Quote Originally Posted by NoahArks View Post
You really should learn the definition of bottleneck. His gpu can be replaced last, also I said 60 fps doesnt give you more benefits over 30-40 in THIS game. Also, 4590 vs 6300 can't even be compared. It's comparing a apple to a pear. The 4590 has 42% better single core, 52% faster quad core, 11% faster multicore, So where did you get your 3-5%? the i5 4690 is 15% faster than the i7 3770k. Him buying either the GTX970 or the R9 390 will bottle neck his PC. Even with a 960 or 380 there is a chance of bottleneck. His FPS will spike from high to low and in some cases it will give him a lower performance than he would've had with his gtx 660. This is the reason I've said he should focus on everything but the gpu.
I'm basing my numbers on the benchmarks done on 3D mark and I am talking about this game, being at 30-40 FPS is quite noticeable in the game compared to 60 FPS. http://www.futuremark.com/hardware/cpu look at the practical difference between the 4950 and 6300, you'll see that the actual difference isn't big, of course this is more favorable for the multi-core 6300. But the average performance is going to be better with a stronger GPU than with a stronger CPU. I would love to see your sources proving the difference a CPU is going to make, I have yet to see a benchmark showing the 15% between the 4690 and 3770, the average difference is about 5%. If anything going from a 6300 to 8350 and getting the 970 would still be within his budget and get him a lot better performance. This is due to it using the same socket as the 6300 yet being an upgrade that will limit the bottleneck.