I just did quick and dirty benchmark comparison using Unigine Valley. I think it really demonstrates how restrictive this 8350 really is for a high end GPU, especially if someone isn't overclocking the cpu.

The r9 290 is at it's stock speeds of 980/1250 with the power limit raised to 50% to prevent throttling.

Note the minimum FPS and maximum throughout*

Fx 8350 stock clock speeds and bios settings.

Fx 8350 at it's stock boost speed of 4.2, everything else is default.

Fx 8350 at 4.5, everything else is default.

Fx 8350 at 4.8, everything else is default.

I don't know if I'll find the ceiling of this card with this CPU. :/

edited to add 4.8

This post was edited on 4/12/14 at 3:02 pm

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Posted by bluebarracuda

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Posted on 4/12/14 at 6:10 pm to brucevilanch

Quick little OC on the 4770k and 270x.

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Posted by ILikeLSUToo

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Posted on 4/12/14 at 9:53 pm to brucevilanch

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I think it really demonstrates how restrictive this 8350 really is for a high end GPU

It's a little exaggerated, though. The benchmark is designed to test your CPU in a manner disproportionate to what most games are going to require. I'm guessing that there's an emphasis on single-threaded performance in this test, since your FPS averages seem to increase in response to each overclock, with no point of diminishing returns. I'd also bet that if that test were run at a higher resolution (1440p monitor or higher), there'd be less emphasis on the CPU and you'd see an even smaller % FPS increase with each overclock.

This is why I hate benchmarks. I've maybe run Unigine Valley once or twice in my life, but I might frick around with it tonight and see how it responds to my 4770k and 1440p.

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