RX 470 or R9 380 for FX-6300?

jjblanche

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I have an FX-6300 based system that I'll eventually turn into a HTPC for gaming and streaming. I have two GPUs on hand I could use for this project, either an RX 470 or R9 380. Both are 4GB.

I'm leaning toward the 470 but don't want to put something in the system the CPU can't take full advantage of (bottleneck). In the past I know this FX-6300 is capable of 4.4Ghz, which may or may not mitigate any bottleneck, not sure.

I also have an FX-8320e I could swap in for the FX-6300 but to be honest I don't quite feel like it :ange:
 
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Your CPU will bottleneck both cards. FX 8320E would not be an improvement in gaming or general display capabilities as more cores doesn't mean faster performance. More cores means more multitasking. Single core performance is what matters for videos and games. FX has terrible single core performance.

RX 470 will use less power and likely run quieter.
Your CPU will bottleneck both cards. FX 8320E would not be an improvement in gaming or general display capabilities as more cores doesn't mean faster performance. More cores means more multitasking. Single core performance is what matters for videos and games. FX has terrible single core performance.

RX 470 will use less power and likely run quieter.
 
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