AMD A10-7700K enough for Minecraft without another GPU?

[ofafootball11]

I was unsure about the CPU not being enough to play Minecraft with good FPS and high settings. If it will not what is a decent video card to throw in to help it out?

 

[HistoriaPotentia]

It should be good enough to play minecraft on high settings. My sandy bridge i5 integrated graphics can do it so I am sure yours could also.

 

[HiTechObsessed]

Yeah, that is fully capable of Minecraft Be sure to get Optifine when you get it though, it'll help with the 'lag'.

 

[Zitrome]

If you want a great, cheap graphics card that will play battlefield 4 on ultra @ 40fps then go for a gtx 750ti- it is about £100

 

[ofafootball11]

If you want a great, cheap graphics card that will play battlefield 4 on ultra @ 40fps then go for a gtx 750ti- it is about £100

Would it be better to crossfire an AMD radeon card or go the other way with the gtx?

 

[Zircoben]

I was unsure about the CPU not being enough to play Minecraft with good FPS and high settings. If it will not what is a decent video card to throw in to help it out?

Oh yes. I have an A10-5800K (Not as good as the 7700K) and I play without any lag, all settings all the way up at about 30-40fps, that is, after the world renders.

Remember to get fast RAM. I use 2133 MHz RAM and it runs awesomely!

You should be good!

 

[nikoli707]

the A10 should be plenty unless your going to be running heavy mods, which i have no clue how bad they affect performance… but you can youtube A10-5800k minecraft and see how it performs for others. your 7700k is slightly faster than the 5800k.

 

[logainofhades]

Hybrid crossfire with an APU doesn't work very well. If you plan on getting a dedicated GPU, do not buy an APU.

 

[HiTechObsessed]

Assuming you would throw in a ~$700 video card, you could get much better all around and gaming performance for the same overall price:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $249.98
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-14 16:34 EDT-0400)

The CPU cores in APUs are weak, and like logain said above, Dual Graphics (what AMD calls APU+GPU Crossfire) is generally only about a 20% increase in performance, whereas the FX-6300 + 750 Ti combo will give you much better performance all around.

 

[Zircoben]

Assuming you would throw in a ~$700 video card, you could get much better all around and gaming performance for the same overall price:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $249.98
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-14 16:34 EDT-0400)

The CPU cores in APUs are weak, and like logain said above, Dual Graphics (what AMD calls APU+GPU Crossfire) is generally only about a 20% increase in performance, whereas the FX-6300 + 750 Ti combo will give you much better performance all around.

If he just wants to get by, the A10-7700K would definitely get you at 30-40fps on high settings on Minecraft and some older games.

If you want anything more than that, i'd get HiTechObsessed's build with the FX-6300 and the GTX 750 Ti. Even a GTX 650 would do very well: http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-1024MB-Graphics-01G-P4-2650-KR/dp/B00966IU4M

That would completely blow away the APU build and you would be happy with that. I would also consider getting an Intel i3-4130 for a similar price, that would perform better on those older games and should go faster overall, except in multitasking. That would also get you on a better and more upgradeable socket than the dying (if not already dead) AM3+ socket.

Hope I could help!

 

[veniteo]

If you want a great, cheap graphics card that will play battlefield 4 on ultra @ 40fps then go for a gtx 750ti- it is about £100

Would it be better to crossfire an AMD radeon card or go the other way with the gtx?

Nvidia-amd combos don't play well together, and vice versa.

 

[BleedingEdgeTek]

If you want a great, cheap graphics card that will play battlefield 4 on ultra @ 40fps then go for a gtx 750ti- it is about £100

Would it be better to crossfire an AMD radeon card or go the other way with the gtx?

Nvidia-amd combos don't play well together, and vice versa.

That's completely unbelievably false. It has been proven time and time again that there is no difference compared to other set ups. There are individual games that perform differently based on what GPU is used, but has NOTHING to do with the CPU and GPU combo. Don't spread false information.

The 750 Ti would be great, but if BF4 is the focus, an AMD R7 265 would be better with Mantle, as the APU has a poor CPU in it.

 

[veniteo]

Not argument intended, however when you have two generally equal cards and builds and flip between them, showing a 12% increase in speed with Intel-nvidia combos, I'd say it's pretty accurate. I'll leave you to your 'proof'

 

[BleedingEdgeTek]

Not argument intended, however when you have two generally equal cards and builds and flip between them, showing a 12% increase in speed with Intel-nvidia combos, I'd say it's pretty accurate. I'll leave you to your 'proof'

Show me an example then. Every other knowledgable poster on here will say there is no perceptible difference, let alone a 12% one, between combinations. It depends on the game itself. There are plenty of games where an NVIDIA card gets better performance, and plenty where AMD does. Has NOTHING to do with the combination of CPU and GPU, but more to do with how the GPU goes about processing the graphics.

 

[veniteo]

Let's not talk about this on his thread XD I'm not keen on a flame war. Pm me if you really care that much.

 

[LookItsRain]

I suggest a 760k and an r7 260x for 200 dollars + cost of mobo.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1044?vs=1130

 

[logainofhades]

Why are you guys arguing on a 2 month old thread anyway?

 

[BleedingEdgeTek]

Why are you guys arguing on a 2 month old thread anyway?

I don't pay attention to when the thread started lol I just hit the answer button in the email on my phone. Normally don't reply unless it's a question to me, but when it's blatantly and proven-false information, I want to call it out, so when someone is searching in the future on google, they don't see 'the combination of CPU and GPU is a big problem' or whatever.