AMD Slashes APU Prices

[Hectoric]

"Slashing" prices usually mean a drastic enough difference that people would buy.

Do they not realize how terrible these are? Seriously.

These aren't terrible

[NeatSquidYT]

This is making me want to get money to build a media PC/Guest computer.. Making me start to wonder if I'd get a APU or the G3258. Hmm...

G3258

[SkulD]

 

g3258 -> 70$

no needed fast ram or cpu cooler

r9 270 -> 140$ (depends tho, maybe 265 without rebate

 

1080p high settings bf3 60fps

 

7850k is not worth it unless you play like old games. but for gamers, you give cuple tenners more and you get 200% more

"no needed fast ram or cpu cooler" still requires ram wich adds to the price

[Manny Calavera]

"no needed fast ram or cpu cooler" still requires ram wich adds to the price

you save like 10$

 

so basicly 7850k is 153$

pentium + r9 270 is 210$

52$ difference

still way better, more than 200% boost

 

HD7750 is not half the 7870 performance. so the igpu is weak. r9 260x(hd7790) for 100$ destroys it. it can play 1080p.

between 7750 and 7790 there is also 7770, and is ALSO stronger. but price is a bit off.

7850 goes around 120$ and is 2 times better than 7750. its also overclock monster.

HD7750 crossfire ~ 7850

[patrickjp93]

Hopefully Carrizo will fix hybrid crossfire and let you work with cards up through the 295x2, but its iGPU will be negligible better in terms of architecture (no extra cores either), gaining a boost only from onboard high-bandwidth memory, something bound to push prices into higher brackets.

[BallGum]

Finally I see someone else with the same problems!!! Damnit LTT fix your site for safari web browser on iOS!

tapatalk works well enough for phones, have you tried that?

[Suika]

I wouldn't pay more than $110 for the 7850k.

[patrickjp93]

tapatalk works well enough for phones, have you tried that?

The problem is isolated to the delete key. If I get to typing quickly and hit the delete key I freeze on LTT and crash the browser. It's quite annoying.

 

Tapatalk sends your info off to a number of vendors. I refuse.

[patrickjp93]

I wouldn't pay more than $110 for the 7850k.

$150 is reasonable to have a fully functioning overclockable SOC that is capable of decent gaming. You pay $180 for the FX 8370's performance and versatility, and you pay $150 for a complete computer with the 7850k. I think people are gonna be disappointed with Carrizo purely based on price. HBM is not gonna come cheap since it's brand-spanking new, even with only 32MB onboard. Hynix and Jedec are both going to cost consumers big. Excavator will bring some better CPU performance, but there is no core count boost expected for the iGPU. Hopefully though an upgrade to GCN 1.2 will mean hybrid XFire with everything up through the 295x2. I want to see a workstation 6-core variant with ECC for both the CPU and iGPU and 128MB of HBM. I'd happily $800 for that sucker as long as it supports all current OpenCL standards. I'm frankly shocked Intel hasn't released an Iris Pro 5200 Xeon with its 128MB of eDRAM cache and 832GFlops of iGPU. That's an entry-level workstation unto itself.

[CommandMan7]

I'm frankly shocked Intel hasn't released an Iris Pro 5200 Xeon with its 128MB of eDRAM cache and 832GFlops of iGPU. That's an entry-level workstation unto itself.

As a programmer and as a user of Vegas Pro, I would buy that for a workstation in an instant.

[GeathX]

As a programmer and as a user of Vegas Pro, I would buy that for a workstation in an instant.

 

Just keep in mind GLFOPS aren't only thing to consider. My HD5850 has a higher FLOP count than a 7850, but the 7850 out performs it.

 

But that Iris Pro with 128MB of eDRAM and iGPU would be hell interesting to test out as perhaps a render node CPU.

[patrickjp93]

Just keep in mind GLFOPS aren't only thing to consider. My HD5850 has a higher FLOP count than a 7850, but the 7850 out performs it.

But that Iris Pro with 128MB of eDRAM and iGPU would be hell interesting to test out as perhaps a render node CPU.

As one who has run OpenCL on Iris Pro 5200 (4950HQ MacBook Pro) I can tell you it goes toe to toe in performance to my old GTX 570.

[PudgyAstronaut]

i'm tired of the intel amd duopoly, the world needs a new third contender

 

Oligopoly is the word you are looking for I believe. And yes, having more competition would be great, but sadly if one sprung up, there would most likely be a large amount of skepticism about this new company.

