GTX 980, AMD a8 5600K... Bottleneck?

VazixZ72 · Nov 24, 2016

Hey, will a A8 5600K bottleneck the GTX980? I mostly play GTAV, Overwatch, Minecraft, BlackOps3 and PayDay2. When it would bottleneck how do i solve it?

krzyimprt · Nov 24, 2016

VazixZ72 :

It doable, you'll still get some amazing FPS but the bottleneck will be there.

st3v30 · Nov 24, 2016

Yea it will bottleneck hard in GTA V and BlackOps3 , it will be fine for Overwatch it should get you above 60 FPS on max settings and for Minecraft and PayDay 2 i dont know.

VazixZ72 · Nov 24, 2016

So FPS Drops but it'll work?(GTA etc.)

st3v30 · Nov 24, 2016

Yea it will work but expect low fps around 40 or 50 max.

VazixZ72 · Nov 24, 2016

Ok thank you all! Is there anyway to solve it? Like overclock the APU?

st3v30 · Nov 24, 2016

You can overclock it but it wont give you that much of a performance boost that will reduce all the bottleneck.

VazixZ72 · Nov 24, 2016

st3v30 :

Ok.. So wich CPU should i choose? I don't have much money for a CPU so... What would be the best CPU that wouldn't bottleneck but isn't that expensive?

st3v30 · Nov 24, 2016

Well at your current platform you cant go much higher it wont be beneficial, any CPU at FM2+ socket that you use atm will bottleneck GTX 980.
Best it would be if you can get something like i5 6500 but that would require around 350$ investment into new CPU,mobo and RAM.
Another solution is to get used parts.I think for decent price you can find i7 3770 and mobo that goes with it and you can keep your current RAM that you use now with this CPU.
Do you already own GTX 980 or you plan to buy it??

VazixZ72 · Nov 24, 2016

i plan to buy it from a friend

st3v30 · Nov 24, 2016

Well if he is kind enough you can ask him to come over and let you test card to see how will it perform and if you are satisfied buy it after.

VazixZ72 · Nov 24, 2016

st3v30 :

Should i stay at my build ?

VazixZ72 · Nov 24, 2016

He should.. It wouldn't be a problem to test it

st3v30 · Nov 24, 2016

VazixZ72 :

Well then, it should answer all your question when you test it.
What is your current GPU??

VazixZ72 · Nov 24, 2016

GTX 750TI

VazixZ72 · Nov 24, 2016

My complete Build;

APU/CPU; AMD A8 5600K

GPU; Zotac GeForce GTX 750Ti

RAM; 8GB DDR4

MotherBoard; FM2A78M-HD+

HDD; 500GB SATA III

st3v30 · Nov 24, 2016

Well you should see good FPS jumps in all those games on Ultra settings, but still CPU will hold you back quit a bit.

VazixZ72 · Nov 24, 2016

Okay, thank you for the quick answers

st3v30 · Nov 24, 2016

Np, have fun with testing and i hope everything goes fine.

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