Amd a10 5800k crossfire

[noobsaibot_21]

Hello,

I just bought a new computer with amd-10 5800k setup and I wasn't planning on using a discrete card (at least not for some time) and I've been using my new computer for a couple of days now and I thought the apu was impressive on mild gaming. Then just recently, my cousing gave me his old gpu which is HD5770 and I installed it and I when I checked the windows index experience on my computer(properties), the graphics and gaming graphics rating boosted from a 6.9 rating from the apu to a 7.4 rating using the newly installed HD5770. Also, I tried borderlands2 with high settings and also other games and I saw a significant improvement.

Now, my question is that --- is the HD5770 better than HD6670 crossfired with the integrated graphics of amd a10 5800k?

 

[wdmfiber]

Absolutely!
Your test results are valid. There is no honour in integrated graphics.

 

[Azn Cracker]

Well he did xfire 2 cards. Maybe xfire scaling isnt great on that game. But if you see the improvements, then it must be true.

 

[wdmfiber]

Ok, just did a bit of rough math based on gigaflops of graphical processing power. It won't be completely accurate, but will give you an idea. The integrated graphics in the a10 5800k are rated at ~600 gflops. The Radeon 6670 is rated at 770 gflops, but drops to 600 for crossfire matcing with the APU. Let's say the scaling is good(so 80%).

That means your APU/6670 crossfire combo has ~960 gflops of graphical processing power. [600x2x0.80=960].

The old Radeon 5770(October 2009 release) is rated at 1360 gflops, or 42% more. Which is considerable... definitely noticeable.
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Sadly, integrated graphics are really hurting the performance of some CPU's. As integrated graphics becoming more and more powerful, we enthusiasts loose millions of transistors from our new generations of CPU's - transistors that sit idle and do nothing, as we run powerful discrete cards.

 

[noobsaibot_21]

Thanks everyone.

So now I see that the HD5770 is still better than the 6670 crossfired with the apu, I will not be considering buying 6670 to crossfire with apu and just keep using the 5770.

 

[Paul Granger]

Hello,

I just bought a new computer with amd-10 5800k setup and I wasn't planning on using a discrete card (at least not for some time) and I've been using my new computer for a couple of days now and I thought the apu was impressive on mild gaming. Then just recently, my cousing gave me his old gpu which is HD5770 and I installed it and I when I checked the windows index experience on my computer(properties), the graphics and gaming graphics rating boosted from a 6.9 rating from the apu to a 7.4 rating using the newly installed HD5770. Also, I tried borderlands2 with high settings and also other games and I saw a significant improvement.

Now, my question is that --- is the HD5770 better than HD6670 crossfired with the integrated graphics of amd a10 5800k?

Thanks everyone.

So now I see that the HD5770 is still better than the 6670 crossfired with the apu, I will not be considering buying 6670 to crossfire with apu and just keep using the 5770.

First of all let me give you the specs of my machine :

Asus FM-A85-M/CSM FM2 Motherboard
A10-5800K CPU w/ Radeon HD 7660D
Radeon HD 7750 Double Diamond OC Edition
G-Skill Ripjaws X 2133mhz 4x2 For a total of 8 gigs
Seagate baracuda 500Gig 7200 Rpm drive
Orion 585 Watt Power Supply
Generic M-ATX CASE
Corsair H70 Liquid Cpu Cooler
Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit

Now that is out of the way i can tell you that i have the 7660D Onboard GPU running in Dual Graphics Mode with my Radeon HD 7750 using Catalyst Drivers version 13.1. And yes it has given me at least a 20FPS framerate increase in games i play Guildwars 2, The Secret World, The Sims 3, Simcity the new one just released and many others. I am loving it Try it out i know i don't regret it.

 

[noobsaibot_21]

Hi so what is it really? I'm confused. . .because I am planning to buy a discreet card for upgrade. . .

 

[Paul Granger]

Hi so what is it really? I'm confused. . .because I am planning to buy a discreet card for upgrade. . .

Here is an image of my GPU-z stating that i am in dual graphics mode i will let you decide from there.

http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/13/04/11/8db.png
Believe me or not it is up to you.

 

[noobsaibot_21]

Here is an image of my GPU-z stating that i am in dual graphics mode i will let you decide from there.

http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/13/04/11/8db.png
Believe me or not it is up to you.

That's really great! Have you tried using only your 7750 without the crossfire? and maybe benchmark it on some games to see if there is a drop on fps or a change in quality?

 

[lolplanet]

I have the same problem

 

[Paul Granger]

Here is an image of my GPU-z stating that i am in dual graphics mode i will let you decide from there.

http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/13/04/11/8db.png
Believe me or not it is up to you.

That's really great! Have you tried using only your 7750 without the crossfire? and maybe benchmark it on some games to see if there is a drop on fps or a change in quality?

This is an image of GPU the radeon 7750 running by itself without the GPU from my CPU the 7660D

http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/13/04/11/cr2.png
Noobsailbot i hope this helps you and there was a difference in FPS it went down not much but it did go down.

 

[WyomingKnott]

This thread is closed due to flamewar. Please try again, and both of you (you know who you are) keep it calm. OP, you are welcome to open a similar thread.