AMD A10-7800 Review: Testing the A10 65W Kaveri
by Ian Cutress on July 31, 2014 8:00 AM ESTGaming and Synthetics on Processor Graphics
The faster processor graphics become, the more of the low end graphics market is consumed - if the integrated graphics are better than a $50 discrete GPU, there ends up being no reason to buy a discrete GPU. This might seem a little odd for AMD, who also have a discrete GPU business. The counter argument is that integrated graphics is only comparable to low-end GPUs, which are historically low margin parts and thus might encourage users to invest in larger GPUs, especially as demands in resolution and graphical eye-candy increase. The compute side is also important, and the homologation of discrete to integrated graphics architectures helps software optimised for one also be accelerated on the other.
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CompuBench 1.5
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The simple answer is this: for anything related to processor graphics, AMD's Kaveri wins hands down and by a large margin in the same power envelope for cheaper.
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Morawka - Thursday, July 31, 2014 - link
but as you can see, if you have the Kavari GPU 512 config, it uses 65 watts minimum. That's waaaay to hot for a laptop. AMD makes great integrated gpu's but they produce comparible heat and power to a separate dedicated keplar or maxwell part.AMD is being held back by being reliant on external FAB's. Intel is shrinking every 2 years and has a huge advantage. 14nm baking now, vs 28nm everyone else is on.
Gigaplex - Thursday, July 31, 2014 - link
That's why you get the mobile variant, not the desktop variant.asimov1979 - Thursday, July 31, 2014 - link
Intel i5-4590S is $190 not $170 as you stated.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Core-i5-4590S-Processo...
nathanddrews - Thursday, July 31, 2014 - link
Why people still buy CPUs from Newegg is beyond me.http://www.microcenter.com/product/432162/Core_i5-...
I bought my 3570K from Microcenter for $159.
bebimbap - Thursday, July 31, 2014 - link
Shipping is beyond MicrocenterMorawka - Thursday, July 31, 2014 - link
and microcenter only has about 12 locations lol. basically you gotta live in a huge city, and the cost of living offsets any discounts you'd get from a cheap cpu.inighthawki - Thursday, July 31, 2014 - link
There's a Microcenter not too far from where I used to live in Ohio, and it wasn't really what I would consider a large city by any means. It was a pretty standard suburban area. It was about 40 minutes (give or take, I only went a couple times and I never had to drive) from my house, and we lived in pretty much the middle of nowhere.inighthawki - Thursday, July 31, 2014 - link
Actually I just mapped it, it was 30 minutes away.kmmatney - Thursday, July 31, 2014 - link
OK - if you are using Microcenter, you can buy an AMD A10 7850 + motehrboard for $129, which is no where near the price you above above. This is with a mediocre MB (good enough for most people), but even a better one would only drive the price to $160.HardwareDufus - Thursday, July 31, 2014 - link
I haven't purchased a discrete Graphics Card in over 6 years. I've gone with Intel HD in the original 655K I5 CPU .. and now have HD3000 in my i7-3770k.I will probably buy my very first high end laptop (I always go for middle of the road laptops) with a Broadwell I7 CPU with IGPHD5200 (with the 128MB L4 cache).. With a good fast SSD, I don't imagine I will feel at all comprimised... Day to day use it will feel as quick as all of the super rigs loaded with fans folks are still building.. I don't GAME... so what's the point in a dGPU?