Moving from Intel to amd system

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So I'm the past, I've built an Intel build for my first gaming system, and got a radeon card which burnt out running it on the first day, ever since getting a free equal replacement, I went to nvidia and was smooth sailing since then.
Recently sold my system due to commitments, but in the near future I'd like to go for a fully amd cpu/ Radeon build and wondered will I notice a big difference in gaming, apart from price.

I used to run a i7 4770k and gtx 980. I don't know anything about amd cpus or cards, any information on equivalent parts to my nv and Intel parts specs would be appreciated so I know price ranges I look at!

Main games would be to get a decent fps for games like bf1, big releases in general
 
whats youre budget for youre system?

Ive went from the FX8350 to an i5 4690k and I noticed a far smoother game play and a slight increase in FPS in some games. This was using my old 7950 gpu and the same ram on both systems.

I upgraded to the gtx970 and this was a good boost ive since dropped an i7 4770k into my system and again it has made an improvement in certain games
 
Unfortunately, the AMD CPUs are currently way behind Intel. The FX series are the top end, and they date back to 2012/2013. An i7 4770K and 980 will pretty much beat any AMD system out there.

The difference would be the GPU. An RX 480 is roughly equivalent to a GTX 970, but you can get an 8GB version. The Nvidia equivalent is the GTX 1060 with 6GB VRAM. I'd go with an RX 480 every time, because it has 8GB VRAM and will work better with DX12 in the future.
 
Going to anything on the AMD side coming from a 4770k is going to be a massive hit and feel horrid. R9 Fury might be worth a punt though for you although I'd just spend the extra £75 for the 1070.
 
Ive got to agree with the above.

when I had my FX8350 I thought it was a good system but now having played games with the i5 4690k and now the i7 4770k I dont think I could go back to using the FX8350 as my main rig.
 
Borealis said:
Unfortunately, the AMD CPUs are currently way behind Intel. The FX series are the top end, and they date back to 2012/2013. An i7 4770K and 980 will pretty much beat any AMD system out there.

The difference would be the GPU. An RX 480 is roughly equivalent to a GTX 970, but you can get an 8GB version. The Nvidia equivalent is the GTX 1060 with 6GB VRAM. I'd go with an RX 480 every time, because it has 8GB VRAM and will work better with DX12 in the future.
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What exactly is dx12 and how does it affect gaming
 
Doogles said:
Going to anything on the AMD side coming from a 4770k is going to be a massive hit and feel horrid. R9 Fury might be worth a punt though for you although I'd just spend the extra £75 for the 1070.
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But is the low end sky lake cpus width getting over an i5, I guess I wouldn't mind spending money on it, hoping id get it 2nd hand cheaper. Only problem would be not feeling I'm using it to its full potential :D
 
The AMD APU processors are decent for general purpose PCs, light gaming and office use. They're actually more recent than the FX series but are less powerful - they trade processing power for better onboard graphics.

My dad has an AMD system I built for him with an FX-6300. As he doesn't game, he finds it great for general office use and Photoshop.

DX12 is DirectX 12. At the moment, very few games use it. However, it's the latest version and in the future more and more games will use it. The RX 480 does perform slightly better than the 1060 in DX12.

Hopefully at some point this year, AMD will release the Zen architecture CPUs, but it's a big question as to how competitive these will be. A second-hand Haswell system (LGA1150) with an i5 will also outperform an AMD system.
 
if your looking at 2nd hand get looking on the members market you should be able to build something good at a decent price.
 
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