AMD A10-6800K Richland Overclocked Review

[GoogalyMoogaly]

Not really surprising that it managed to beat an un-overclocked version of itself and the previous version of itself. Or for that mater a dual core Intel that is known to have a worse GPU.
However still interesting to see how it performed.

Currently seems that for real gaming you can't beat a dedicated GPU though. I mean a lot of the average framerates were pretty low even on low detail settings. Plus, minimum framerates need to be considered too.

Would also have been interested to see how an i5 would've done against it in the CPU tests, even though the chips are quite a bit more expensive it'd be nice to see how well the AMD chips compares to another quad core.

Also, since I suspect the i3 setup would probably be a bit cheaper I wonder how it would do if you paired it with a dedicated GPU. That might mean you could get away with cheaper memory too? Meaning you may be able to save enough to get you to a 6670 (more or less, depending on offers, etc.)

 

[mgrandy]

ill post ma old cina bench test make of it what you will
http://s23.postimg.org/n424hvxbf/cinebench_results.png

temps after an hour with the h100 was max 76 degrees c

 

[WYP]

Not really surprising that it managed to beat an un-overclocked version of itself and the previous version of itself. Or for that mater a dual core Intel that is known to have a worse GPU.
However still interesting to see how it performed.

Currently seems that for real gaming you can't beat a dedicated GPU though. I mean a lot of the average framerates were pretty low even on low detail settings. Plus, minimum framerates need to be considered too.

Would also have been interested to see how an i5 would've done against it in the CPU tests, even though the chips are quite a bit more expensive it'd be nice to see how well the AMD chips compares to another quad core.

Also, since I suspect the i3 setup would probably be a bit cheaper I wonder how it would do if you paired it with a dedicated GPU. That might mean you could get away with cheaper memory too? Meaning you may be able to save enough to get you to a 6670 (more or less, depending on offers, etc.)

it performed admirably in all tests, given how cheap the apu is it is unbeatable, next gen kaveri looks promising, gpu should be a lot stronger with the huma memory interface and gcn cores. couple that with steamroller core with suggested 20+% improvement on core performance.

it will be an interesting launch!

 

[vorticalbox]

I've been able to hit a max of 5.4 on air before it crashed, but use it daily at 5.2

What are temps like at 5.2?

 

[mgrandy]

updated ma post with temps if any 1 can talk me through a manual over-clock eg what settings to give me a guide line i would quit happly do. ive just been using the standard amd feature as of yet also noticed when playing or streaming movies it looks good but on the occasional vid i get major blur like everything goes square for a few secs then goes back to normal and i cant pin it down think this might be the onboard gpu

 

[GoogalyMoogaly]

it performed admirably in all tests

Compared to what?
It doesn't really have any direct competition. Intel don't have the GPU grunt on their APU/CPUs to compete without dedicated graphics, plus they price themselves out of the low end market.
The A10-6800K seems like a good chip compared to AMDs other APUs, I'm just not sure what gap it fills.

To me, it seems a little overkill for a HTPC that will mostly be playing videos but not quite up to the job of being a gaming platform. But I think I fall into the category mentioned in the review of liking decent framerate with decent levels of detail and decent resolutions. I don't want to have to play at 720p with low detail and make do with 40fps. It's why I don't game on my i7 laptop with 7730M graphics card.

Although I guess it may do well enough at older games. Might be better off with a console though, most of them can do video playback too.

I definitely think AMD are making much better strides on the APU front than Intel. Unless Intel makes some real breakthroughs with their 'onboard' (or on-chip?) graphics, I can see AMD being the ones that do make APUs a viable gaming platform. Unless the new consoles move gaming on to a point that means APUs will struggle again...

 

[mgrandy]

Compared to what?
Might be better off with a console though, most of them can do video playback too.

the new ps4 and xboxone a using a rundown version of this chip supposedly are they not? y would i buy a crapper version with more money its insane. just for the use of a controller personally i just plug in ma wired xbox controller

the only reason i can come up with to buy 1 of these is for a dedicated game like gran tursmo and that aint a good enough reason not with games like plantside 2. after the blops (black ops) situation with them selling me a half finished game i tend to download the game try out the 1 player and then if all looks good go out n buy the game for multiplayer. no way in hell im chucking 100 pound at a game unless its the bees knees

 

[GoogalyMoogaly]

the new ps4 and xboxone a using a rundown version of this chip supposedly are they not? y would i buy a crapper version with more money its insane. just for the use of a controller personally i just plug in ma wired xbox controller

the only reason i can come up with to buy 1 of these is for a dedicated game like gran tursmo and that aint a good enough reason not with games like plantside 2. after the blops (black ops) situation with them selling me a half finished game i tend to download the game try out the 1 player and then if all looks good go out n buy the game for multiplayer. no way in hell im chucking 100 pound at a game unless its the bees knees

You think this A10-6800K is gonna be able to run games as well as one of the new consoles?
One of the consoles where the games will be optimised for that exact hardware and OS?
It'd be great if due to the new console architecture that PC ports of console games (which so many are these days) are much more efficient and perform better, but I'm not sure it'll be so much better than current systems that this chip will be able to run all the latest games with details and framerates at the same level as the new consoles.

The XBOX-360/PS3 probably handles the likes of Tomb Raider, Far Cry 3 and Crysis 3 as well (or better) than this chip.

 

[grassman]

No the consoles are using Jaguar, due for release end of the year / early 2014.

 

[Feronix]

No the consoles are using Jaguar, due for release end of the year / early 2014.

Clocked at 1.6 GHz :lol:

 

[mgrandy]

Clocked at 1.6 GHz :lol:

hahahaha

 

[mgrandy]

The XBOX-360/PS3 probably handles the likes of Tomb Raider, Far Cry 3 and Crysis 3 as well (or better) than this chip.

xbox 360 and ps3 youll be lucky if its 10% on graphic compared to this chip but i know as im often round laughing at ma m8's elite. cpu wise it may not play at 60 fps like the console but its dam close and with 90% better graphics and gameplay take skyrim for example on this i can increase the view distance per say. on xbox you cant now what the hell is a zoom button doing on the bow if ya cant actually see that far lol your always going to be limited on a console and if ma pc gets tierd i sell the parts n buy anew for still less than a ps4 and ill still get close to top doller where as ps4, xbox will drop at least 50% from new in the first 6 months