Can the FX-8350 STILL Game in 2023?!

The AMD FX-8350 launched all the way back in 2012. Today we're testing it in a CS:GO, Doom Eternal, The Witcher 3, and Hogwarts Legacy to see if this decade-plus old CPU can still game in 2023.

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Contents
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0:00 Intro
0:58 Test Bench Overview
2:48 CS:GO Gameplay
3:43 Doom Eternal Gameplay
4:10 The Witcher 3 Gameplay
5:14 Hogwarts Legacy Gameplay
5:42 Thoughts for the FX-8350 in 2023

#AMD #FX8350 #PCGaming

[ScootsMcBoogie]

FX8350 @ 4.8ghz since 2012 24/7 with a EVGA 970SSC and no issues running well above 60fps.

[erinw]

December 2023, and I'm still rolling with the 8370 Black Edition on an Asus Sabertooth 990FX 2.0 board. Built the system in 2014. Handles everything I throw at it, was even running Win11 Insider until they pushed away "unsupported" CPUs. Win10 is fine, Debian 12 rocks on it. Running a Win7 VM in the background whilst watching this video.

The dual GTX960s are the slow parts, but still manage decently in 1080p games. Most of the games I play regularly, like GTA V and WoW, are several years old anyway.

When I got the class-action suit notice over the "not true eight-core CPU" controversy, I chucked the letter in the trash. I've never felt ripped off, and have gotten nearly a decade of value from it.

[sgtjarhead]

I've come to really appreciate the FX series. Don't have a 8350. but I do have a FX 6300 that I bought for my son several years ago. After I upgraded his PC, I kept the 6300 as my "tinker" box. Still have it today, albeit it's not anyone's main PC any more. All cores O/Cs to 4200ghz and currently paired with a RX 580 2048sp. Still games fine at 1080p even though it's not a gaming box any more in my house.

[VividJarl]

I run a 8350 on a Sabertooth 990fx with a GTX 980 due to financial strain and honestly I'm constantly surprised that it both A, still runs and B, runs fairly recent releases on high. Cyberpunk, COD:MW, Doom, all works perfectly fine for some reason beyond my mortal comprehension.

[MrJerjerT]

It was my computer for over 7 years. Then it was my son's gaming computer. It ran at 4.45ghz, 16gb ram, and GTX 970 Strix. He wasn't really complaining until he tried playing Redfall. Other than that. 1080p gaming with every thing else was just fine. This was one of the best PCs I've ever had. It has served us very well, and will continue to serve my nephew that will be using for university. This system will most likely continue to be used until Win 10 is retired.

[carlossan]

My pc still running with this processor and a GTX 1070

[StewiePlaysPC]

I am running the FX-8350 with 16gig ram and the 980Ti, for 1080p gaming its fine and has yet to let me down . I was looking to upgrade to Ryzen a few years back but with the rather quick leaps they were making and the constant leaks on the next ones I felt it was not worth jumping to soon only to want the next +20-25% boost that was always just on the horizon. At some point in the next 12-18 months I will make the change once I am happy that 1. the build will last my needs for the next 6-7 years, and 2. the exploding CPU's are a thing of the past lol .

[fadingbeleifs]

I mean, I have two of them that I still use for older games as well as work and hobby stuff, and my amateur radio equipment... I have an SDR unit that lets me connect my system to my big antenna outside and I can download and decode satellite data in real time with it... it's still not a bad chip even now, for things that are extremely cpu intensive...

[alexand]

I have the FX 8300 overclocked to 4.00 Ghz, paired with RX 470, 12 ddr3 1333mhz and I am such a happy, having such a powerful PC.
Resolution is 1366 -768 and I can play all games, especially such demanding as : The Witcher 3, the Forza 5, Wo Long, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Unity, Origin, the Spider Man .

For me, Yes, the FX 8300 is still enough and that is the Great CPU for gamers, who want to play by any costs.

