Will my AMD A6-6400K bottle neck my R9 270?
naw
in cpu bound games yay. ☺
such as?
Minecraft
League of Legends
Most Source Engine games(Garry's Mod, TF2)
Old games
ARMA series
DayZ
Those are just a few off the top of my head.
That being said though. LoL, Source Games and old games will still run decently fast.
stalker call of pripyat possibly. definitely so if you add a mod like misery 2.0 to the mix. my fx8350 at 4.7ghz cant utilize half my r9 280x's potential without dropping cpu settings. With some stuff turned down it is playable but barely.
but the A6-6400k can handdle it right? i mean i get like 130 fps on all high settings with just the APU
Don't worry about that, you are not going to bottleneck that R7 with your A6-6400k, hell if you get a good overclock you probably wouldn't bottleneck a R9 280. That being said it is only 2 processor cores so just know that in the near-ish future you will want an upgrade.
i got it up to 4.7Ghz :P and my cpu is still staying cool
the reason why im asking is becuase im new to the PC platform (as of two days ago lol)
but i got this Sapphire DD R9 270 for 75 bucks on eBay so i had to jump :P
Good to hear, welcome to the big leagues! Nice deal on that card too, that card will serve you well for at-least a little while. It's a good time to switch platforms too as black Friday is near, parts are cheap, and games are cheap!
- arma
- dayz
- lol
- wow
- planet side 2
- skyrim
- BF4 multiplayer
- accasin creed
- starcraft
- Metro
MMO´s mainaly
I'm looking at this AMD A10-5800K i think if I get that it would put less strain on my APU?
also will a 700Watt psu be good enough for it?
I would recommend getting the 760k or something along those lines without the integrated if you were to get the 270 because you wont need the integrated.
whats a 760K or u mean the A10-7600K?
or what FM2+ or FM2 socket CPU APU do u recommend with the R9 270?
why so many people think quad core 3.0ghz cpu is bottleneck? Is this from the core 2 duo sub 3.0ghz days?
depending on which quadcore you talk about, and also which situations you talk about.
A quadcore can definitely bottleneck.
i would say do some good research about it.
Now that you have a dedicated video card forget the APU chips you don't need to pay extra money for integrated graphics you won't use. The AMD Athlon series is the same as their APUs minus the integrated graphics. You have an FM2 motherboard so the AMD Athlon X4 760k would be the best option for you to upgrade to. The Athlon 760k is the same as A10-6800k minus the integrated graphics and half the cost.
The AMD A6-6400 is sold as a dual core but it may actually be a single core with 2 threads. Not certain if its a true dual core or not.