AMD Readies A10-7870K And A8-7670K APUs

[ltguy]

Yawn apus.

Why do we need high end ones, they make no sense...

why not release an 8 core... consoles get one, but pc's don't. Its like they're not even trying.

[SirSquid]

Yawn apus.

Why do we need high end ones, they make no sense...

For faster smaller HTPC and Steam machines.

[Blackie Sheen]

Because a casual gamer with an APU will totally know what freesync is AND decide to buy one right?

Its not because you have an APU that you are an ignorant and that you have no searching capabilities. What are you saying here? Keep your value judgements for yourself and if you really need to, snort in derision in your head

[Zi6iX]

 

 

too bad freesync has a ghosting issue,

I'm pretty sure that's the panel's fault...

[Opcode]

Looks like other motherboard manufactures are now updating their BIOS for Godavari.

 

GA-F2A88X-D3H

[sgloux3470]

why not release an 8 core... consoles get one, but pc's don't. Its like they're not even trying.

 

They'll come out eventually.  I expect Zen will coincide a big APU push since the DDR4 will help a lot of the memory issues the current chips have.

[LukaP]

why not release an 8 core... consoles get one, but pc's don't. Its like they're not even trying.

Little to no benefit for consumers (because limited multithreading) while increasing cost and die size. Id rather see (if the die size and cost argument are not here) a 3 module Excavator with 768SP on the GPU, a 100W TDP and clocked around 3.5GHz/1GHz

[Opcode]

Little to no benefit for consumers (because limited multithreading) while increasing cost and die size. Id rather see (if the die size and cost argument are not here) a 3 module Excavator with 768SP on the GPU, a 100W TDP and clocked around 3.5GHz/1GHz

I'm personally waiting for the day AMD stuffs at least a R7 260X into their APU and prices it below $200. That's when I will more than likely migrate away from discrete graphics cards.

[LukaP]

I'm personally waiting for the day AMD stuffs at least a R7 260X into their APU and prices it below $200. That's when I will more than likely migrate away from discrete graphics cards.

I wont until the compute performance of a 200$ APU will rival that of a discrete setup even if that is more expensive. Im an all out performance kind of guy, dont care if its one chip or 3 coprocessors

[Opcode]

Some sources now suggest that Godavari will be released by the end of May.

[Gunjob]

Yawn apus.

Why do we need high end ones, they make no sense...

Every i7,i5 and i3 that have an IGP, be it Intel HD or Iris, is an APU.

[Pony080905]

APUs arent ment for disrete gpus... unless you gona use them @ 4k or higher, where amd cpu cores are just as power as the best intel ones 

They have the thing that lets you crossfire with the apu

[Briggsy]

I'm personally waiting for the day AMD stuffs at least a R7 260X into their APU and prices it below $200. That's when I will more than likely migrate away from discrete graphics cards.

 

they are talking 2016-2017 for 200-300Watt TDP APU's with HBM memory @ 14nm, and *a lot* of gpu cores. Given the efficiency gains of having everything on a single die (including cpu command latency), coupled with the fact that HSA allows gpu cores to work in tandem to behave like a cpu core, You could probably expect the shader count to be at 280x levels, but with exponentially more performance.

[Guest Strangerbob]

They have the thing that lets you crossfire with the apu

consider that i knew that and i still said what i said

 

 

yes, they should never be crossfired with a weakass gpu... shame on amd

[patrickjp93]

consider that i knew that and i still said what i said

 

 

yes, they should never be crossfired with a weakass gpu... shame on amd

If under DX 12 they can work out full synchronicity and do proper load balancing, it should be fine.

[Guest trucker2]

This week I am stopping by microcenter in philly. Getting an A10-7870k  and MSI A68somthing MB combo for 130 bucks and either 8 or 16 gig EVGA 2400 DDR3 ram and combing parts from kids old emachines EL 1300: 220w PSU, cpu cooler, etc. Shove it all in an old PS/2 model 50z case or maybe just make a flippin box out of wood and hook it up to our 48' TV and have a blast.

[Aniallation]

This week I am stopping by microcenter in philly. Getting an A10-7870k  and MSI A68somthing MB combo for 130 bucks and either 8 or 16 gig EVGA 2400 DDR3 ram and combing parts from kids old emachines EL 1300: 220w PSU, cpu cooler, etc. Shove it all in an old PS/2 model 50z case or maybe just make a flippin box out of wood and hook it up to our 48' TV and have a blast.

Please don't necro threads.

[patrickjp93]

This week I am stopping by microcenter in philly. Getting an A10-7870k and MSI A68somthing MB combo for 130 bucks and either 8 or 16 gig EVGA 2400 DDR3 ram and combing parts from kids old emachines EL 1300: 220w PSU, cpu cooler, etc. Shove it all in an old PS/2 model 50z case or maybe just make a flippin box out of wood and hook it up to our 48' TV and have a blast.

Try to go 2666 if you can. Not sure what your budget is, but APUs are bandwidth starved being stuck in dual-channel. The difference in price between G.Skill 2400 and 2666 is very small.

[Opcode]

Try to go 2666 if you can. Not sure what your budget is, but APUs are bandwidth starved being stuck in dual-channel. The difference in price between G.Skill 2400 and 2666 is very small.

This is the board in question which only supports up to 2133 MHz overclocked. @ I would step up to the GA-F2A88XM-D3H bundle as that board supports 2400 MHz. It's $154.98 but still that's only $24.99 for the motherboard and it's based around the A88X chipset. That or dump some more money in and get the FM2A88X Killer ($44.99) that supports 2600 MHz. Personally it seems like the Gigabyte board is the best option.

[patrickjp93]

This is the board in question which only supports up to 2133 MHz overclocked. @ I would step up to the GA-F2A88XM-D3H bundle as that board supports 2400 MHz. It's $154.98 but still that's only $24.99 for the motherboard and it's based around the A88X chipset. That or dump some more money in and get the FM2A88X Killer ($44.99) that supports 2600 MHz. Personally it seems like the Gigabyte board is the best option.

It's sad how much AMD's motherboards lack craftsmanship and features that really are necessary to having an APU build run well.

 

You know, since GloFo tends to have the (much) more expensive manufacturing process, I wonder if AMD could just negotiate with Intel to get some Crystalwell made for the AMD APUs, maybe a cut-down 64MB version. It would minimize the additional cost and give AMD some sales. Seriously, who has been in charge of the design team and not been coming up with some sort of answer? Hell the cache even makes CPU performance better by as much as 15% just on its own! Honestly, stick the current me back in time 6 years and put me in a managerial position over the AMD CPU/APU teams. Things could have easily been done to mitigate the disasters that have befallen AMD even leading up to Bulldozer.