780 Bottlenecks.

[Lostmyrag]

Hi Guys,

Im considering a 780 Lightning as my next upgrade and wondered if my AMD 8350 would bottleneck?


I'll be playing and streaming BF4, Dayz, etc...

I would like to get the most out of my system and not waste cash if you know what i mean

 

[Lostmyrag]

Cheers all,

My only problem is i have only just recently upgraded to Am3+ MOBO and the 8350 so looking to get as much performance as possible, I figured graphics are the next step, im currently running a 2GB 6950 which has served me well. I cant really afford to shell out for a full Intel set up, altough i would love to.

Mantle looks really clever, but the uncertainty with the 290 series cards worry me, especially as no price has been set for top line.

As you guys think i will be bottlenecking with the 780, what card would you recommend? Dont worry about price, Sub 780 territory.

 

[Lostmyrag]

Any reason you went with the AM3+ route over the 1150 route? Getting as much performance as you can is contradicted by the FX83 to be honest.

At any rate, get the 7970.

You'll still have a decent system, mantle will work with the 7970.

I had an AM3+ board and decided to go with the affordable upgrade over intel. I know theres always a debate over AMD and intel, Thats cool, I would be tempted to go with Intel on my next build though, just trying to figure out what's best for me right now.

My current rig works great with BF3, 120 +FPS no worries, Dayz isnt amazing but a lot of those issues are serverside. Some servers im on 70fps, which is fine.

Maybe the 7970 is a better choice, especially if mantle works the ways it's meant to and reliable. But AMD driver support has always lacked for me, hence the reason i pulled an Nvidia card out the bag in my OP.

Gahhh!