HELP!!! Need to know if a new graphics card will bottleneck my CPU.

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Captivatingcarnivore

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Current CPU: AMD FX-8350 8 cores @4.0 GHZ
Current Graphics Card: XFX AMD Radeon R7 370 with 4GB (GDDR5)
New Graphics Card: ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 8GB (GDDR5)
Will the new graphics card bottleneck my CPU?
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From what I've seen, at the kind of resolutions you run a game at using a 1080, the videocard is the limiting factor. So at 4k for instance, there won't be much of a CPU bottleneck.

The lower in resolution you run, the more noticeable a slower CPU becomes compared to a faster CPU. If it were me, my thinking is that about the time I need an 8gb videocard I also need to move on from an FX CPU to something modern. That's just how I feel, I couldn't justify spending hundreds on a videocard only to pair it with what is basically a $100 CPU.
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From what I've seen, at the kind of resolutions you run a game at using a 1080, the videocard is the limiting factor. So at 4k for instance, there won't be much of a CPU bottleneck.

The lower in resolution you run, the more noticeable a slower CPU becomes compared to a faster CPU. If it were me, my thinking is that about the time I need an 8gb videocard I also need to move on from an FX CPU to something modern. That's just how I feel, I couldn't justify spending hundreds on a videocard only to pair it with what is basically a $100 CPU.
 
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your cpu will bottleneck anything higher than a rx 470

especially if you are not overclocking it



get a rx 470 and call it a win


put the money towards a new build, that setup is obsolete for gaming
 
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Edool14

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It will bottleneck it but really just run it on a higher resolution and i dont know what maxalge is saying because thats a pretty good setup i mean im on an A8 7600 currently (will soon get i7 7700k, lol) and im doing fine even playing great games like BF1 and Quantum Break... So yea your good just upgrade later for cpu if you want to.
 
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once you get the 7700 you will see just how bad that a8 is



you just got used to the suck

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No way. Ryzen 7 is better, and we're just talking mainstream here. There's also Xeon and a whole bunch more.
 
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mainstream the 7700 is better


for specific work related loads, and low budget builds ( ryzen 4 core ) then a ryzen would be the better choice
 
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