Now, when AMD sent me their new A10 7870k I was quite surprised. For one, I didn't know what to expect. Many people had told me it was an upgrade to the Kaveri lineup, but the numbers would have to speak for themselves. Now lets get started! Why should you buy I'm not going to go over all the reasons to buy an APU, as I did that in the last build so you can go check that out, instead here are some pros and cons. Pros:
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Benchmarks The motherboard we used to benchmark the A10-7870k was the Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H , a great sub 80 dollar FM2+ motherboard that supports crossfire, so you may eventually crossfire any R7 graphics card with the IGPU. We also used Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB 2133Mhz ram Edit: GTA V FPS IS NOT 78 ITS 58!!!! Sorry for the mixup
Conclusion Now for the hard part, the conclusion. The main purpose of an APU is to acheive an extent of full graphics card capibilities in pretty much 0 % of the space. Instead of buying a processer and a graphics card you can just buy a processor. Was that achieved? Sort of, as you can tell, the gaming capibilites aren't that incredible, but they are playable. Overall this processor is targeted toward those who are going to do light to medium gaming, or have no issue playing at 720p. It is also great for an HTPC (home theater pc). Thats all, if you guys liked the review, please share it with your friends, or leave a comment with some support/constructive criticism.
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1/12/2016 04:08:46 am
I'm not going to go over all the reasons to buy an APU, as I did that in the last build so you can go check that out, instead here are some pros and cons.
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