Suffering from bottleneck? i3 + rx 480

Nahchito

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Aug 10, 2015
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Hello!

So I just upgraded from a R7 360 to a RX 480 and now my fps are not as high as I thought they would be. For example, in BF1 I am getting the same FPS wether I have low video settings or Ultra, same 40-60 with higher spikes on chill areas. **~~Almost~~ same performance as R7 360..**

I am going to show some test with BF1 but other games don't give good performance either.

I unsintalled drivers with DDU, repluged it, did benchmarks...

Could there be something wrong with my build?

Literally can't get more than 70 fps on lowest settings on BF1, is it CPU related?

The GPU doesn't even get a high temp with gaming, usually 70°C.


My build is:

* i3 6100 Skylake 3,7ghz

* Sapphire NITRO+ rx 480 4GB GDDR5

* 8 GB DDR3

* Samsung 850 EVO 265GB




Every screenshot inclused AMD system monitor screenshots.

BF1 video settings


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Solution
BF1 is more CPU bound, core hungry game. Your CPU is definitely holding you back in this case, but most cases you would be better off with the stronger GPU.