what do you want from an APU

[Nagby]

hi, please answer the pool here : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SqWDsLMfySYchjuGlXBjkDCGGeolEwh4iam1-UxOPHg/viewform
and you can also post to note specific things

this is to know why would you choose and APU over a CPU and what do you think they are good for

note : if you choose that APUs are for performant gaming rig because of optimisation, it mean that for you APUs are the futur and will replace CPUs (at least for gaming rigs)

 

[NeverBackDown]

I choose performant rig(out of two i selected) because in the long run if you're soley gaming them multi-plat games ported from console to PC will run better on it creating a beast gaming rig with little cost. We'll see in the future.

 

[Feronix]

hi, please answer the pool here

Boy, I do love pools!



On a more serious note:

I couldn't even answer the first question cause all the answers are about gaming rigs. I think APU systems are nice for home theatre stuff, or everyday usage with the occassional game.

Even if it was gaming related, I'd say "They're nice for people that want a rig they can do light gaming on first when they buy their rig, then save up and put a proper GPU in it at a later date".

 

[Nagby]

for home theater stuff there is AMD E and Intel Atoms
they have a gfx circuit made for video decoding
while APUs like AMD A are really aiming for games

 

[s3ns3]

emmm,no gaming.so HTPC. gaming on hd 7660D ? new games like what 25 fps on low? no thank you.
if there is room in the case,get a dedicated gpu. and a better cpu than the weak athlon x4 750K.

 

[Nagby]

depends of the game
every new games aren't extremly demending, for example GRiD 2 run really smooth and still look fine on intel HD chipset

 

[NeverBackDown]

People automically assume gaming = 1080p. So that's why they say low fps. If run at a lower res then it's a great choice.

 

[s3ns3]

not really,al low res it becomes a cpu game. i would like a phenom 2 atleast even for low res

 

[NeverBackDown]

Hence an APU-_- CPU+GPU= great gaming at lower resolution.