Best graphics card for A10 APU?

Russel Johnson

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I know there's no point in buying an APU if you're not going to use it's integrated graphics, that's not what I'm asking. I want to buy a graphics card so I can cut off the iGPU to cut down heat and do some major overclocking. I'm looking for a graphics card for around $200. I know anything that expensive would probably bottleneck me, but like I said, I'm overclocking. I want something preferably by nvidia, like the 660 (I know I don't have an L3 cach).
 
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The A10 don't super overclock very well. The FX series does much better. You're paying a chunk of the price for something you're not going to use when you could buy a 6 core processor that runs faster stock and overclocks better on a motherboard platform that will probably have better support than the A10 FM2 socket.

It's like paying an extra $7000 for 4WD on a truck that you use to get groceries and will never use the 4WD drive option. Why not spend that $7000 on improving the overall quality of the truck than a feature you will never use?


If you're dead set on it and don't care about my advice, then what is your budget and what power supply do you have or are you thinking of buying. PSU determines a lot when it comes to...
The A10 don't super overclock very well. The FX series does much better. You're paying a chunk of the price for something you're not going to use when you could buy a 6 core processor that runs faster stock and overclocks better on a motherboard platform that will probably have better support than the A10 FM2 socket.

It's like paying an extra $7000 for 4WD on a truck that you use to get groceries and will never use the 4WD drive option. Why not spend that $7000 on improving the overall quality of the truck than a feature you will never use?


If you're dead set on it and don't care about my advice, then what is your budget and what power supply do you have or are you thinking of buying. PSU determines a lot when it comes to graphics cards.
 
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Anyways, you should better get this CPU + GPU combination instead. It is a very good CPU for the same price as an AMD A10

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($117.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $287.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-10 12:44 EDT-0400)

But if you still plan to stick with the APU, then just get this graphics card :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $169.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-10 12:46 EDT-0400)
 

Adam Landsberg

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AMD A10-6800K APU Average CPU Mark:5103 (WINNER)
AMD Athlon X4 750K Quad Core Average CPU Mark:4352
AMD Athlon X4 760K Quad Core Average CPU Mark:4916

As you can see its worth it to buy an A10 over a 750k or 760k

plus you get free graphics low to mid graphics.

and the ati 7850 or nvidia 660 is good for this chips and wont "bottleneck"!!!

Plus this chip easy can overclock to 4.4 or even 4.6