AMD Richland Desktop Review Comment Thread

[Pabz0r545]

I wonder how one of these would do in Starcraft 2.

[YoungMan]

I tried SC2 with an older Llano IGP (A8-3850). 1v1 was playable until armies got maxed, then the frames dropped. I need a minimum of 60fps, so I had to lower the settings all the way to play @ 1680x1050.
When they start using X700+ IGPs, then you'll have something going. But we'll probably have DDR4/5 as a standard by then, which the IGP will need.

[lowfat]

Think I may grab an a8-6600k to replace my i3-3220.

[EmptyMellon]

Just curious, what kind of performance (boost) would one get using an AMD's own dGPU along with an A10's iGPU, compared to an nVidia's dGPU; in other words, is there a noticeable "boost" with "AMD Dual Graphics" (A10+HDXXXX) vs. A10+GT(X) XXX (nVidia)? Or is it just marketing BS?

[YoungMan]

That hybrid xfire thing was stupid. You could pair up some 6550 or so with your APU and get a boost, which I assume you're talking about. But if you just use your APU as a CPU and add a 6850, you'd wipe the floor.
Funny thing was, sometimes it would backfire in certain games, and you'd get worse performance over using the discrete card by itself.

[JD]

Question, would this run BF3 at all? Even at low settings? Resolution wise, let's say 1080p.

There's a guy at work that wants to play BF3 but at the same time he's super cheap.

[Soullessone21]

Originally Posted by JD

Question, would this run BF3 at all? Even at low settings? Resolution wise, let's say 1080p.

There's a guy at work that wants to play BF3 but at the same time he's super cheap.

The 5800K can run at 720P with ok settings as I used my OCed one to do just that on my TV:)

6XXX should do even better :)

[freeloader1969]

Any more overclocking results for this particular 6800K? Tried it on water yet?

[great_big_abyss]

Does anyone know if this chip using IGP will run Minecraft AND record on FRAPS without any lag?