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Adding GPU to a APU?!

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Hi,

 

I bought a new pc, but I want to do some future upgrades. My specs are a AMD A10-6700 with 4 Gigs RAM and the intergrated graphics. The upgrades I'm planning are: from 4 to 8 Gigs RAM, New Power Supply and a discrete video like the AMD Radeon HD 7870. But I wanted to know if its supported or not supported for adding a discrete video card to a APU..?

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Of course it is, all of Intel's CPUs are technically APUs as well, they all have integrated graphics. It's just a fancy marketing term, if you add an external GPU, you'll use the CPU and your external GPU. 

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It's all compatible :) Every CPU is an APU (technically, except for LGA2011 i7 CPUs, which have no graphics)

You'll have no worries installing a GPU.

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It's all compatible :) Every CPU is an APU (technically, except for LGA2011 i7 CPUs, which have no graphics)

You'll have no worries installing a GPU.

And AM3+ CPUs, the only integrated graphics are 760/880G are built into the northbridge rather than CPU :)

 

Hi,

 

I bought a new pc, but I want to do some future upgrades. My specs are a AMD A10-6700 with 4 Gigs RAM and the intergrated graphics. The upgrades I'm planning are: from 4 to 8 Gigs RAM, New Power Supply and a discrete video like the AMD Radeon HD 7870. But I wanted to know if its supported or not supported for adding a discrete video card to a APU..?

 

But yes you can install any GPU you'd like into there that isn't ancient AGP/PCI(legacy). For that APU the 7870 is a great choice!

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And AM3+ CPUs, the only integrated graphics are 760/880G are built into the northbridge rather than CPU :)

 

Didn't know that. :P The more you know!

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Didn't know that. :P The more you know!

AM3+ is probably the most "legacy" existing platform!

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