FX-8370 for Gaming and i7 4790k for Streaming PC?

NibbsOfficial · Oct 25, 2016

So right now my i7 4790k is currently in my Gaming PC with my GTX 1080.

My Streaming PC has the FX-8370 inside of it, but the cpu preset can only go down to "faster" which is 1 below very fast or else everything begins to stutter. The quality of my content is okay, but I know it could be better with lower presets.

My question is would there be ANY fps loss (dont care about gains because currently it's good enough) if I switched my Gaming PC to my FX-8370 instead of the i7 4790k I currently use?

I know for sure the 4790k could encode beautifully if I just used it purely for streaming purposes (which I would)

Thanks again in advance! <3

bicycle_repair_man · Oct 25, 2016

NibbsOfficial :

It depends on the game, but in all likelihood, yes. Assuming you'd pair the FX-8370 with the GTX 1080, you'd more than likely introduce a bottleneck.

NibbsOfficial · Oct 25, 2016

bicycle_repair_man :

Ah thanks for the reply.

The game i'd mainly play is Overwatch. So there'd be an expected FPS loss eh? That's unfortunate

bicycle_repair_man · Oct 25, 2016

Overwatch scales well for multiple CPU threads, but it also favours strong IPC, so an i7 will offer a substantial performance benefit. That said, if an i7-4790K gives you 200 fps and an FX-8370 gives you 140 fps, then the benefit is pretty moot.

synphul · Oct 25, 2016

This might help put it into perspective, especially since they're using the same gpu you are. The 4790k handles overwatch considerably better than the fx 8350 though the fx should still handle it around 100fps.
http://www.techspot.com/review/1180-overwatch-benchmarks/page5.html

The only way to really know for sure what sort of impact you'd see is to try it out since you have both. If the game seems to lag on the fx then you'll be better off gaming on the i7. If the fps loss doesn't bother you and you notice no real difference in gameplay, it feels just as good to you and the i7 streams it better then go with what works for you.

kgt1182 · Oct 26, 2016

Actually both CPUs will not have a noticeable difference 146 vs 232 fps on a 60Hz screen unless you use a 120Hz or 144Hz screen.
Tune up the graphics and both your FX 8370 and i7 4770k will usually run within 20-30% of each other. Around 70 vs 90 fps.
But if you are a competitive gamer and wants the best performance use the i7 4770k. around (+15%-+70% fps)
An overclocked quad module FX 8370 at 4.8-5.0 GHz meets the 4th Gen 3.5 GHz quad core Intel per core. Note that you can get best possibble performance out of a 4Ghz+ Intel easily.
In multithreaded performance the Intel and AMD performs similiarly at stock speeds, except I7 4770k runs cooler. Using an i7 for streaming only is a bit of a waste for its cost and gaming capability. FX 8370 was designed with cost and hardware multithreading in mind.

Hence
Use i7 4770K for gaming. far superior in single threaded tasks (gaming).
Use FX 8370 for streaming. far superior multithread performance for its cost (streaming).

NibbsOfficial · Oct 27, 2016

kgt1182 :

thx for this feedback.

Right now my CPU Preset on the 8370 can't go slower than "faster" which is unfortunate because I do recall my i7 being able to go down to medium with no issues.

Tho my streams don't look horrible by any means anymore being a partner rocking a higher bitrate and all, but I basically want to have an encoding beast machine haha

Thanks again for your feedback man!

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