Would it be better to invest in an AMD APU, or a discrete card?
I've read the performance of an APU depends on memory speed. Makes sense since it relies on that memory in lieu of the GDDR5 on a discrete card.
So would it be better to get, say, an A10 (upper-midlevel for APUs I think, ~$150-ish) APU (r7 series integrated graphics) with 8GB medium speed-- 1600-- memory (budget brand/series ~70.00-ish) to higher (RAM) speeds, or a half-decent ($110 - 150 range) video card with 4GB 1333 memory (budget ~44.00-ish)? (8 is better than 4 in any scenario I'd think, but I'm just trying to illustrate a, to the best of my understanding, equalized comparison.)
Or, a little off the point, a low-end card (my current card- an r7 240 pci-E), with a mid-level APU (~$55 - 85)?
Here is one of the sites I looked through- has a decent chart:
http://us.hardware.info/reviews/4372/mini-review-the-effect-of-memory-speed-on-amd-trinity-apus
Kind of a really specific post as far as my comparisons.. I'd really appreciate any feedback. Thanks!
I've read the performance of an APU depends on memory speed. Makes sense since it relies on that memory in lieu of the GDDR5 on a discrete card.
So would it be better to get, say, an A10 (upper-midlevel for APUs I think, ~$150-ish) APU (r7 series integrated graphics) with 8GB medium speed-- 1600-- memory (budget brand/series ~70.00-ish) to higher (RAM) speeds, or a half-decent ($110 - 150 range) video card with 4GB 1333 memory (budget ~44.00-ish)? (8 is better than 4 in any scenario I'd think, but I'm just trying to illustrate a, to the best of my understanding, equalized comparison.)
Or, a little off the point, a low-end card (my current card- an r7 240 pci-E), with a mid-level APU (~$55 - 85)?
Here is one of the sites I looked through- has a decent chart:
http://us.hardware.info/reviews/4372/mini-review-the-effect-of-memory-speed-on-amd-trinity-apus
Kind of a really specific post as far as my comparisons.. I'd really appreciate any feedback. Thanks!
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