AMD A10 or inter core I5

Awesomeguy2014 · Nov 8, 2013

So I have been researching laptops and looking up laptops that are affordable but can play games in low to medium settings.So I have been doing research on the CPU a lot and I have read that I should get an A10 CPU since it comes with a way better graphics card than Intelsat HD4000 graphics card.I was just wondering if this is true.

rgd1101 · Nov 8, 2013

budget gaming laptop, AMD A10 is the way to go.

jaguarskx · Nov 8, 2013

A10.

The Radeon HD 7660g / HD 8670g (depending on which A10 you are referring to) is more powerful than the Intel HD 4000.

ingtar33 · Nov 8, 2013

yep. as long as the laptop doesn't have a 1080p screen that a10 will rock any game you can get your hands on... games everything on ultra at 1366x768 smooth as silk. really a glorious little machine.

Awesomeguy2014 · Nov 9, 2013

Yea the laptop I wanted has a 1080p screen resolution but I found one that has an 768p screen resolution.It has an A10CPU with an AMD Radeon 8650G graphics card and 6GB of ram expandable to 16GB.Also are you sure I would be able to play all games on ultra or on medium?

upshawharley · Nov 9, 2013

A10 just make sure your laptop has something in the way of cooling they can get hot!

Awesomeguy2014 · Nov 9, 2013

Yea it does but about 3 reviews say that sometimes it would get a bit hot but the other reviews do not mention this.Also would I be able to run games on ultra or medium?

ingtar33 · Nov 10, 2013

Awesomeguy2014 :

yep. at 1366x768 you'll be able to play pretty much any game on high or better settings. Getting a "gaming" laptop with a 1080p monitor is sorta a joke; which makes me wonder about how so many sell. Especially when you consider the "best" mobile gpus hover around a 7850/650ti desktop gpu in performance you'll never really get a solid high end graphic experience at 1080p in a demanding modern game. Even the "gaming" laptops with high end mobile gpus in SLi/xfire still will struggle at times in 1080p with some modern titles.

My buddy has an a10 laptop with a 1366x768 monitor which he comfortable plays modern games on high or ultra graphic settings. looks beautiful really... was watching him play skyrim on ultra... smooth as silk, best part about that machine was the 8 or so hours he could play it on battery.

very cool laptop. so speaking from personal experience i can assure you the a10 is a viable budget gaming chip in a budget laptop at 1366x768 resolution.

upshawharley · Nov 10, 2013

Awesomeguy2014 :

Depends on the game, you really are not going to max anything out with a A10 or that intel regardless. Maybe some older games and low graphic games like COD MW or Minecraft but i don't think you will be getting very high fps on games like battlefield 3 or skyrim with ultra-high settings. And i know from experience that the A10 has heating issues because my brother has a HP envy with a A10 that is always overheating, while playing minecraft! If you want it for gaming though,again you really can't compete with that A10,although the I5 is a very good,overall processor.

upshawharley · Nov 10, 2013

ingtar33 :

Awesomeguy2014 :

yep. at 1366x768 you'll be able to play pretty much any game on high or better settings. Getting a "gaming" laptop with a 1080p monitor is sorta a joke; which makes me wonder about how so many sell. Especially when you consider the "best" mobile gpus hover around a 7850/650ti desktop gpu in performance you'll never really get a solid high end graphic experience at 1080p in a demanding modern game. Even the "gaming" laptops with high end mobile gpus in SLi/xfire still will struggle at times in 1080p with some modern titles.

My buddy has an a10 laptop with a 1366x768 monitor which he comfortable plays modern games on high or ultra graphic settings. looks beautiful really... was watching him play skyrim on ultra... smooth as silk, best part about that machine was the 8 or so hours he could play it on battery.

very cool laptop. so speaking from personal experience i can assure you the a10 is a viable budget gaming chip in a budget laptop at 1366x768 resolution.

+1 didn't notice it was a 768p monitor ya he should be able to play on high to medium settings. But as i have said in other posts. The A10 get REALLY hot playing games. Make sure that laptop has a very powerful fan and a external laptop fan if needed.

sebincsebastian · Nov 11, 2013

The A-10 is a good choice for gaming laptop, but you can't play games with ultra graphics. You can play GTA 4 with custom settings and maximum resolution, the main problem of this laptop is the heat it generate. You have to use a cooling pad. The battery backup of this laptop is good, you can get maximum 3+ hours of battery backup on normal use and 1+ hours in gaming.

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Awesomeguy2014 · Nov 11, 2013

Alright thanks I think I'm going to get the laptop then and it's on sale for $499 plus I'm getting a wireless mouse for $15 and a cooling pad for $15.Thanks for the help everyone gave me.Also I read something that said the A10 has turbo boost and can go up to 3.2GH.The model of the A10 that the laptop I'm going to get is an AMD A10-5750M 2.5GHz.Does this have turbo boost?

sebincsebastian · Nov 13, 2013

A-10 5750m can automatically overclock the cpu speed if it needed. It can overclock up to 3.2 GHz. Keep the laptop charging while you play games, because only in that condition you get maximum performance.You can play call of duty black ops 2 with custom settings and maximum resolution at 30-50 fps.

gabtan74 · Apr 16, 2014

ingtar33 :

Awesomeguy2014 :

yep. at 1366x768 you'll be able to play pretty much any game on high or better settings. Getting a "gaming" laptop with a 1080p monitor is sorta a joke; which makes me wonder about how so many sell. Especially when you consider the "best" mobile gpus hover around a 7850/650ti desktop gpu in performance you'll never really get a solid high end graphic experience at 1080p in a demanding modern game. Even the "gaming" laptops with high end mobile gpus in SLi/xfire still will struggle at times in 1080p with some modern titles.

