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xfire msi 290 oc with 8350

OvEr_KiLL

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if i buy another msi 290 oc and buy a better mobo, one which i can actually overclock with, say the gigabyte 990fxa ud5 which is 8+2 power phase and overclock my 8350 will it bottle neck running on xfx 850w bronze psu
 
Unless you only play a limited selection of games, you've already got a bottleneck.

Even if you overclock your FX83, with another R9 290 you're going to have a bottleneck.

No AMD CPU is up to the task of these extreme GPU set ups, and I wish people would stop running them and diving headfirst into the sand of ignorance :p
 
Martini1991 said:
Unless you only play a limited selection of games, you've already got a bottleneck.

Even if you overclock your FX83, with another R9 290 you're going to have a bottleneck.

No AMD CPU is up to the task of these extreme GPU set ups, and I wish people would stop running them and diving headfirst into the sand of ignorance :p
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Not you again, you really are an intel preacher.
 
Choimaloy75 said:
Not you again, you really are an intel preacher.
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Except I'm not, I'm just not ignorant.
Back in the Thuban days I ran one of the fastest 24/7 AMD Hexcore set ups....

You truly believe you've got no bottleneck with your FX8350 and your R9 290X Crossfire?

And I haven't actually mentioned Intel......
 
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OvEr_KiLL said:
can we have some more opinions on this please guys, because a lot of people do run xfire sli with 8320/8350's
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People run i5's with SLI/Xfire and they bottleneck their set ups too (Although to a lower degree, and far more game by game), doesn't mean they stop running them.
 
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A lot of people aren't bothered about benches, if they see an increase in performance upgrading to 2 gpu's regardless of cpu I think a lot of people would be happy.
 
Martini1991 said:
Would there really be any difference with firestrike?
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Using just the graphics score you can compare with an intel setup to see if there is a bottleneck.

The reason I said firestrike and not the extreme version is because of the high fps which will highlight a bottleneck.
 
Choimaloy75 said:
A lot of people aren't bothered about benches, if they see an increase in performance upgrading to 2 gpu's regardless of cpu I think a lot of people would be happy.
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Isn't this the definition of ignorance?
If LTMatt outbenches you with a lower GPU set up (By outbenching, I mean in FPS in games, benchmarking those games), you're bottlenecked.

But your response is "So what"?

Surely the OP's question is then answered by a resounding yes on the bottleneck :p


Kaapstad said:
Using just the graphics score you can compare with an intel setup to see if there is a bottleneck.

The reason I said firestrike and not the extreme version is because of the high fps which will highlight a bottleneck.
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Firestrike isn't a game, due to the very nature of how many engines there are out and how threaded they are, games could give you closer/further apart results (Take Frostbite 3, and then say Anvil Next)

I don't recall getting high FPS in firestrike like on my R9 290, unless I'm thinking of another section lol.
 
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Choimaloy75 said:
A lot of people aren't bothered about benches, if they see an increase in performance upgrading to 2 gpu's regardless of cpu I think a lot of people would be happy.
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Using a bench is the proper way to test for a bottleneck.

If someone with a 8350 and a couple of 290Xs want to run stock clocks on their cards using firestrike, I will do the same with two of my 290Xs and an intel CPU.
 
I disagree with benching with something like Firestrike personally, I don't know what the results could be, it could exaggerate things, it might make it look less than what it will be in games.

Me? I'd just play games and monitor their frame rate (Obviously, use the same level/scene)

Given ultimately you want to know about the bottleneck for when you're actually gaming :p

If an FX8320 never bottlenecked something like an R9 290 Crossfire, then you'd very rarely see anyone with an intel CPU for gaming :p
 
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Kaapstad said:
Using a bench is the proper way to test for a bottleneck.

If someone with a 8350 and a couple of 290Xs want to run stock clocks on their cards using firestrike, I will do the same with two of my 290Xs and an intel CPU.
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Here's a stock comparison for the OP. I benched this with both my 290 Pro's at stock clocks the other day.


Stock

[email protected]
290 Pro Crossfire @975/1250
13.12 WHQL

SCORE
15540 with AMD Radeon R9 290(2x) and CPU information missing
Graphics Score 20001
Physics Score 13052
Combined Score 6512

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/2392141
 
i got a [email protected] and it does bottleneck even 1 R9-290X.Most of the time in games which not using all cores(so most of them).IPC of amd chips sucks.Get a 4770K and done with it.Im going to do the same too.
 
LtMatt said:
No that's standard firestrike. I don't have one of firestrike extreme (with stock gpu clocks) but i can do one if required.
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Just it says Firestrike Extreme on it.

Maybe that's why I'm getting confused.

Either way, I really can't see there being much if any difference with Firestrike.

EDIT : Agh, Tone explained :p
 
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