AMD FX-9370 Bottleneck R9 290

[sunkenau]

Heya everyone,

Title pretty much says it all, will my 9370 bottleneck my 290 and if so by how much? I already have both and experiencing some pretty poor preformance (also due to an outdated motherboard I believe) so even with a decent motherboard how badly will my CPU bottleneck my GPU? is it worth getting a decent cooler and OCing my process more?

Thanks for the help

 

[Xexoxix]

It is definitely worth it for a better cooler. The 8 cores (especially the 9xxx series) are power hungry and generate a lot of heat. If you can water cool, I would recommend it. It would help you OC definitely more. Maybe some Noctua heatsinks would fit your taste. There shouldn't be much of a bottleneck in your situation.

 

[sunkenau]

I currently have a "Corsair Hydro Series H55 CPU Cooler" on my CPU however I can move upto the duel fan models if necassary, eg the "Corsair Hydro Series H110 280mm CPU Cooler". I am using a Coolmaster HAF X so I do have a little room in there for CPU cooling, is it worth the move up to the bigger cooler and what should I be OCing it at? I don't need to push its limits I guess as it runs at 4.4GHz as it is.

 

[Xexoxix]

I currently have a "Corsair Hydro Series H55 CPU Cooler" on my CPU however I can move upto the duel fan models if necassary, eg the "Corsair Hydro Series H110 280mm CPU Cooler". I am using a Coolmaster HAF X so I do have a little room in there for CPU cooling, is it worth the move up to the bigger cooler and what should I be OCing it at? I don't need to push its limits I guess as it runs at 4.4GHz as it is.

4.4ghz is a decent OC but better cooling would probably push it to 4.8 or maybe even 5 if you get stable voltages and such.

 

[sbudbud]

Heya everyone,

Title pretty much says it all, will my 9370 bottleneck my 290 and if so by how much? I already have both and experiencing some pretty poor preformance (also due to an outdated motherboard I believe) so even with a decent motherboard how badly will my CPU bottleneck my GPU? is it worth getting a decent cooler and OCing my process more?

Thanks for the help

What motherboard are you using because afaik your cpu shouldn't be a bottleneck for your system as it's basically a 8350 on crack.
Make sure you're on the latest bios for your motherboard (whatever it may be) and driver for your 290.

Alsao go into more details as to what "poor performance" entails, what exactly is happening?

 

[sunkenau]

I believe I have a "Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P Motherboard" but cannot check right now as I am at work. I could very well have an earlier motherboard then this, I do know its a Gigabyte GA series however. I believe I am using the latest beta drivers for the 290 and I have updated the latest bios for my motherboard (even though its over a year old now).

What I mean by poor performance is I am getting a lot of jitter in games (graphical jitter) and low frames for games I know would run really well (40FPS or Less in WoW) Some games which are running at more then 30 FPS still have noticeable frames now and then, its only minimal but when I move around in BF4 for example I might get some jitter. I run both BF4 and WoW on Medium/High and still only get like 40-60 frames.

I was looking to get a new motherboard but I don't have many options for an AM3 board (at least not where I live)

Temps for both my CPU and GPU sit well even though the games are running like crap (30-50 Celsius CPU, 70-90 Celsius GPU) I haven't OC'd my CPU or GPU nor my Ram

 

[sbudbud]

I believe I have a "Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P Motherboard" but cannot check right now as I am at work. I could very well have an earlier motherboard then this, I do know its a Gigabyte GA series however. I believe I am using the latest beta drivers for the 290 and I have updated the latest bios for my motherboard (even though its over a year old now).

What I mean by poor performance is I am getting a lot of jitter in games (graphical jitter) and low frames for games I know would run really well (40FPS or Less in WoW) Some games which are running at more then 30 FPS still have noticeable frames now and then, its only minimal but when I move around in BF4 for example I might get some jitter. I run both BF4 and WoW on Medium/High and still only get like 40-60 frames.

I was looking to get a new motherboard but I don't have many options for an AM3 board (at least not where I live)

Temps for both my CPU and GPU sit well even though the games are running like crap (30-50 Celsius CPU, 70-90 Celsius GPU) I haven't OC'd my CPU or GPU nor my Ram

What resolution are you running at and is it single monitor or more?

Do experience any kind of game freezes or white/black screen in game?
Also does your display driver crash at all or report a crash?

 

[sunkenau]

I have 2 Monitors, both running at 1980x1080 via DVI and DVI. 1 Monitor is actually a Samsung TV/Monitor they had brought out a year or so ago, the other is just a 19" LG LCD Monitor. I don't run games on more then 1 monitor and the other is simply used for internet/facebook and movies/videos.

I dont experience any freezes or white/black screen ingames.

No errors or crashes at all

 

[sbudbud]

I have 2 Monitors, both running at 1980x1080 via DVI and DVI. 1 Monitor is actually a Samsung TV/Monitor they had brought out a year or so ago, the other is just a 19" LG LCD Monitor. I don't run games on more then 1 monitor and the other is simply used for internet/facebook and movies/videos.

I dont experience any freezes or white/black screen ingames.

No errors or crashes at all

Is the switch on the GPU set to uber or quite mode? You could be experiencing throttling

 

[sunkenau]

I will check when I get home but where abouts is this "switch" and what should it be on??