What games have you played on this cpu A8-5600k?

DiamondRyce · Apr 9, 2013

Being at AMD's Fan Day got me a free APU along with a motherboard.

If anyone has this processor which games runs well on it?

I am going to run this cpu in crossfire with a HD 6670

Also I am looking to playing some ps2 games via PCSX2 so anyone had experiences using this processor with PCSX2 please tell.

DarkSable · Apr 9, 2013

Oh jeeze, nice pull there.

Just a few things to note:

1) It won't be able to run very many newer games with good settings - you'll have to play at 720p. For games that are a few years old, then you're golden.

2) Don't bother with hybrid crossfire - studies have been done, and you gain basically nothing (About 3%-10% better framerate), so it's a waste of money.

3) Make sure to get the fastest ram your motherboard will support, as that will VASTLY improve graphics performance.

4) Give up on the hope of emulating the PS2 - that's very, VERY cpu intensive, and the APUs sacrifice compute ability in favor of better integrated graphics performance.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but that's just kinda the way it is.

beetlejuicegr · Apr 9, 2013

DiamondRyce :

Don't buy an extra graphic card to crossfire with. I would keep this setup as it is and make it a "casual" gaming machine for some friend who stopped by and play together.
However, it all depends on your monitor, if you are at 1680x1050 or less, you are really fine in most games. Even in newer ones, disabling fogs,shadows,antialiasing and anisotropic filtering x4max, will give you fine results.
From my experience, it all comes to balance.

About PCSX2, some games play fine some don't, they are cpu intensive but i don't think your A8 will have issues. Just be prepared to not play some games. God of war for example didn't play well at my i5 - 2500k @ 4ghz!.

DiamondRyce · Apr 9, 2013

beetlejuicegr :

DiamondRyce :

Don't buy an extra graphic card to crossfire with. I would keep this setup as it is and make it a "casual" gaming machine for some friend who stopped by and play together.
However, it all depends on your monitor, if you are at 1680x1050 or less, you are really fine in most games. Even in newer ones, disabling fogs,shadows,antialiasing and anisotropic filtering x4max, will give you fine results.
From my experience, it all comes to balance.

About PCSX2, some games play fine some don't, they are cpu intensive but i don't think your A8 will have issues. Just be prepared to not play some games. God of war for example didn't play well at my i5 - 2500k @ 4ghz!.

I already owned the 6670 since January so I am not going to buy another for like a while. Thanks for the tips on PCSX2 I will put that in account when I experiment on it later this week

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