Best GPU to go with an AMD A6 APU?

[jthubert10]

What is the best graphics card that can go with an AMD A6 APU?

 

[Charlie Pawlak]

Radeon HD 7790 or possibly 7850. if you go higher, the CPU will bottleneck the gpu.

 

[Charlie Pawlak]

Also depends on the model of the A6

 

[Roxas_Boy]

A6 APU's are relatively weak, I'd say 7790 or 650ti boost

 

[CTT302]

7790

 

[JUICEhunter]

Gtx 660 because I have seen even older CPUs work really well with it for surprisingly good settings/fps (medium settings with great fps on new games will keep you happy) and it should be the last card you get for that CPU. That card is also good enough to put in your next PC when you are ready to update CPU. Extending your PC's life will keep you patient/smart on your upgrades =)

 

[Charlie Pawlak]

Gtx 660 because I have seen even older CPUs work really well with it for surprisingly good settings/fps (medium settings with great fps on new games will keep you happy) and it should be the last card you get for that CPU. That card is also good enough to put in your next PC when you are ready to update CPU. Extending your PC's life will keep you patient/smart on your upgrades =)

These A6 chips go poorly with this grade of performance in a gpu... If you get a 660 then at max you will see the performance more of a GTX 650 Ti. It will cause a bottleneck and waste of money

P.S. It could even be the lowest end A6 and is performance like a original Phenom X4 (bottlenecked my 570)

 

[JUICEhunter]

There is always a bottleneck somewhere, 660 would still find opportunites to perform better if we had the same systems side by side with both cards/same settings, overall benchmarks would have higher min/average fps on the 660. Could you find CPU or GPU bottlenecks if settings are too high? Of course, you have to it down if it's not smooth. Still don't believe me put a slower card in your older computer and run the same benchmarks.

 

[Roxas_Boy]

I say get a 650TI Boost at the most with that APU

 

[JUICEhunter]

Wow here is a 7790 for $109 no rebates:

http://www.frys.com/product/7620257?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

Maybe a new CPU/GPU down the road and this card should hold you over until then.

 

[jthubert10]

Radeon HD 7790 or possibly 7850. if you go higher, the CPU will bottleneck the gpu.

I was honestly thinking a 7870 and putting some decent cooling on the cpu..think that would work?

 

[jthubert10]

Radeon HD 7790 or possibly 7850. if you go higher, the CPU will bottleneck the gpu.

I was honestly thinking a 7870 and putting some decent cooling on the cpu..think that would work?

 

[Mousemonkey]

Or get a 290X and rely on Mantle.

 

[jthubert10]

Or get a 290X and rely on Mantle.

Mantle?

 

[Mousemonkey]

Or get a 290X and rely on Mantle.

Mantle?

AMD's new API that bolsters their weak CPU's and only seems to help on horribly unbalanced systems.