Hello everyone at Tom's Hardware! This is my first post here after signing up. I have of course often come here to get information/knowledge about various PC hardware.
As mentioned, I'm trying to put together a low budget gaming PC. various parts will be reused from my current PC. ( monitor, storage, keyboard, mouse etc etc.) So if you see something missing in the list of new hardware just assume I have it covered.
My main reason to come to all you PC hardware guru's here is that I would like to know more about the new AMD APU's 3D gaming performance.
Now for the Hardware:
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As you can see, there isn't many pieces in the list, because I have all the missing ones already which I can reuse.
I have read/browsed through several reviews/tests of the APU and how it works together with a Radeon 240/250 card. But none of the tests included the 2gb GDDR5 version which is on my list.
I'm aware the R7 250 isn't a top notch card at all, but its the best that can work together with the APU in dual graphics (to my knowledge).
1) As you can see I've put 2x R7 250 cards in the list for Crossfire. However, I don't know if dual graphics from the APU will work together with 2x R7 250 cards in crossfire... Or if the 2x R7 250 crossfire setup with override the dual graphics options completely. IF it does override then the purpose of the APU is gone and I will look into another build. Can someone please clarify/explain to me what is true?
2) Memory/RAM: If you look at the APU and Motherboard specs then you will see the APU supports 2133 mhz memory and the Motherboard 2400 mhz. My question, will I benefit from having 2400mhz memory or not? Or will my bios simply downgrade my memory to 2133mhz memory?
3) Crossfire: I have never tried Crossfire or SLI... Ever. I have read both good and bad about both setups. I am aware of the chance of micro stuttering in games when using Crossfire/SLI. What I would like to know is; Is it worth it in this build to do Crossfire due to the R7 250 in itself is a rather weak card?
I hope you all can help answering my questions!
P.S. I totally favor AMD CPU's and hope you will take this into consideration when you give advice.
Tel
As mentioned, I'm trying to put together a low budget gaming PC. various parts will be reused from my current PC. ( monitor, storage, keyboard, mouse etc etc.) So if you see something missing in the list of new hardware just assume I have it covered.
My main reason to come to all you PC hardware guru's here is that I would like to know more about the new AMD APU's 3D gaming performance.
Now for the Hardware:
http://
As you can see, there isn't many pieces in the list, because I have all the missing ones already which I can reuse.
I have read/browsed through several reviews/tests of the APU and how it works together with a Radeon 240/250 card. But none of the tests included the 2gb GDDR5 version which is on my list.
I'm aware the R7 250 isn't a top notch card at all, but its the best that can work together with the APU in dual graphics (to my knowledge).
1) As you can see I've put 2x R7 250 cards in the list for Crossfire. However, I don't know if dual graphics from the APU will work together with 2x R7 250 cards in crossfire... Or if the 2x R7 250 crossfire setup with override the dual graphics options completely. IF it does override then the purpose of the APU is gone and I will look into another build. Can someone please clarify/explain to me what is true?
2) Memory/RAM: If you look at the APU and Motherboard specs then you will see the APU supports 2133 mhz memory and the Motherboard 2400 mhz. My question, will I benefit from having 2400mhz memory or not? Or will my bios simply downgrade my memory to 2133mhz memory?
3) Crossfire: I have never tried Crossfire or SLI... Ever. I have read both good and bad about both setups. I am aware of the chance of micro stuttering in games when using Crossfire/SLI. What I would like to know is; Is it worth it in this build to do Crossfire due to the R7 250 in itself is a rather weak card?
I hope you all can help answering my questions!
P.S. I totally favor AMD CPU's and hope you will take this into consideration when you give advice.
Tel
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