Brand New AMD A6 & A8 APU Processors????????

[ShrimpBrime]

Originally Posted by Grimm

I was considering building a new system with a Phenom II tri-core. How would one of theses compare?

Don't know. It'll cinebench and 3dmark06 better just by having one more core. I'm not sure how well it clocks yet. Just got it in today and is getting set up yet.

I'll have some stuff for you guys to look at and read soon. We'll start with the system at stock basics and do some testing and OC from there. I'll try and compare it to my Phenom II 565BE. That one happily benched at some really fast clock speeds, so I don't expect the A8 3850 to be faster even after the OC.

[prudhomb]

Originally Posted by Grimm

I was considering building a new system with a Phenom II tri-core. How would one of theses compare?

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/399?vs=83

it looks like unless you are planning to take advantage of the on board video you are better off with a less expensive AII or PII.

Additional Comment:

a 955 is better in almost every benchmark, and only costs $119 now
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/399?vs=88

Additional Comment:

I think this is going to be a great laptop processor for those who do not what discrete graphics as it blows HD3000 away.

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Grimm, depends on your use. I just build an AMD gaming computer for $375 with the follow specs and plays my games on high@1920x1080 excellent (price is after all rebates and selling dirt 3) (rift, red faction guerilla, world of warcraft)

clock for clock the cpu portion of the A3850 is even with amd quad 640 k10 processor. where it wins is on chip GPU and power efficiency. IF your building a gaming PC you will be better served by an AMD 955 + AMD 6850+ greater dedicated graphics.

AMD 955
ASrock 870 extreme3
8gb ddr3 1600 2x4
XFX 6850 1gb
corsair h60
thermaltake V3

Im running 3.6ghz on stock voltage 18x200fsb 6850 is at 840/1085mhz (very mild overclock) Kill a watt ez says during gaming 222watts

[JD2012]

Originally Posted by THISISSATAAA

Brand New AMD A6 & A8 APU Processors
Now In-Stock!

I just recieved an email about these from TigerDirect I'm curious if anyone has any info on these cpus and knows anything about them this isnt the bulldozer correct? they are called APU's apparently? Any info would be appreciated links or just knowledge shared here in this thread.

I just received my new Toshiba with the new AMD A6 APU and well, its WAY faster than my Acer laptop with E-350. On my Acer laptop with E-350 I was able to play modern games really good, but in low settings. Just finished testing the new A6 APU, and yes it does perform MUCH better than the E-350 but not in a WOW. For high end games, like GTA IV on the A6 I got an average of 27.3 FPS in all medium/high, which compared to the E-350, I got 19.5 FPS on all low settings with native res.

Here is a chart that compares all the APU's to Intel's.
http://hothardware.com/Reviews/AMD-F...no-APU-Review/

Next week when I get paid, ill be ordering the new acer with the A8 APU, ill do a short comparison against the A6.

[prudhomb]

Originally Posted by JD2012

Next week when I get paid, ill be ordering the new acer with the A8 APU, ill do a short comparison against the A6.

for the love of god please build it yourself!

[Urbanfox]

Originally Posted by buttons

Grimm, depends on your use. I just build an AMD gaming computer for $375 with the follow specs... (price is after all rebates and selling dirt 3)....


AMD 955
ASrock 870 extreme3
8gb ddr3 1600 2x4
XFX 6850 1gb
corsair h60
thermaltake V3

How much were the rebates and what did you sell D3 for? By my calculations $375 is ridiculously cheap for that build.

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ok ill show list price on left, after rebates on right.

$113 AMD 955 BE $98
$89 ASrock 870 extreme3 $89 (nice board, but way more then i needed)
$74 Patriot DDR3 1600 2x4gb $44 (shell shocker deal)
$169 XFX 6850 1gb $109 ($30 rebate dirt 3 sold for $31)
$44 Thermaltake V3 $29 after rebate and $5 promo code
$69 Corsair H60 $55 (doesnt fit without some elbow grease in this thermaltake case)

Originally borrowed a PSU from neighbor but that did not have 6 pin power connector for GPU, went to best buy, got a corsair 600w -- returned it , a guy i work with sold me his rosewill 630w psu for price of lunch ($8) $375 was orginal estimate, a few things changed on me (i didnt originally budget for corsair H60 or the near free PSU.) i reused my corsair 90gb SSD as boot drive and took a 160gb 7200 rpm as a spare storage/temp folder drive from junk pc. Now that I think about it, my price has went up quite a bit, i just ordered a 3.5" -> 2.5" adapter for $14 shipped and windows 7 64 bit home premium OEM for $90 (after 10% coupon code) I also put in a left over DVD-rw drive


I started around $375 to get the system going, but decided to gift it to my father -- so started adding some odds and ends.. like valid copy of windows to make it a complete computer.

[Urbanfox]

Originally Posted by buttons

ok ill show list price on left, after rebates on right.

$113 AMD 955 BE $98
$89 ASrock 870 extreme3 $89 (nice board, but way more then i needed)
$74 Patriot DDR3 1600 2x4gb $44 (shell shocker deal)
$169 XFX 6850 1gb $109 ($30 rebate dirt 3 sold for $31)
$44 Thermaltake V3 $29 after rebate and $5 promo code
$69 Corsair H60 $55 (doesnt fit without some elbow grease in this thermaltake case)

Originally borrowed a PSU from neighbor but that did not have 6 pin power connector for GPU, went to best buy, got a corsair 600w -- returned it , a guy i work with sold me his rosewill 630w psu for price of lunch ($8) $375 was orginal estimate, a few things changed on me (i didnt originally budget for corsair H60 or the near free PSU.) i reused my corsair 90gb SSD as boot drive and took a 160gb 7200 rpm as a spare storage/temp folder drive from junk pc. Now that I think about it, my price has went up quite a bit, i just ordered a 3.5" -> 2.5" adapter for $14 shipped and windows 7 64 bit home premium OEM for $90 (after 10% coupon code) I also put in a left over DVD-rw drive


I started around $375 to get the system going, but decided to gift it to my father -- so started adding some odds and ends.. like valid copy of windows to make it a complete computer.

Either way, very nice savings.

[ShrimpBrime]

I paid $254 dollars Shipped for the A8 3850 with 6550D onboard IGP and Asus board capable of x-fire.

All I needed to do was slap an HD and PSU on it and done.

So far my testing shows clocks at 3.7ghz EDIT 3.6ghz*and climbing. Tonight I'll be running an even higher yet OC and then start doing some benchmarks..

What would people be interested in seeing for benchmarks. I'll run mine, and you guys can compare it to your systems. Please keep in mind there are no drivers for the IGP that work properly so 3D benchmarks will be run with my 6870 so I don't have any driver issues (which I've been having thus far).

You guys can compare and critique my benchmarks here and we'll discuss. Just need to know which ones would appeal to you fellas.