[WereCat]

I was considering HTPC into living room just for movies and browsing with Kabini 5350 but now A6-7400k looks like a lot better option though it is 25W TDP vs 65W TDP. I wonder how powerful that A6 will be and how much TDP it will have if I underclock it to 5350 speed.

[DuckDodgers]

 I have always bought Intel and Nvidia, but some of the Intel and Nvidia fans need to remember AMD never has the bleeding edge technology, but does provide high performance/$.

 

AMD was on the bleeding edge at lest three times in the last 15 years:

 

1. The first Athlon processors in 1999 -- blazing fast FPU, advanced FSB interface, firs to release 1GHz model.

2. The 64-bit extension to x86 with Opteron and Athlon64 in 2003, along with integrated memory controller at the same time.

3. First with dual-core x86 processors for both server and consumer markets in 2005.

 

Sadly, after Intel released Conroe, AMD just fell in to a endless loop of shortsighted moves and missed targets.

[pbenologa]

and you need gpu power for that?

a power saving low end HR pentium is enough

Try watching movies rendered at 1080p without a gpu. And tell me if it is smooth. Also use a cpu on the same price of these apus. -.-

[patrickjp93]

Try watching movies rendered at 1080p without a gpu. And tell me if it is smooth. Also use a cpu on the same price of these apus. -.-

If you have HD graphics 3000 and up you're good for 1080p movies.

[CommandMan7]

AMD was on the bleeding edge at lest three times in the last 15 years:

 

1. The first Athlon processors in 1999 -- blazing fast FPU, advanced FSB interface, firs to release 1GHz model.

2. The 64-bit extension to x86 with Opteron and Athlon64 in 2003, along with integrated memory controller at the same time.

3. First with dual-core x86 processors for both server and consumer markets in 2005.

 

Sadly, after Intel released Conroe, AMD just fell in to a endless loop of shortsighted moves and missed targets.

I suppose you're right, but those are just products first to market. 

[hal9001]

Great HTPCs can be built for $300.

WOW

[suicidalfranco]

Oligopoly is the word you are looking for I believe. And yes, having more competition would be great, but sadly if one sprung up, there would most likely be a large amount of skepticism about this new company.

Duopoly is also good in this case, duopoly is a specific kind of oligopoly while oligopoly generally means a market dominated by a small number of sellers. There would be a large amount of skepticism but if it comes with good deals and value it might manage to infiltrate the market, the same way One Plus manage to rise practically out of nowhere

[PudgyAstronaut]

Duopoly is also good in this case, duopoly is a specific kind of oligopoly while oligopoly generally means a market dominated by a small number of sellers. There would be a large amount of skepticism but if it comes with good deals and value it might manage to infiltrate the market, the same way One Plus manage to rise practically out of nowhere

Okay. Yeah there would be some willing to go out on a limb and buy something new, but I don't think your average person knows about/ would buy it. If they could be lean enough to be profitable as a small company and be ready to grow while finding a niche to call home it might work and I would love to see someone try.

[MEC-777]

I was considering HTPC into living room just for movies and browsing with Kabini 5350 but now A6-7400k looks like a lot better option though it is 25W TDP vs 65W TDP. I wonder how powerful that A6 will be and how much TDP it will have if I underclock it to 5350 speed.

I have an HTPC with the 5350. For what it cost, it's a fairly capable low-power APU. Very happy with it. 

 

Just something to keep in mind; the A6 Kaveri is a dual-core and the 5350 Kabini is a quad-core, but the A6-7400K will have a stronger iGPU and is overclock-able. 

[WereCat]

I have an HTPC with the 5350. For what it cost, it's a fairly capable low-power APU. Very happy with it. 

 

Just something to keep in mind; the A6 Kaveri is a dual-core and the 5350 Kabini is a quad-core, but the A6-7400K will have a stronger iGPU and is overclock-able. 

Oh, good to know. I though all APUs are quad core. I never checked the lower class ones.

[Ren]

Oligopoly is the word you are looking for I believe. And yes, having more competition would be great, but sadly if one sprung up, there would most likely be a large amount of skepticism about this new company.

I'd welcome it with open arms and wads of cash. I want change.

[GeathX]

As one who has run OpenCL on Iris Pro 5200 (4950HQ MacBook Pro) I can tell you it goes toe to toe in performance to my old GTX 570.

 

Yeah exactly, the 570 should have a higher GFLOPS rating and would be expected to go faster.