[JamesSmith-swnk]

Steve from Gamers Nexus personal pc has a FX-8350 and a gtx 1070. He says he mostly plays old strategy, puzzle or card games in his limited free time.
I knew a retired computer engineer (I think he worked for Samsung) that ran a P3 933mhz pc with a pci Nvidia 8400 video card up until he passed away, it had Windows 7 on it. He still fixed other people's much faster/newer pc's as a side hobby.
I asked him why he didn't upgrade, he said it did everything he needed to. Answer e-mails, surf the net, watch 480p video (His lcd monitor was a 17" 1024 x 768).
If you don't play modern games then you don't need much. Good video.

[rossmclaughlin]

I was starting to struggle to hit 60 with my fx 8350 in few titles when I upgraded to 2600 back when that came out but like you found hear it 1% lows and that was still playable. but I started thinking that perhaps it didn't have long left interesting to see it's still holding on in there what an amazing chip 10 years on and still kicking. Really was the value king 💯

[peternicol]

I've had my PC for 10 years now. FX-8350 on a ASUS Sabertooth MB with 32GB of RAM and a R9-290X 4GB. I continue to use the machine for gaming though not so much for newer games (that will likely change once Cities Skylines 2 hits which may force the upgrade on me finally). Has been a fantastic PC which has barely missed a beat. I've looked into upgrading a few times in recent years but not able to justify the upgrade cost as I have been able to still play everything i want to.

[MrGibsn]

I'm not a huge gamer, but my son is. I built a computer back in 2014 with this CPU and i just recently moved it into his room and updated the OS. I've been surprised for what it is still capable of, and bonus for not having to spend any new money for getting him a capable computer.

[cristi.trohin]

Dude, the test setup has some serious flaws. A lot of wasted potential. The FX CPU only supports PCIE 2.0, and the RX 6600 has support for 8 PCIE lanes. That means the GPU is using only 8 PCIE 2.0 lanes, which is equivalent to 4 PCIE 3.0 lanes or 2 PCIE 4.0 lanes. That GPU is severely bottlenecked on this setup. You would get much better results by pairing the FX with an RX 580 that supports the full 16 PCIE lanes. The RX 580 will get better frame rates than the RX 6600 on this motherboard. I actually have a FX 8300 paired with an RX 580 8GB in a backup system, and it can play anything. I am getting way better frame rates with that setup than what you're getting with your setup.

[Steele_Wings]

Still running mine with windows 8 and the games purchased. I keep the platforms I build for certain games . They don't require the internet to enjoy playing them. Old CD and DCD games are my favorite.

[None-n]

Just barely today upgraded my system. Been running that 8350 for many years at this point. While streaming was possible and honestly wasnt bad, but i mostly play games like civ v that still chugs however sometimes.


Overall after 9 years with that chip i got wayyyy more than my money's worth for it. That paired with my GTX 780 has been great and im still not retiring the build.


However i have a ryzen 7 5700x as of today, and im excited to see if i can stress the shit out of it. Though it probably wont overclock like the 8350. That chip just takes beating after beating

[michaelthompson]

A great video Shane 🥰🤩😇👍YouTube channel RA Tech did numerous tests with the FX-8350 and a few other old AMD CPUs and found for 50-100fps at 1080p gaming was still quite achievable in many titles and a number of multiplayer fps titles as well. For a hobbiest, super budget pc builder, or a cheap Minecraft pc for the young’ins today ….. this cpu can handle these titles more than enough with decent quality settings.

[kanaefukuda]

been running an fx 8350 pc since i sold my ryzen pc to a friend. puts me back into a time when i didnt have that much fps on titles i wanted to play, but all the more made it more interesting on how i play those games.

[snowdog]

I have 3 8350 machines running great! Two of them have asus strix gtx980ti and the third has a msi gtx1660 super. All 3 systems are on Sabertooth 990fx boards, one is a 1.0 and the other two are 2.0. All have NVMe drives with the 1.0 booting UEFI with Clover. Storage is with a M5015 Hardware RAID. No need for upgrades YET. 32GB Kingston HyperX 1866 on 2 sytems, 1600 on the third. Need to know more about it?

[Dj-Mccullough]

i used my 8350 until 2018 when i went to the 1800x. currently running the 5800x3d in the same motherboard i migrated away from the 8350 to.. the 8350 was never "the performance champion" but it had the grunt to chew through most workloads. for its price it was almost unbeatable in that role.