Do chipsets affect CPU performance ?

[Shakabutt]

I curently have a Asus 780L motherboard, it has a AM3 + black socket,but will one of the 9 series chipsets offer more performance for my FX 6100 ?

The reason im asking is these days when vishera benches popped up im seeing my processor scoring something like 4.8 on cinebench in some of the online reviews when i score only 4.0

Does it make a difference or is it just an older build of cinebench the cause for problems ?

 

[KingFatty]

It can depend on the power delivery of the motherboard, and the higher series may tend to have better power delivery systems that can support higher/more stable overclocks.

When you say "offer more performance," what do you mean? Do you mean will it let you overclock more?

Because, if you are at default/stock/non-overclocked settings now and don't plan to change that even if you get a new motherboard, I can't see how your performance would change to be worth upgrading. But if you are overclocking, then maybe. However, it might be such a small difference compared to the price, that you're better off saving the money towards a new motherboard and CPU combo.

 

[Shakabutt]

No i was talking about stock, i see in many reviews online that came up with Vish that a Fx 6100 scores 4.8 (at stock) in cinebench 11.5,i saw one review from the store i bought my cpu that said the same thing.

They all used 9 series to review, but i also saw other reviews that were similar to mine,like one guy on YT doing a 4 ghz run.

Its so weird.

Heres one of the reviews : http://nl.hardware.info/reviews/331...0-fx-6300-getest-benchmarks-cpu-cinebench-115

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Usedtocould. But with the integration of memory controllers into the CPU, the main cause of "that chipset sucks" complaints became moot.

I/O controller can make a difference, if it comes down to that. Dunno how reliant Cinebench is on I/O.

Differences in memory speed and timings also show up in synthetic benchmarks, but don't make a noticeable different irl.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Chipsets today are essentially only about SATA and USB, and the performance related to those two.

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

I think that the best way to view chipsets is to view them keys to unlocking doors. While they won't really make a difference on performance by themselves they may unlock features like SATA III, PCI-E 3.0, USB 3.0, SLI and Xfire that can make a difference on the overall performance of your system.

 

[Jimzz]

For your chip I doubt you wouold notice it unless you are trying to run SSD.

Your board only has SATA 3gb so that could hold back some better SSD drives. But I doubt you would see any CPU gains from going to a newwer board.

Back in the day when the memory contoroller was onboard then yea chipsets mattered a lot more.

 

[NTMBK]

I think that the best way to view chipsets is to view them keys to unlocking doors. While they won't really make a difference on performance by themselves they may unlock features like SATA III, PCI-E 3.0, USB 3.0, SLI and Xfire that can make a difference on the overall performance of your system.

Doors which were locked by Intel's marketing choices. :awe:

 

[Jimzz]

Doors which were locked by Intel's marketing choices. :awe:

bazinga

:thumbsup:

 

[MisterMac]

6100 is bulldozer.

6300 is piledriver.


...seriously?

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Short answer. Within the same generation and series, only marginally. With the gap of 1+ year can be noticeable at times.

 

[NTMBK]

6100 is bulldozer.

6300 is piledriver.


...seriously?

Shh, don't use logic, I was having fun prodding the Intel rep

 

[Shakabutt]

Short answer. Within the same generation and series, only marginally. With the gap of 1+ year can be noticeable at times.

So jumping from a 7 series chipset to a 970 chipset will give me some performance all arround for my FX ?

Ive looked at my NB frequencies and HT and they look like standard for ths proc.

What else is there to influence the performance besides these 2? Overclocking excluded

 

[tcsenter]

Doors which were locked by Intel's marketing choices. :awe:

The alternative is to just make everyone buy $200+ motherboards no matter what their needs are.

 

[KingRaptor]

Chipsets come on motherboards which really only differentiate themselves with various feature tiers. Stock performance across the chipsets would be the same or so close as to be unnoticeable.