cpu bottleneck 1055t - 7990

Bazippy · 27 May 2014 at 07:35

Ive got a huge bottleneck with my cpu 1055t running at 3.9.
Games perform pretty rubbish considering my 7990. Watchdogs running at around 20fps on high settings,even with everything down it barely reaches 30fps and still struggles when driving around.
I know i should move to a i7 or i5 but i cant afford a mobo,cooler and cpu.
Im stuck really as i pretty much have to go for another am3+,read the 6300 overclocks very well and is a very affordable but it wont exactly be the best buy. considering that with a h100i so i can overclock it to the best it can.
Basically is that worth doing?or what would u do?

Martini1991 · 27 May 2014 at 08:02

I wouldn't move to an FX6300 from an Thuban, at the very least it'd be an FX8320.

I wouldn't pour anymore into am3+ other than that though.

What motherboard do you have?

Bazippy · 27 May 2014 at 08:08

ga-970a-ud3 - i know i need a better mobo and cpu but cant even consider spending over £150
Just quite bugged i cant really play watchdogs despite my gpu

Bazippy · 27 May 2014 at 08:10

Could go fx 8320 with a decent aircooler - but has to clear the ram (bugged me i couldnt add more ram without taking off the cooler(8gb @1600)

w00dy85 · 27 May 2014 at 08:15

Agree with Martini, waste of money getting a 6300. I would spend the extra £24 and get the 8320.

But if it was me, I would put the money towards a new CPU, motherboard and ram.

Bazippy · 27 May 2014 at 08:18

w00dy85 said:
Agree with Martini, waste of money getting a 6300. I would spend the extra £24 and get the 8320.

But if it was me, I would put the money towards a new CPU, motherboard and ram.

Pains me not to go for the best,id wait but i cant play watchdogs so im guessing im out of gaming and i have a 7990 so the cheapest way to get back in the game is the only option -
If i did go with the 8320 which cooler?
If you could choose a new mobo and cpu which would u go for?(aftermarket cooler?)

w00dy85 · 27 May 2014 at 08:32

What would your buget be for a cooler?

You may also be restricted by the size of the cooler due to the size of your case.

Bazippy · 27 May 2014 at 08:35

if i was going intel id need a new cooler,the amd route i could stick with the freezer 13 i have currently.
Aerocool x3 is my case.
So i could quite easily go the 8320 route and not have to buy anything else.

w00dy85 · 27 May 2014 at 09:03

Bazippy said:
So i could quite easily go the 8320 route and not have to buy anything else.

8320 is a good CPU and if you feel happier going this route, then I say go with it.

JamesM · 27 May 2014 at 09:13

Your only path is Intel

I have a 3820 at 4.8GHz and have to run BF4 on low/medium settings to get solid FPS. By solid I mean anything above 100fps as I use a 120Hz monitor at 1080p.

I know thats only one game but the card is held back by the CPU

Bazippy · 27 May 2014 at 09:34

JamesM said:
Your only path is Intel

I have a 3820 at 4.8GHz and have to run BF4 on low/medium settings to get solid FPS. By solid I mean anything above 100fps as I use a 120Hz monitor at 1080p.

I know thats only one game but the card is held back by the CPU

I know thats the route i should go but simply cant at this time so its the best of the rest
The 8320 black will cost me about £100 so i cant see a cheaper way of doing it

JamesM · 27 May 2014 at 11:11

Dont get me wrong, the 8320 is a good CPU and bang for buck your can't beat AMD at the moment, especially if you already have an AM3+ motherboard.

But just don't expect a huge leap in performance

Bazippy · 27 May 2014 at 11:27

i know that's why its paining me to do it, will see at the end of the month where im at. Just really sucks to have the gpu but not the cpu/mobo ive usually had it the other way round.

Martini1991 · 27 May 2014 at 12:26

http://www.techspot.com/review/827-watch-dogs-benchmarks/page5.html

Those figures for Thuban suck quite frankly, I won't pretend to know why (Instruction sets I imagine), but even a pentium is ahead.

Based on those figures, the FX8320 should be up to it to, maybe not maxing out your 7990, but it's one of those very rare games where FX8320 knacks the Thuban.

Bazippy · 27 May 2014 at 12:47

Im really displeased with the 1055t it was doing really well most of the time but a huge example of it struggling is iracing

Most of the time it runs the game around 120fps to 200fps
on two tracks it slumps to 18fps.....simply turning off the mirrors and it was happy at 80fps

its not like my past experiences rather then slowly getting worse in games as the new games roll out,it just seems to have gone from ultra settings to low and still struggling.
Anyway might go for the 8350 as its a tiny bit more and well within a budget if thats all that im buying oh and some thermal paste while im at it

w00dy85 · 27 May 2014 at 13:05

Bazippy said:
Anyway might go for the 8350 as its a tiny bit more and well within a budget if thats all that im buying oh and some thermal paste while im at it

No get the 8320 and OC it, 8350 waste of money

Bazippy · 27 May 2014 at 13:11

ive read mixed versions of the 8320 over 8350
My cooler okay? or should i upgrade for max overclocks?

w00dy85 · 27 May 2014 at 13:22

The 8320 and 8350 are the same, just the 8350 is clocked higher.

What cooler do you have?

Bazippy · 27 May 2014 at 13:30

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-039-AR
Freezer 13

Woowl · 27 May 2014 at 17:48

Are we not awaiting new optimised AMD drivers for that game ? I thought i read somewhere the game was crippled for AMD support let me go read i may have the complete wrong end of the stick. Be right back