best Graphics card for an Asus Crosshair v formula z

ZANDERtheGREAT · May 31, 2016

hello.I am putting together a pc and i need to know which would be the best grphics card for an Asus crosshair v formula z and which monitor would go best with it.Ive been saving for a while so money inst an issue as long as the graphics card is worth it.

rgd1101 · May 31, 2016

gtx 1080

Hlsgsz · May 31, 2016

GTX 1070. Your CPU(btw what is it? 8350? 9550?) will bottleneck the hell out of a 1080 unless you're gaming at 4k.
You should also begin to consider a platform upgrade. If you can do that soon, then you could go for the 1080 in preparation for your next build.

maxalge · May 31, 2016

ZANDERtheGREAT :

if you are just putting it together, get yourself an i5/i7 setup

it makes no sense to build an new am3 setup at all nowadays, wasted money for mediocre performance

Hlsgsz · May 31, 2016

maxalge :

Oh, I didn't read that correctly.
OP, maxalge is 100% right. Do not invest in taht dead platform!

Themastererr · May 31, 2016

Meh. If you're comfortable overclocking just do that. If you have an 8 core just overclock it to 4.8Ghz, you already have the motherboard. No point in upgrading to Intel right now.

Not many games can bottleneck an overclocked 8 AMD core, unless it's an older game that doesn't utilize multi-threading (Starcraft, World of Warcraft, LoL). You shouldn't be gaming at 4k yet anyway. Buy a 24" or 27" 144 hz monitor. 4k can only be displayed @ 59Hz and will give you a headache and cause eye strain over time. Not to mention you'll be gaming at 50FPS or lower which is just pathetic.

Intel was ahead for awhile because game developers did not move over to 4+ cores and threads, now that their starting to go multi-threading the FX series is aging like a fine wine. AMD is also releasing Zen this year so you can look forward to that and replace your CPU and mobo if necessary.

I would recommend the 1070 for a GPU.

ZANDERtheGREAT · May 31, 2016

Hlsgsz :

Its an amd fx 8350

Hlsgsz · May 31, 2016

Themastererr :

Meh. If you're comfortable overclocking just do that. If you have an 8 core just overclock it to 4.8Ghz, you already have the motherboard. No point in upgrading to Intel right now.

Not many games can bottleneck an overclocked 8 AMD core, unless it's an older game that doesn't utilize multi-threading (Starcraft, World of Warcraft, LoL). You shouldn't be gaming at 4k yet anyway. Buy a 24" or 27" 144 hz monitor. 4k can only be displayed @ 59Hz and will give you a headache and cause eye strain over time. Not to mention you'll be gaming at 50FPS or lower which is just pathetic.

Intel was ahead for awhile because game developers did not move over to 4+ cores and threads, now that their starting to go multi-threading the FX series is aging like a fine wine. AMD is also releasing Zen this year so you can look forward to that and replace your CPU and mobo if necessary.

I would recommend the 1070 for a GPU.

Nope. All money sunk into that platform is money thrown away at this point.

Themastererr · May 31, 2016

Hlsgsz :

Themastererr :

Nope. All money sunk into that platform is money thrown away at this point.

That's your opinion. He already has the platform so it's not wasted money.

My 150$ 8320 @ 5Ghz benches as high as 700$ Intels. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.

maxalge · May 31, 2016

Themastererr :

ANY online game will be bottlenecked

ANY game which only uses 1 - 2 cores ( the vast majority of games )

FX have not aged well at all, you need to overclock to even have half way decent performance, and DX12 is no help at all

an overclocked fx 8 core can barely keep up with a gtx 970

Hlsgsz · May 31, 2016

ZANDERtheGREAT :

So you already own the MB and CPU? Then get the 1070 if you don't plan to upgrade the platform any time soon and the 1080 if you do intend to and you are also considering going above 1080p/60hz.

ZANDERtheGREAT · May 31, 2016

Hlsgsz :

Themastererr :

Nope. All money sunk into that platform is money thrown away at this point.

What platform should i go with.Thanks for your help

Themastererr · May 31, 2016

maxalge :

Themastererr :

ANY online game will be bottlenecked

ANY game which only uses 1 - 2 cores ( the vast majority of games )

Why would you even say that? You're talking out of your ass and clearly a deluded Intel fanboy. Please stop while you're ahead.

FX have not aged well at all, and suffer especially bad on newer games, you need to overclock to even have half way decent performance

an overclocked fx 8 core can barely keep up with a gtx 970

Why would you even say that? You're talking out of your ass and clearly a deluded Intel fanboy. Please stop while you're ahead.

Themastererr · May 31, 2016

ZANDERtheGREAT :

Hlsgsz :

What platform should i go with.Thanks for your help

This guy literally has no idea what he's talking about dude. I get 100+FPS @ 1080 144hz with high settings in new games. I have an 8320 and an R9 380. Lol.

maxalge · May 31, 2016

Themastererr :

maxalge :

Why would you even say that? You're talking out of your ass and clearly a deluded Intel fanboy. Please stop while you're ahead.

because its the truth?

look at online game benchmarks, some games can gain you 100% fps with an intel setup

Themastererr · May 31, 2016

....100% increase with an Intel setup...I'm done. Intel fan boys are too funny.

Buy a new platform dude. Waste your money for absolutely no reason.

Good luck.

Hlsgsz · May 31, 2016

ZANDERtheGREAT :

Hlsgsz :

What platform should i go with.Thanks for your help

Intel, obviously. You lost me. DO you already own the CPU and MB or not?

Rogue Leader · May 31, 2016

Themastererr :

No it doesn't.

First off $700 Intels? Such as the 5960x? LOL

Lets start with the 4790k

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-4790K-vs-AMD-FX-8320/2384vs1983

Or maybe the 6700k

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-6700K-vs-AMD-FX-8320/3502vs1983

PS neither CPU is anywhere near $700, but lets go there, 5960X:

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-5960X-vs-AMD-FX-8320/2580vs1983

As you can see all 3 CPUS absolutely demolish the 8320, now I will agree yours runs 0.4 ghz faster than they did, and its a cold day in hell before that small amount of frequency would make up that difference.

If we want to go with cold numbers (mind you passmark isn't the best but it works for relative comparison)

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/overclocked_cpus.html

Find the 8320 in that list, its just below a 3 generation old i7-2600

You like what you have and it performs well enough for you (PS your claim of 100fps on the newest games, yeah maybe on minimum detail), thats fine. In fact the FX processors can still perform viably with all new games.

However if you are buying brand new equipment, buying a processor architecture that was designed back in 2012 and at this point is completely dead and due to be replaced later this year is a bad call. Buying into it is NOT advice that you should be giving. Nor should you be flaming others on this forum about giving honest answers, not based on hyperbole that you have made up.

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