APU myth, i need to know the truth based on your experiences.....

[tabs14]

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wa ko kasabot asa gikuha ang observation na ingon ani.

ana ra migo kon intel paresan gud mga high end nga supporting cast,

kon mag amd kasagaran generic ang mga extra.....

maonang mas paspas ang intel, pero hunahuna ra na ko....

[psychyze]

I still dont get it. "Generic ang mga extra" what?

[Terminatorn]

ana ra migo kon intel paresan gud mga high end nga supporting cast,

kon mag amd kasagaran generic ang mga extra.....

maonang mas paspas ang intel, pero hunahuna ra na ko....

w00t?!? HAHAHA.
Grabeha. Discreminate kay ka sa AMD da. Di ka kibaw nga leading VC kay AMD. Hahaha. Nisikat lang Nvidia run kay bag.o nag release ug mga VC. unsay baws sa AMD? Major Slash sa prices sa ilang nga top-end VC. bag.o lang gi news. Ambot lang sad kung maka abot na dire sa ato ang price slash. wohoho.

[keropi]

how does an a8-7600 fare against a c2q q8300 +550ti. i think the c2q will consume more power, but performance wise how do they compare?

The 7600's igpu should lie slightly below the R7-250 ddr3 and above the HD 7730 ddr5 which are 2 tiers apart. So it should be around 2 tiers slower than a 550ti, around GT730 64-bit ddr5 performance.

[MarXX]

u saying a 550ti will outperform the integrated graphics of the a8?

[Sempron Guy]

I stand corrected, the 550 ti should be significantly faster. I was looking at it as a combo, Q8300 + 550ti with the 550ti being held back cause of the processor.

[harhar]

one day, a few months ago, i visited my suki nga computer shop. pag abot nako, the technician was mass assembling PC's for pisonet kuno. then we started talking about that particular entry level APU motherboard (GIGABYTE and ASUS)and what it was IDEAL for.

He said nga okay ra daw ang a6 or a8 ba to for regular office work and htpc duties. BUT ni ingon siya kung mu game daw ka, grabe daw mu init and area near the processor, opposite side of the ram slots, kana ABOVE the processor slot and to its LEFT i think those are called the VRM components, consisting of capacitors and mosfets. grabe daw mu init to the extent dili daw mahikap. an aftermarket cooler will not solve the problem daw kay ang motherboard man ang mu init daw. to the extent mu pawng kuno ang system kung mu game ka....
i asked sad that what if i directed a 120mm fan directly into the area, and he said it helps very little dili daw maka apas.

he said that if i want to game with an APU, i should choose a motherboard with beefier heatsinks in this area and not those motherboards with exposed components.....

i kinda need to know the truth about this since im considering to change my HTPC/Light gaming rig into an APU based system.

Ok rana, mga lig-on na mga mobo ron, basta naa lang jud ventilation ang casing ok rana...

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Ako ganing Emaxx nga mobo diri ok paman gani generic psu pajud, 5 years na...

[MarXX]

I stand corrected, the 550 ti should be significantly faster. I was looking at it as a combo, Q8300 + 550ti with the 550ti being held back cause of the processor.

so the processor in this case bottlenecks the 550ti.

[keropi]

so the processor in this case bottlenecks the 550ti.

I shouldnt think so. The 550ti is barely a modest gpu, hardly capable of graphic configurations taxing enough for the processor to support. Besides, the Q8300 is already a quadcore. It should be able to support the 550ti up to 60fps.

Check this Q8300 review with gaming performance using a 4870 (equal to 550ti)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 Review & Overclocking - Page 13 - World in Conflict & Crysis

[MarXX]

tried to overclock the Q8300 and hit the FSB wall at 343 from 333 not by much. maypag wala nalang. wala gani ka overclock of 100mhz.
its my board. the Asrock g41c-gs is a bad overclocker.
whether its my board my crap ass generic PSU, i dont know for sure, pero inig restart, dili mu sulod sa bios dayun, kinahnglan pa i-manually off (5 second press of power button) nya kinahanglan i-pull power plug to get tthe system to boot to bios.
samok na, maypag dili nalang mag overclock kung mao ra ang gains.

so crap na for gaming ako CPU.....