 · May 30, 2016

That depends on the games you play. If you're close, at, or above 60 FPS on a 60 Hz monitor, it won't make a difference.

dmitry0903 · May 30, 2016

Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163 :

Thanks, I understand. But that's the problem. I'm not even remotely close to 60 fps in GTA V....

Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163 · May 30, 2016

An Intel CPU is definitely going to help then, I recommend an i5 for a longer life span in games, but i3 if you have to. You also have to account for a new motherboard, and possibly new RAM if you're going for a Skylake CPU, as well as a new OS license, if your current one is OEM.

Pc6777 · May 30, 2016

An Intel i5 is a bit better, but if you have a dead am3+ mobo like me and rather spend money on your gpu than a new mobo and cpu an 8 core AMD fx chip will help you with new AA titles and will run games just fine, the 4300 will bottleneck your gpu in some games but an 8 core amd would be on par with your gpu a day not bottleneck in a majority of games.

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