AMD Dual Graphics possible?

[sundur]

Hi people of linustechtips,

 

With the new option of using dual graphics with your integrated graphics, I wanted to know if I could use is with a amd apu a8-3870k quad core and a R7 260x. Also can dual graphics be used with non-amd discrete graphics cards? and does anyone have a link to a somewhat accurate list of possible combinations? thanks in advance,

 

Sundur 

[FloRolf]

you can only use it with a few amd gpus and the 260x isnt one of them afaik.

[Jerakl]

I don't know much about this topic, but from what I've heard it doesn't boost performance a ton. If you haven't bought it yet I would recommend going with a better discrete card and not touching the integrated graphics. If money is an issue maybe you would want to. As said, I don't know a ton about AMD or anything they do. So please correct me if I'm wrong.

[gylmir]

@Jerakl i have seen dual graphics and an increase of 12 to 25 fps in a game is alot

for example you play on cpu 23 fps and you ad a 250 to your rig and bump this with 25fps you play games around 48 fps that is a huge improvement.

 

its all for people who don't want to spend a lot or can't afford the big cards but i think they better expand this over all the cards because this will be positive for everybody.

maybe this video can help you alot.

[Jerakl]

@Jerakl i have seen dual graphics and an increase of 12 to 25 fps in a game is alot

for example you play on cpu 23 fps and you ad a 250 to your rig and bump this with 25fps you play games around 48 fps that is a huge improvement.

 

its all for people who don't want to spend a lot or can't afford the big cards but i think they better expand this over all the cards because this will be positive for everybody.

maybe this video can help you alot.

 

Thanks for the clarification, I haven't had any experience with anything AMD other then some older Athlons and  4830/4770s.

[Opcode]

Sadly the A8-3870k can only be ran in dual graphics with the following.

• HD 6670
• HD 6570
• HD 6450

If you are looking to buy a discrete card, don't worry about dual graphics with cards such as the 260x. The 260x will out perform dual graphics with any of the listed cards by a long shot.

[Aniallation]

No. Even if you could you wouldn't notice a difference. If anything the integrated graphics would bottleneck the 260X.

 

Maximum that 3870k can crossfire with is a 6670. A 260X is about comparable to a 6870.