Can my AMD A8-3820 cpu handle a Radeon HD 7950?

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Alexendor

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Hi there,

I have AMD A8-3820 cpu, really would like to avoid changing it, but i wanted to buy a Radeon HD 7950 Graphics card. Will it work? if not, with the same socket, FM1, what kind of cpu can i buy that will work with that graphic card? and at this point I'm also changing the PSU, can you advice me one? I'm really trying to keep everything on a budget.

Thanks


PS: i was actually looking at this one: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7950 Graphics Card with Boost (3GB, GDDR5, PCI Express 3.0, 1xHDMI, 2xDVI-I, 1x Mini Display Port, 384-Bit, AMD HD3D Technology)
 
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Depending on your budget maybe you could opt for a lower end GPU and then upgrade both your CPU/motherboard too.

Lots of games depend more on the CPU than the GPU for gaming anyway; so it wouldn't exactly be wasted. A 7870 XT would

be super. Or just a 7850. Of course depending on what you intend to play and at what resolution. I know it's tough on a budget

though. What is your budget and your current specs?
 
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I'm actually trying to aim to have a good quality flow for Star citizen, but i need to upgrade. would relay like to avoid to change motherboard and cpu.
I have an:

-Asus F1A75-M Motherboard
-AMD 3820 cpu
-4 GB of ram
-PSU at 216W
-HD 7470 Graphics card

So I'm adding more PSU, more ram and buying a new graphic card, at least that is what i think i should do... but still, I've staid a bit out of PC's for a good 2 years so i really want to do this right, but without getting a new Desktop. For now with the PSU, the ram and the card i was around 300€. if it needs to be done i can do 400€ but i would really want to stay at max 350€.
 
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To answer your question, yes it will work, BUT that cpu is a little under powered. The problem is it's very mediocre single core performance.

I believe it would probably be fine with 1080p under most circumstances.

You could grab a decent aftermarket cooler and overclock it a little to match the A8 3870k's performance or better.

Here is a comparison of your A8 vs it's big brother the 3870k-
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-A8-3870K-vs-AMD-A8-3820

A little overclock would match that.

My friend is STILL using a 3870k with a GTX 660 and he games on 1080p easily.

A 7950 is better than a 660 so I think you'll be ok.

Obviously upgrade cpu and mobo would be best option, but...
 
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Ah, another SC fan ! Excellent.

You could ostensibly wait for next year with upgrading, if SC is the main bait. Because while you might be able to get

by in the Hangar module and then perhaps slightly in the Dogfighting module in December, I think you'll be wanting to upgrade

again for the final release. I really don't think your APU will do too well. Your problem is that you may not get much out of your

GPU as it will imagineably be bottlencked by your CPU. Therefore if you can wait with upgrading until a point in time where you

can do a full overhaul for a balanced system, I think that might be best.
 
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Well that answers a good well my question, another thing at this point. If you would go with this graphic card, witch cpu and motherboard would you get? and PSU?

Thank a lot for your help :)

PS: I wont be able by the time SC comes out to upgrade my PC so it has to be now
 
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He said earlier around 300-400 euros.

OP, this build would at least get you started I think:


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (€96.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (€66.30 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Kingston Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (€65.75 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card (€149.80 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (€54.90 @ Caseking)
Total: €433.65
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-27 16:01 CET+0100)

Though I must say that you shouldn't have high hopes to play
SC on high-medium settings by the time it's out. I wouldn't
expect that from this build. Still, it's decent. I think it's decent because
it at least gives you some options; such as the SLI/CF ready motherboard.
Wanted a 750W PSU to go with that, but didn't, as it got more expensive naturally.
This build is using parts from German stores by the way; as I don't know where you live.
 
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