How good is the integrated GPU in the AMD A10 7850K?

[refllect]

What would be the discrete equivalent? Is it better or worse than a r7 240? What about a r7 250?

 

[Andrew Buck]

What would be the discrete equivalent? Is it better or worse than a r7 240? What about a r7 250?

The integrated GPU in that is about equal to an R7 240-250. It is a great GPU for being integrated and can even run a game like BF4 at Ultra 1080p around 15-20 fps.

 

[iceclock]

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_a10_7850k_apu_review,16.html

seems to run modern games decently u could prob run any game on low or med atleast

 

[Iron124]

AMD advertises it as roughly the equivalent of an R7 dedicated GPU. Some say it crossfires the best with the R7 250, so that's probably the closest comparison you're gonna get with an actual graphics card. It's good for light gaming and multimedia, but far weaker than any R9 series card.

 

[Andrew Buck]

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_a10_7850k_apu_review,16.html

seems to run modern games decently u could prob run any game on low or med atleast

That is with a GTX 580, but you are correct in the fact that it can handle most modern games at low-medium playable. Hitting 60 fps is hard, though.

 

[iceclock]

it will do for light gaming until u buy a better dedicated graphic card not too shabby at all

 

[Andrew Buck]

Get an R7 260x or R7 250. Believe it or not, you can crossfire it with the iGPU.

 

[refllect]

I feel like I'd get better performance buying an Ivy Bridge Pentium from microcenter for $40 and getting a r7 260x to go with it. That costs the same as the APU

 

[iceclock]

i would recommand against that cpu not very good

 

[Andrew Buck]

i would recommand against that cpu not very good

It is overall pretty decent and fine for what he is probably doing. Also, he may be on a budget. If he gives a budget, it could seriously help us.

 

[iceclock]

whats your budget for upgrade?

i wouldnt invest in a dualcore a waste of money considering new games and some older ones use 4cores

 

[Andrew Buck]

whats your budget for upgrade?

i wouldnt invest in a dualcore a waste of money considering new games and some older ones use 4cores

The 7850k is a quad-core cpu...

 

[iceclock]

talking about the pentium g series he was talking about.

 

[refllect]

I just spent $2300 on a Razer Blade and I'm selling my gaming desktop to save money as I don't need it anymore. Just looking to build this as a desktop to have at home capable of light gaming.

I have a budget of $220 for CPU, GPU, Motherboard, RAM, PSU

Looking at pcpartpicker and microcenter, I found these prices

Pentium: $40
r7 260x: $70
Gigabyte H81 Motherboard: $45
Corsair Builder 430W PSU: $25
8GB 1600mhz RAM: $36 (since when was RAM so expensive?)

 

[Andrew Buck]

Oh, that. Yeah, don't get a Pentium. Get AT LEAST a core i3 or AMD APU.

 

[iceclock]

i guess with that budget u couldnt do much better