So I have an AMD FX4100, and am planing to upgrade to the 8370 but it dawned on me that it's a new year should I wait to see if AMD decides to try something new with the FX series, and if they do would it be compatible with my current motherboard Asrock extreme3 990fx.
So My question is for everyone should I go head and buy it the 8370 this week or wait a month or two to see if we hear anything from AMD
Whats your gfx card? If your 4100 isn't limiting whatever card you have I'd hold off unless you do something else on your machine that would benefit. Also your extreme 3 is going to have problems running an 8370. Its a power hungry part and the extreme 3 has pretty weak sauce vrms.
Also id like to add ive been playing alot of "Everquest Landmark" and they have a tool that lets you see if your CPU or GPU Bound. in most sittuations it shows am CPU Bound but it doesn't take much to become GPU bound either. From what the devs claims it's good to see it kinda bounce back and forth a bit but much better to be GPU bound over all because disabling or lowering graphic filters is an easier fix then a CPU bound issue. with that said am only getting 30-50FPS in best cases worse cases they drop as low as 12FPS while running at 35 frames all the time wouldn't be so bad its the drops down to 12 FPS that really piss me off, and i need to gear up my system before "Everquest Next" comes out. Hopefully I can do this with out too much money spent.
Yes I know, but who cares? His motherboard will be outdated anyway at the time he need to change. If he wants to gain FPS in CPU-limited games, Intel is the only answer at the moment, unfortunately.