My buddy has an a10 laptop with a 1366x768 monitor which he comfortable plays modern games on high or ultra graphic settings. looks beautiful really... was watching him play skyrim on ultra... smooth as silk, best part about that machine was the 8 or so hours he could play it on battery.

very cool laptop. so speaking from personal experience i can assure you the a10 is a viable budget gaming chip in a budget laptop at 1366x768 resolution.

I have a laptop with an AMD A10 and it lags soooooo badly. (Graphics: RADEON HD Graphics 8670M 2GB and RADEON HD 8650G Dual Graphics) Is there something wrong with my laptop?

rgd1101 · Apr 16, 2014

turn down the detail, run it in lower resolution, it a budget laptop.

gabtan74 · Apr 16, 2014

rgd1101 :

The graphics are already the lowest and I can barely get 30 FPS

ingtar33 · Apr 16, 2014

gabtan74 :

does it have a 1080p monitor? cause the a10 really can't game in 1080p

sebincsebastian · Apr 17, 2014

• Try to charge the laptop while you play the game.
• Check the performance of your laptop with windows task manager or any third party software while the computer is in full load which helps to understand the processor utilization and disk usage.
• Check the power plan of the laptop, make sure it is in high performance mode.
• Check the game's status in catalyst control centre to determine the games are in power saving or high performance mode.
• Try to update the bios of your laptop.

gabtan74 · Apr 17, 2014

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ingtar33 :

I'm really not sure where you get your information. The A10 and the 8650G can't play on high or ultra on almost any game. They do well with Steam games on medium to high on 1366x768, and that's about it.

As for 1920x1080 gaming on a laptop, it's more than doable. Hell, it's doable on 3k with the right graphics card. Anything GTX 850M or higher is well capable of playing any game at medium quality or better. The GT 755M SLI in the Lenovo Y510p can play Battlefield 4 even on Ultra and still be playable. High preferred, but still Ultra capable.

Especially the newest generation of Nvidia chips being released have been very well capable of cleaning up on any game on the market.

I have an ASUS X550DP could u research on it for me and possibly even see if i can upgrade it?

gabtan74 · Apr 17, 2014

ingtar33 :

Construkt :

I already did that but it still performs very poorly! Even some basic apps will hang sometimes and for example right clicking on the desktop to change wall paper can sometimes take a few seconds! I have 8GB of ram and an external hard disk also, is it possible that I got like a faulty laptop?

ingtar33 · Apr 17, 2014

Construkt :

you probably need to read what i've wrote.

an A10 (desktop) can game (boarder-line) at 1080p with medium to low settings. An a10 laptop has a little less juice, and struggles mightily over 1600x900, though generally can tear up anything at 1366x768. Sure, some "gaming" laptops can manage 1080p, though you're exaggerating the situation a bit. The "best" laptop gpu is either a GTX 880m or HD 8970m; and both of those hover around the performance of a gtx660 or HD 7870 at 1080p.

Now both of those are capable gpus at 1080p... but they certainly won't max challenging games at that setting; and if they won't max challenging games on their highest settings in 1080p, then there is no way a 850M will do it. To game with maxed settings in 1080p on a laptop you probably need an SLi setup to pull it off.

gabtan74 :

sounds like bad drivers... try re-installing all your AMD/chipset and graphic drivers, clean install of th graphic drivers. (uninstall them, restart the computer, install the NEWEST available)

gabtan74 · Apr 17, 2014

ingtar33 :

Construkt :

you probably need to read what i've wrote.

an A10 (desktop) can game (boarder-line) at 1080p with medium to low settings. An a10 laptop has a little less juice, and struggles mightily over 1600x900, though generally can tear up anything at 1366x768. Sure, some "gaming" laptops can manage 1080p, though you're exaggerating the situation a bit. The "best" laptop gpu is either a GTX 880m or HD 8970m; and both of those hover around the performance of a gtx660 or HD 7870 at 1080p.

Now both of those are capable gpus at 1080p... but they certainly won't max challenging games at that setting; and if they won't max challenging games on their highest settings in 1080p, then there is no way a 850M will do it. To game with maxed settings in 1080p on a laptop you probably need an SLi setup to pull it off.

gabtan74 :

sounds like bad drivers... try re-installing all your AMD/chipset and graphic drivers, clean install of th graphic drivers. (uninstall them, restart the computer, install the NEWEST available)

But I've been playing all my games in 1366x768 and still have the very horrible lag, this is even on the lowest settings! And how do I get rid of all the old drivers and install the new ones?

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