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I have a AMD Phenom X6 1090t black edition cpu, OC'd to 4ghz, would that bottle neck a r9 290?

I didn't think it would, but the the CPU is starting to get a little old, so wanted to get another persons opinion on it.

Also, there's something that's been confusing me, might be related, since I got the r9 290, when I run certain games, they refuse to go beyond 60fps (one of the games being skyrim) and the gpu will downclock itself, in order to maintain 60fps, but in some games, it will stay at the the max clock.
 
Thanks for the help everyone, I have one more question, would and 8350 overclocked to say 4.8-5ghz bottleneck the r9 290, if I were to get it and OC it, cooling would not be an issue as I currently have an h100i. Was looking into an i7, but since I would have to change motherboard, don't want anything less than a 4770k and overall would cost me about £350, unless the 8350 is good enough. I don't intend on buying another r9 290 anytime soon (maybe in like a couple of years at least)
 
The problem with switching to Intel is, I then need to buy a new motherboard, which means spending around another £90 to £100, the i5 may only cost £160, but with the motherboard you're looking at around £250+.
 
Martini1991 said:
What motherboard do you currently own?
Bearing in mind AM3+ is getting no more CPU's, the FX8350 is the best it's getting.

I never see the logic in spending a ton on a GPU, but then not having the foundations to fully power it.

An FX83 and R9 290 will be fine for games, you just won't always get the most out of it.
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I currently have an asus sabertooth 990fx it's compatible with AM3+
 
after doing some research, there's a very good chance AMD are pulling out of the Desktop CPU market and focusing more on teir APU line, according to their roadmap, they haven't announced any new, meaning their vishera line is going continue till 2015. When they released their new steamroller line of CPU's, they said it was only going to be used for APU's. So going by the way things are going, I may wait till near the end of the year and go for a 4790k, suppose to be really good, since with my current CPU, it may bottlekneck my CPU, but it's still able to run most games at around 60 on ultra.

Thanks for the help.
 
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