should i upgrade my gtx 970 or amd fx8350

GrimReaper66601 · Jun 17, 2016

so i don't know what would benefit me more gaming wise,i notice my cpu bottle necking a bit even with a slight over clock,so i dont know what would be better to upgrade,to a gtx 1080 or to a i7 6700k,my spces are...

-a gtx 970 4 gb
-fx 8350 over clocked to 4.4
-msi 970 gaming motherboard
-16 gigs of ram
-kracken x61
-and a 750 watt gold power supply

Note- i know that i would need a new motherboard,ram,and cpu if i go with the cpu upgrade.Both options come to the around same amount of money so. Thanks!

Bakua · Jun 17, 2016

Upgrade that CPU, you'll notice better performance. The 8350 has 8 weak cores, and games only use 2-4, making your extra cores absolutely useless.

GrimReaper66601 · Jun 17, 2016

Bakua :

how much of a fps difference should i see you think? Also i think i made a mistake going with this cpu when i built this pc,first build but i was new to it.

Bakua · Jun 17, 2016

The performance increase would differentiate across different games, but in games like GTA V or Battlefield, you may see as much as a 10+ fps difference. The 8350 is still a great CPU, it's just mainly used for rendering videos/images/animations.

GrimReaper66601 · Jun 17, 2016

Bakua :

alright thank you so much,i think what i might do is upgrade to the i7 and then wait till next years x mass to upgrade to the 1080, the 970 is still a good card lol

Bakua · Jun 17, 2016

GrimReaper66601 :

No problem, friend

Yes, the 970 will last for quite a while, still be able to play all games easily

oobymach · Jun 17, 2016

GrimReaper66601 :

I've played alot of games on the 8350 and it's never let me down yet, I run sli 780ti's on it and it's a solid performing rig. I do encode and rip bluray video so the 8 threads are used are used a fair amount, I wouldn't go with anything less than the 8core 16thread i7 as it does outperform the 8350, the 6core 12thread only marginally outperforms the 8350 @ stock clocks though, and the next gen chips will probably blow these away as well, we'll have to wait and see.

GrimReaper66601 · Jun 17, 2016

oobymach :

GrimReaper66601 :

I've played alot of games on the 8350 and it's never let me down yet, I run sli 780ti's on it and it's a solid performing rig. I do encode and rip bluray video so the 8 threads are used are used a fair amount, I wouldn't go with anything less than the 8core 16thread i7 as it does outperform the 8350, the 6core 12thread only marginally outperforms the 8350 @ stock clocks though, and the next gen chips will probably blow these away as well, we'll have to wait and see.

its not that it let me down ,its just not giving me the performance i want,thats all and i really dont do much besides play games and go on the web,i just want more performance,thanks for the info though!

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