I built a computer for my friend, but the performance is nowhere near expected!

[marioo1182]

that will defeat the purpose of the APU

 

the iGPU in the A10 is like a 250/X performance

 

not that far from the 260X 

Who cares if it defeats the purpose

40 more fps is an insane amount for a minimal cost difference

 

I don't think anyone was arguing that a discrete card of about the r7 260x or higher would give better performance. Of course it would. The original question was why this system wasn't performing as it should be, and a slow, small amount of RAM in an APU based system is the most likely culprit.

Great, so let's find the best solution?

New Gpu> Upgraded RAM

[Eniqmatic]

You don't know how hard everyone else is "loling" at you right now.

 

 

Watch this video. You will actually see the difference. 

 

And as for your GPU remark, that's not the point. The original post is asking why it does not perform the same. That's the answer. RAM. Read the question, and get your facts right before you start throwing remarks around.

[soaringchicken]

That APU loves RAM, buy a higher speed kit at 8GB

[Eniqmatic]

That APU loves RAM, buy a higher speed kit at 8GB

 

Amen!

[Huginn]

Who cares if it defeats the purpose

40 more fps is an insane amount for a minimal cost difference

 

Great, so let's find the best solution?

New Gpu> Upgraded RAM

 

You're a bit of a thickie aren't you? HE DOESN'T WANT TO UPGRADE THE GPU. He asked why his system was running like a brick, people solved it. DONE. Stop stating the obvious, everybody knows that a dedicated GPU will work better than an APU. BUT THAT IS NOT THE POINT. You're giving wrong advice at start, and now you're not even trying to stay on topic.

 

Please, read the original post. Budget build, I doubt he can/wants to buy a GPU.

And to OP, upgrade the RAM, like everyone said. Sorry for quoting OP.

 

 

Hello,

 

 I recently built a budget gaming pc for my friend:

 

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[TriBeard]

The other side of it is that 8GB of ram from 4GB will also give him some performance increases in day to day use, and, depending on how DDR4 adoption goes, could last him another build.

[William12h]

Yeah but he is using a 32bit OS... So 4GB max RAM and even if he did get 8GB or more, or waited for DDR4, DDR4 would be pointless as he would need to wait ages for a new APU supported MB that supports DDR4.

The other side of it is that 8GB of ram from 4GB will also give him some performance increases in day to day use, and, depending on how DDR4 adoption goes, could last him another build.

[TriBeard]

Yeah but he is using a 32bit OS... So 4GB max RAM and even if he did get 8GB or more, or waited for DDR4, DDR4 would be pointless as he would need to wait ages for a new APU supported MB that supports DDR4.

 

I didn't catch that it was a 32 bit system. Most windows liscenses work for either 64 or 32, so he could probably reinstall and fix that if he wanted to.

 

I wasn't saying he should wait to buy RAM until DDR4 is a thing. I was just saying that there's a possibility that if it's adoption is slow enough, his next computer might use DDR3 as well, and he could continue to use the RAM he purchased for another computer.