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can a 6300, or 8320 last 2-3 years with the next gen games?

bigbadbobby

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as abouve, having a new build but wondering if the amd chips will be ok for next few years. can go 4670k or even 4770k if needed but rather keep it a bit cheaper if poss. my machine is only for gaming and light surfing *(watching porn :P ) cheers in advance for any advice.
 
Seeing as most recent games are usually limited by GPU rather than Cpu, I would say you'll be alright with an AMD chip.

I still game on an i7 920 and it works just fine for the most part :)
 
i have a gtx 770, may sli int the future. if i were to do that do you think there would be a massive bottleneck or just slight. and thanks for such a quick reply.
 
bigbadbobby said:
i have a gtx 770, may sli int the future. if i were to do that do you think there would be a massive bottleneck or just slight. and thanks for such a quick reply.
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I run GTX 670s in SLI and I get much better results running an 8320 than I did running an I5 2400. I did show the results, but I get 30% better performance out of benchmarks and *some* games (obviously the CPU bound ones as the I5 was fine in non CPU heavy games).

AMD 990FX loves SLI. More so than Crossfire, SLI is actually 5% faster than Crossfire on 990FX. You can read more about it here.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crossfire-sli-scaling-bottleneck,3471.html

I think you'd be fine. I also agree with the others, 8320 clocked to 4ghz + (ideally around 4.5 on a good cooling solution) will treat you well :)
 
Asus M5A99X Evo R2.0 at a minimum. They're selling for around £96 atm (can't tell you where though).

Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 Motherboard is £106 as I type this.

Asus Sabertooth 990FX rev 2 is £129 as I type this.

Asus Crosshair V Formula Z (the best board available bar none due to its 8+2+2 VRMs) is £168 as I type this.

I would stick to Asus for AMD, they absolutely own that socket IMO.
 
There are already a few games that will bring a 770 to its knees if you are heavy on the MSAA.

Crysis 3? you've got no chance of using more than 2XMSAA with a 770 at max settings.

Tomb Raider. Crank on the settings, turn on TressFX then use 4XMSAA and watch it crawl.

Metro Last Light. Same thing again, MSAA will kill you.

Hitman : Absolution, same. Add 8XMSAA and I get a min FPS of 39 with my 670s.

Lay off the MSAA and you'll be fine. But basically I went 670 SLI so I could crank on the settings with reckless abandon.
 
Some current games are already too much for a single 770 at max settings 1080p. The AMD cards offer better value than the 770 though, and have more memory, which is a good idea for future games.

The Asus 970 EVO R2.0 is also ok at ~£85, it's a bit cheaper than the 990FX (which has SLI support).
 
I wouldn't worry about SLI support. I use HyperSLI x16 x4 (I have to to be able to use my Revodrive) and I've suffered pretty much no loss in performance.
 
A few people on the OC thread have the 970 EVO boards and are getting 4.5-4.8GHz stable on 8320s, which is about right for an Asus 6+2 phase design like this board.

As above I'd recommend the 8320 over the 6300, as it's not much extra and next gen games will make much better use of the extra cores.
 
In truth there is no way to know how long a certain CPU will last in terms of futureproofing. It's best to buy the most powerful one you can and you have the highest chance of it lasting a long time.

Some SLI-setups already bring the 8230 to their knees. Be careful. A single graphics card might be doing the same thing in two years.
 
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