AMD APU A10 upgrade

[Asher2]

I have recently built a PC with an AMD APU A10 7850k with R7 series graphics and now I would like to add a graphics card: the new rx 580.

My components include:

Asus A68HM plus

1x 8GB Hyperx fury

blue DDR3 1866Mhz

CiT Storm case

1TB Seagate FireCuda

 

Will the graphics card be bottle-necked by the CPU? If so, any other recommendations for a graphics card?

And will I have to disable the integrated graphics on the APU?

[TheNeonWhiteOne]

it may be slightly bottlenecked and yes you may want to disable the integrated graphics just so you don't have any problems with things using it instead of the 580 

[Wrb]

6 minutes ago, Asher2 said:

And will I have to disable the integrated graphics on the APU?

 

I think they disable automatically when a 2nd graphics source is added, but im not 100% sure.

 

[Asher2]

Ok thanks

[Guest]

It shouldnt bottleneck much especially if you OC. I have a 7870k and r9 390 (very similar to what you want) and play at 2560x1080 and when I overclock the bottleneck is minimal.

[grimreeper132]

1 minute ago, Wrb said:

 

I think they disable automatically when a 2nd graphics source is added, but im not 100% sure.

 

depends on the motherboard, but you should be running off the GPU anyways so that won't be a problem, as for bottlenecks, probably no, as both the R7 and the A10 are very low end and nether are particularly fast so I doubt either will bottleneck the other, much if at all. 

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Wrb said:

 

I think they disable automatically when a 2nd graphics source is added, but im not 100% sure.

 

Sometimes you have to go into the mobo and change the graphics to dedicated GPU but only on some, I didn't have to on mine.

[Spenser1337]

It will definitely bottleneck and you are much better off with a 570, but that will still bottleneck.

 

 

unless you're playing on 1440p, ultra wide or 4K the CPU will bottleneck 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Spenser1337 said:

It will definitely bottleneck and you are much better off with a 570, but that will still bottleneck.

 

 

unless you're playing on 1440p, ultra wide or 4K the CPU will bottleneck 

Not enough to justify getting a 570 over a 580. 

[Spenser1337]

1 minute ago, Abyss Gaming said:

Not enough to justify getting a 570 over a 580. 

My 7870k bottlenecked a gtx 1050 bud

[Guest]

Just now, Spenser1337 said:

My 7870k bottlenecked a gtx 1050 bud

Really? I get around 60 fps on new games at high settings on 1080p or ulltrawide. (better on 1080p tho)

[Spenser1337]

Just now, Abyss Gaming said:

Really? I get around 60 fps on new games at high settings on 1080p or ulltrawide. (better on 1080p tho)

Yea, maybe it's just a bad unit. Tried it with a 1050, ti and 470. Was not a great experience

 

mine was at 4.7ghz

[Guest]

Just now, Spenser1337 said:

Yea, maybe it's just a bad unit. Tried it with a 1050, ti and 470. Was not a great experience

 

mine was at 4.7ghz

Mines at 4.4. I might push the voltage higher to try and get higher tho.

[Spenser1337]

Just now, Abyss Gaming said:

Mines at 4.4. I might push the voltage higher to try and get higher tho.

I didn't have to change voltage and its on air. Silicon lottery I guess

[Guest]

Just now, Spenser1337 said:

I didn't have to change voltage and its on air. Silicon lottery I guess

For sure. I tried to get 4.5 but it crashed once I put load on it.

[Spenser1337]

Just now, Abyss Gaming said:

For sure. I tried to get 4.5 but it crashed once I put load on it.

When I had the catalyst test going the CPU went up to 5.5 before crashing, I decided on 4.7 just to be safe though. Could probably push past 5 though

[Eduard the weeb]

You will be bottle necked a bit but you should be fine but another card well 2 other cards are either a 1060 or 480 because both perform about the same like the 1060 3gb will fall behind but 1060 6gb will keep up and the 580 is a slightly upgraded 480 but the 480 is cheaper.