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Started by jbrock01 | | 5 answers
AMD Radeon HD 8570D vs. Sapphire Radeon HD 5450
I recently bought a Lenovo ThinkCentre M78 from amazon. It has AMD Radeon HD 8570D integrated graphics. I use three monitors and do not do gaming or intensive graphics activities. So, I bought and installed the Sapphire Radeon HD 5450 from amazon. I currently have two monitors connected to the 5450 discreet card and one monitor connected to the integrated 8570D graphics. My question is which of the two cards would best handle the two monitors. To connect two monitors to the 8570D graphics I would need to first buy a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter. This is why I did not just try out that option already. Much thanks in advance.
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October 16, 2014 3:32:36 PM

Eximo said:
If you aren't gaming, as long as you have all three hooked up and working it shouldn't matter.

The way you already have it configured would be my choice to avoid extra load on the integrated GPU, thus heating your APU further.


That was kind of my initial thought. Makes good sense. I'm glad you confirmed this. Thank you.

a b À AMD
October 16, 2014 11:19:57 AM

The 8750 is inside your cpu if you didn't know the chip is called a APU THE 5450 is a discreet card that you install again if you didn't know if so just trying to help.
a b À AMD
a b C Monitor
October 16, 2014 10:27:02 AM

If you aren't gaming, as long as you have all three hooked up and working it shouldn't matter.

The way you already have it configured would be my choice to avoid extra load on the integrated GPU, thus heating your APU further.

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