A10 APU bottleneck with GTX 1060?

EC_Landra · Jul 17, 2016

I currently have an AMD A10 for a CPU technically and APU I guess. I have a 960 and want to upgrade to a 1060, will that work? Or will I bottleneck?

Thanks guys.

UPDATE: newegg link to A10
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113331&cm_re=A10-6800k-_-19-113-331-_-Product

I think it would work

anbello262 · Jul 17, 2016

Well, it depends on resolution and settings, but you will certainly NOT take complete advantage of that card.
I have 2 systems, one has that APU, slightly OCed to 4.6GHz.
On the other system I have a 780ti, which has a performance quite close to the 1060.
I can assure you that the APU is not even close to being able to handle the 780ti (or 1060), especially on 1080p.

For example:
Battlefield 3 (not the best exampñe, I know), single player, I can get up to 45fps with the APU (settings adjusted for maximum fps and minimal gpu impact).
The same game, 1080p, full settings, I can get about 90fps with the 780ti.

That processor is too weak for the card.
You can buy it, and you will be able to tweak all settings to the max (1080p at least), and have an enjoyable 45fps on new games.

But if you uprgaded your cpu as well, you would get maybe 70-80 fps on the same games with the 1060.

Tl;dr
Getting the 1060 will let you push settings further and still get acceptable framerates, but the card will be severely limited by the processor. Consider upgrading.

EC_Landra · Jul 17, 2016

anbello262 :

Well, it depends on resolution and settings, but you will certainly NOT take complete advantage of that card.
I have 2 systems, one has that APU, slightly OCed to 4.6GHz.
On the other system I have a 780ti, which has a performance quite close to the 1060.
I can assure you that the APU is not even close to being able to handle the 780ti (or 1060), especially on 1080p.

For example:
Battlefield 3 (not the best exampñe, I know), single player, I can get up to 45fps with the APU (settings adjusted for maximum fps).
The same game, 1080p, full settings, I can get about 90fps with the 780ti.

That processor is too weak for the card.
You can buy it, and you will be able to tweak all settings to the max (1080p at least), and have an enjoyable 45fps on new games.

But if you uprgaded your cpu as well, you would get maybe 70-80 fps on the same games with the 1060.

Tl;dr
Getting the 1060 will let you push settings further and still get acceptable framerates, but the card will be severely limited by the processor. Consider upgrading.

What you're saying is I could push quality and hold good games but have limited frames? I think I follow thanks man!

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