Bosco Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 See what Greg thinks of AMD's new A10 5800 & A8 5600 Desktop APU's: http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/amd_a_series_apu/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 Any idea if the power consumption has dropped like AMD has been trumpeting? It looks like a good improvement in GPU power but a not so good improvement over Llano in terms of CPU power. I was expecting more from Piledriver I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muchoman1 Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 I was expecting more from Piledriver I guess. Seems to be the buzzword when it comes to AMDs new CPU releases Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red1776 Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 Any idea if the power consumption has dropped like AMD has been trumpeting? It looks like a good improvement in GPU power but a not so good improvement over Llano in terms of CPU power. I was expecting more from Piledriver I guess. Yes it does seem to be down on power a good bit 20% +/- when the CPU is loaded. The GPU does use a bit more under load, but It seems a good trade off for the increased graphics power. The A10-5700 has the same 384 shader cores and 4.0GHz turbo in a 65w package @ Macho, I think it may be a Bios update or two to get the verdict on the L3-less version of pile driver. The single threaded seems to be a bit better overall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Grimm Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 I'm intrested in getting one of these for my mother. She is a great D2/TES fan. What is like the performance with dual graphics like? Maybe slot in a 7750 in there and try? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidmarks Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 I dunno. Reading about AMD parts is about as interesting as reading a bus schedule for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonerboy779 Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 So Greg what's the verdict for you? Moving on up to Piledriver for the holodeck? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 I was expecting more from Piledriver I guess. What's wrong with AMD for the past one and half years? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 Don't see why most reviews on other sites put Trinity down, for the price it's amazing and performs everything that it was designed for, I'd call that a major success. Not everyday you get a good quad core and a great igpu in the same package. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 Don't see why most reviews on other sites put Trinity down, for the price it's amazing and performs everything that it was designed for, I'd call that a major success. Not everyday you get a good quad core and a great igpu in the same package. Its not the price, but its the performance which matters most. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 Its not the price, but its the performance which matters most. Not really, at least to the average consumer which is the majority And they perform very well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 Not really, at least to the average consumer which is the majority And they perform very well. The problem is for roughly the same up-front cost (or very slightly more) you can get an Intel platform that performs better and uses less power... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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