Best GPU to pair with an AMD 8350?

[Tek81]

I'm in the middle of building a budget machine for a relative and could do with some advice re a GPU. I have installed an AMD 8350, together with an ASUS M5A99x Evo mobo, powered by a EVGA Supernova 650W PSU. The machine will only be playing games @1080p, however I'd like to ensure that the titles can be run as close to ultra as possible. Which GPU would I be best going for? I was considering a 980ti, but thought the CPU might hold it back.

Cheers

 

[SBD]

I would have thought the RX570 would be the perfect fit for that cpu. I would assume unless you are getting a very good price for the 980ti it would still be classed as expensive for a budget machine. Not that I'm saying a RX570 would even be close to matching a 980ti, its in a league of its own (around 1070 performance).

Seems to me that if you want to max a 980ti I would look at a different CPU such as a cheap Ryzen or something around i5 3570k.

 

[gpuerrilla]

A second hand 7970 would be your starting point with anything newer so an R9 380/gtx 960, moving newer probably a 1050ti with @SBD 570 if you want to buy new.

 

[Tek81]

It seems AMD would be the way to go. Would an R9 295 X2 be a bad idea, even if I can get one at a good price? Budget for a GPU is £150ish.

 

[~>Dg<~]

just buy a 570 sell games cost you about a ton. good gpu for 1080 play anything you want.

 

[tamzzy]

You've got members market access. I'd be looking at a gtx 1060 6gb or Rx 580 8gb for £130-ish.
295x2 is a good card, but less games supporting xfire nowadays, so in some games may perform like a 290. Also dual GPU has its own set of problems like micro stutter etc.
Better just to get the best single GPU solution you can afford.

 

[Tek81]

Cheers for the advice everyone I'll scour the members market. Two more questions, possisbly daft ones, but.....would an R9 Fury X be a bad idea for a build like this? Would it allow for the **option** of higher res gaming with no major bottlenecking issues? I've found one for sale for £100, which is well within budget.

 

[tamzzy]

fury x is bottlenecked at higher resolutions by it's 4gb vram.
its performance is around the rx 590's.
at 1080p though, might get away with the 4gb vram unless you are playing the latest and greatest AAA titles at ultra settings

 

[gpuerrilla]

It would be fine as said above if your sticking to 1080 with games not requiring lots of vram. Although no point in breaking a ton (second hand) if a new 570 can be had with 8Gb VRAM for not much more.

 

[agw_01]

I was running an FX-8350 @ 4.4GHz with an M5A97 until about 6 months ago. When I built the machine it was initially paired with a 7970 until moving to an RX480 on release. I've since moved to a Ryzen 2600 and kept the 480 but the 8350 and RX480 combo worked very well at 1080P.

 

[Vexr]

I had an FX-8350 with a GTX 970 until very recently, which is in the same ballpark as the RX 480/570. These cards are very capable still at 1080p and I think would offer a good balance with the CPU at 1080p high / very high settings (insofar as anything can be balanced with the FX-8350 - quite an unpredictable CPU performance wise).

For a few weeks I had a 1070 Ti with the FX-8350 running at 3440x1440, and the 1070 Ti was definitely hamstrung by the CPU despite the high resolution (except in Forza 4 or when inside a cave by yourself in Shadow of the Tomb Raider ) Going by that experience, I'm certain a 980 Ti would be wasted on the FX-8350, especially at 1080p.