I recently upgraded from an amd fx 6300 to an i7 7700k, got a new motherboard and went from 8 gigs of ddr3 to 16 gigs of ddr4. I still have my old gtx 950 until the graphics card prices come down, but should i expect my frames to go up at all? Since the upgrade all of my fps are basicly the same and my fps with the i7 jump up and down a lot more. Is this normal since I lack gpu power or is there an issue?
Should upgrading cpu give me better fps?
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A fx 6300 is not going to bottlneck a gtx 950 very much in most games, so if the gpu was already the bottleneck in whatever games you were playing then you will see very little to no performance increase with the 7700k in said games.
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It's considered best practice and even though you *can* frequently get away with it, it can cause subtle, long-term issues. Given that you're feel like you're actually *having* an issue, beyond a weak GPU I'd certainly clean install at this point.
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Not quite sure what you're asking. A clean install means to do a full, clean, install of Windows.
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You might notice some, but you are still limited by your GPU. A 950 is really a budget card, borderline gaming card. A 960 would be a gaming card. 30 and 40 levels, pure budget. a 50 is somewhat of a go between. And a 60 up is for gaming. So with a 950 you probably won't see much FPS improvement with the better CPU and memory. That being said, you will likely be able to run more intense games though, just don't expect huge FPS.
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Here is some benchmarks between a faster FX 6350 and the 7700K. As you can see most games are getting about 10~20fps higher so yes expect a good boost.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1281?vs=1826
Your 950 should only be a bit slower than the R9 285 as the GTX960 is an even match to the video card.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1281?vs=1826
Your 950 should only be a bit slower than the R9 285 as the GTX960 is an even match to the video card.
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