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Applesaw69

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Hello my friends
I am planing to buy AMD A10 7890k and i wanted to know that if i put 2gb of ram usage for the integrated gpu will it work same as a 2gb graphic card and also does it support DirectX 11 or 12.
I will be playing games on it but mostly games from 2010 and earlier or maybe just one new game that is nfs 2016 apart from that its mostly work in generally. Please help
 
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AMD's GPUs are fine, but their CPUs are all seriously weak and uncompetitive. AMD's 4-core APUs are only worth buying if you want to use their integrated GPUs, which are barely capable of running recent games. AMD's FX CPUs are not worth buying at all, unless you have a really niche use such as needing 8 real, cheap cores for a virtualization machine, or want to upgrade an existing AM3+ based machine.

Comparing the $110 i3 6100 and A10 7870K, which cost the same:

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^The i3 is so much faster, it isn't funny.

Comparing a Core i3 to AMD's 8-core...
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Ecky

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That's a very generous budget. I would only consider an APU if you were budget constrained to less than $200 for all of that, and perhaps not even then.

This build is a bit more CPU-heavy:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($197.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($63.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($64.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card ($128.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($33.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $489.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-01 17:15 EDT-0400


This build is more GPU heavy:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($63.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($64.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Windforce OC Video Card ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($33.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $463.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-01 17:16 EDT-0400
 
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Ecky

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AMD's GPUs are fine, but their CPUs are all seriously weak and uncompetitive. AMD's 4-core APUs are only worth buying if you want to use their integrated GPUs, which are barely capable of running recent games. AMD's FX CPUs are not worth buying at all, unless you have a really niche use such as needing 8 real, cheap cores for a virtualization machine, or want to upgrade an existing AM3+ based machine.

Comparing the $110 i3 6100 and A10 7870K, which cost the same:

i5-6500-i5-6400-53.jpg


i5-6500-i5-6400-54.jpg



^The i3 is so much faster, it isn't funny.

Comparing a Core i3 to AMD's 8-core FX CPUs, even after overclocking, the i3 comes out on top.

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If you must have a PC with an AMD CPU, don't buy anything right now, wait until next year when AMD releases their new "Zen" CPU and we'll see if it brings them back into competitiveness.
 
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