can the A10 6700 play modern games like Titanfall and Battlefield 4 decently?

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Hello my roomate wants a pre built machine since he wants the support and warrenty and while I'd be willing to risk it making my own machine, I am not with someone elses.
Currently he is looking at $480 machine with (when he asked me what he should buy he said $450 so the $480 is pushing it)
A10-6700 Processor with AMD Radeon HD 8670D graphics (integraded).

Can this setup play games like Titanfall and Battlefield 4 with at least mid range graphics (I'd assume things like shaders and AA would be low) with a resolution at least 720p resolution?
I am 99% sure it would play without lag, but wouldn't be worth it if its at really low res and/or minimum graphics.

I am considering a similar setup, even considering the same machine (also considering building one since my budget will be a bit more).

Another thing I just though of is that it doesn't list the ram speed. I read somewhere that slower ram makes an APU useless. Is that true? Should I be worried?

Would there be any better deals out there that I should know about?


Thanks for your time!
 
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the pentium really isn't THAT bad + it's a 4th generation haswell pentium > THis means that if you want to UPGRADE in the future to a i5 or i7 such as the 4770 or 4670 or even the to a xeon 1230 v3 that's possible all without changing mobo.

That build above is a good build in that, it gives you a foot in the door for gaming and the day you turn around and think "hey, my pc is feeling a bit slow"

You can easily upgrade the processor, chuck in an additional stick of RAM or change the GPU.

If you get the APU, there's no cost effective CPU upgrades.
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Not much can go wrong building a PC.

Okay, maybe you'll bend the processor pins like I did first time.

In all seriousness though for $450 you can get a decent little machine going if you're willing to risk building it yourself.

If not, save up till you have about $600-700 and then buy the machine you could have built for $450 😛
 
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BF4 and Titanfall are among a list of very demanding games. Sorry to say that an APU will not play them very well on even the lowest settings on a low resolution. A $450 retail PC is not made for gaming. You have to be very careful with retail machines used for gaming as they can get pretty expensive and if you want a decently priced desktop you have to know what you are looking for. My buddy actually picked up a nice AlienWare gamer that came with an i5 and GTX660 like a year ago that was on sale for $899.

To be honest a self built $450 is going to be a tough sell as well if you need to include the OS. That alone will take your hardware down to $350. If you are looking at $450 for hardware alone you can get into the lowend gamer ball park. I would just not expect much and make sure you get deals, combos, and parts that all have a direct impact on the performance of the machine. Tom's usually does a pretty good job when they have their build off reviews that include a $450 or $500 budget gamer build.
 
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Not the greatest setup, but it would game better than an APU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($65.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($42.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL DRAGON 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($36.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.74 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Sentey CS1-1398 PLUS ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.98 @ OutletPC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($92.99 @ B&H)
Total: $466.64
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-05 17:49 EST-0500)
 
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Dang you even through in OS and disk drive! But wouldn't the dual core Pentium be extremely slow and outdated? Or is the a10 processor really that bad?
 
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the pentium really isn't THAT bad + it's a 4th generation haswell pentium > THis means that if you want to UPGRADE in the future to a i5 or i7 such as the 4770 or 4670 or even the to a xeon 1230 v3 that's possible all without changing mobo.

That build above is a good build in that, it gives you a foot in the door for gaming and the day you turn around and think "hey, my pc is feeling a bit slow"

You can easily upgrade the processor, chuck in an additional stick of RAM or change the GPU.

If you get the APU, there's no cost effective CPU upgrades.
 
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So is CPU pretty much unimportant for these games then? Would a AMD Phenom II X4 play them with a good graphics card?

also how do I know which CPUs the motherboard could later be upgraded to? Is it simply the socket type?


Once again thanks everyone for the responses.
 
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My only apprehension about the phenom x4 is they're hard to obtain new and if you used a pre-owned one it may be used and abused.

If you've got one sitting about it'll do a decent job with an am3+ mobo by all means.

Yes the socket type tells you what CPU can be used in it HOWEVER remember that even a CPU fits at stock speeds they can't be OCED on all board types.
 
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CPU matters, but GPU matters that much more. Phenom II X4 would be faster than that APU as well. If you can get it cheap, by all means, do so and pair it up with an AM3+ board that can handle an FX 8320/8350.
 
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I bought a pre-built computer with the A-10 6700 APU an now that the GTX 750ti Sc has been released I installed that an can play BF4 at high settings with no AA an keep around 60 fps constant with vsync enabled. It's nothing to applaud but it gets me into the games that I'm interested in playing. I'll later be building my own since I've learned a lot from the time of purchasing this computer.
 
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Yes it will play Titanfall and just fine.

I have an HTPC with and AMD A10-6800K and I bought Titanfall through Origin to play on the gaming computer. Well I also downloaded it on my HTPC and it plays just fine. No problems. It also plays BF3 not sure about BF4. It does well.

My HTPC has the AMD A10-6800K with 8gb of 1600 mghz Ram. It is not a fast or powerful machine.
 
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