Will an i3 6100 be fine with an RX 480?
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That's fine especially if you are only going for 60fps close to max settings in newer games. The i3 will easily push 60fps with a 480 max or close to max settings in the majority of games. An i3 mainly suffers when going for high fps gaming with a high refresh rate 144hz panel or something. Also you will be on a platform with room to upgrade should you think the i3 is not enough down the road.
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It will do much better than low settings in the majority of games. Here is a bf1 benchmark at 1080p ultra with a gtx 1080.
http://www.gamersnexus.net/game-bench/2673-battlefield-1-cpu-benchmark-dx11-vs-dx12-i5-i7-fx?showall=1
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It will do much better than low settings in the majority of games. Here is a bf1 benchmark at 1080p ultra with a gtx 1080.
http://www.gamersnexus.net/game-bench/2673-battlefield-1-cpu-benchmark-dx11-vs-dx12-i5-i7-fx?showall=1
I said lower settings, as in not ultra. Also that graph contains neither the i3-6100 or the RX 480 so what's the point? And with the major drop off between the 6600k and the 6300, if anything it highlights the bottleneck.
I won't be gaming at 1080p as I already have an OK monitor that is a lower resolution. I also don't plan on playing extremely demanding games. Basically the only games I will be playing are Overwatch, Skyrim Remastered, and Civ VI. Is it an absolute no go for gaming with this card + CPU combo or will I be somewhat fine?
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The i3 6300 is the same as the 6100 minus 100mhz and 1mb of cache, performance should be nearly the same. This is a i3 with a more powerful gpu than the 480, running a cpu intensive game. The point was to highlight the bottleneck as much as possible this would likely be even less apparent if they were using a 480 in the benchmark. The i3 will run the game at ultra settings over 60fps all of the time, if the OP is expecting more than that I agree buy a better cpu. But if you're aiming for 1080p 60fps an i3 6100 and a 480 is a great combination, minus a couple select games the i3 would be just as good as an i5 at achieving ultra settings 1080p 60fps.
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Many people have that combo. Thats probably as good as it gets when considering price to performance.
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May or may not... depends on what frame rate you are looking for and how fast your memory is.
If you are fine with 60fps, then most triple-A titles these days can sit well with this combo.
If you are striving to get very high benchmarks quality fps beyond 100fps, then yes, your i3-6100 has bottlenecked your GPU from getting further frame per second.
Video like this has shown faster memory could be one of the remedies available to CPU bottlenecking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G-7bfPG2dE
In my case, I have gained at least 10fps in Bioshock Infinity Ultra Setting (Avg fps:107fps >>>117fps)
Can send you benchmark utility result if in doubt.
If you are fine with 60fps, then most triple-A titles these days can sit well with this combo.
If you are striving to get very high benchmarks quality fps beyond 100fps, then yes, your i3-6100 has bottlenecked your GPU from getting further frame per second.
Video like this has shown faster memory could be one of the remedies available to CPU bottlenecking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G-7bfPG2dE
In my case, I have gained at least 10fps in Bioshock Infinity Ultra Setting (Avg fps:107fps >>>117fps)
Can send you benchmark utility result if in doubt.
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