Is my cpu/apu any good?

[Bepizz]

I've heard people talk about bottlenecking. I'm not quite sure what It is, but I was thinking of buying a 1060 and I'd like to know how well it would work with my cpu/apu/whatever (AMD A10-7800). Would any bottlenecking occur? Is 3.5ghz with 4 cores good for gaming?


Edit: I'd also like to mention that I'm not exactly sure what any of this means in the first place. I'm trying to learn as much as possible before making a decision.

 

[RCFProd]

That would bottleneck. It's an entry level processor, it has an Athlon X4 760 CPU. Most games will work but not at 60 fps, although some light titles will.

 

[weberdarren97]

Is 3.5GHz and four cores good for gaming? Well it would be if it was Intel. AMD has a different way that they build their CPUs, and that 3.5GHz AMD CPU will likely feel like a 2.5GHz Intel CPU.

Will it handle a 1060? Sure.

Would I recommend a 1070 in the future? Not until you upgrade from the FM2+ platform to something like Skylake or Zen.

 

[Bepizz]

Is 3.5GHz and four cores good for gaming? Well it would be if it was Intel. AMD has a different way that they build their CPUs, and that 3.5GHz AMD CPU will likely feel like a 2.5GHz Intel CPU.

Will it handle a 1060? Sure.

Would I recommend a 1070 in the future? Not until you upgrade from the FM2+ platform to something like Skylake or Zen.

Kinda getting mixed messages here. One person says it won't handle it, another says it will.

 

[RCFProd]

It depends on the game. In many triple AAA titles your CPU will lock at 100% usage and your GPU will not be utilised past 50%.

It will make a GTX 1060 work, but nowhere near It's full potential. That's what weberdarren97 also means.

Define ''Handling it'' in your eyes. Does it mean optimally? Not necessarily. A GTX 1060 will work much better with an Intel i5.

 

[weberdarren97]

Define ''Handling it'' in your eyes. Does it mean optimally? Not necessarily. A GTX 1060 will work much better with an Intel i5.

Will it run the GTX 1060? Yes.

Will it be able to take full advantage of it? Only in games that use the graphics card much more than the CPU.

 

[manddy123]

The concept of bottleneck isn't that simple to explain.

But what they both tried to say is that the 1060 is much stronger/faster than your APU, so it won't reach it's full potential in games that require a good CPU to work.
It can handle the 1060 until it reach it's full capacity, after that, the 1060 will have power left unused because the APU will be at it's max load and won't process anything further.

He didn't recommend the 1070 because that gap between your APU and GPU would increase even more, it doesn't mean it would work worse, but it would be a waste of money as you wouldn't experience the full potential of neither GPUs.

 

[Bepizz]

Would I be better off with a 960 rather than a 1060? How big is the performance gap between the two? I'm going to upgrade my cpu eventually but not right now.

 

[weberdarren97]

Would I be better off with a 960 rather than a 1060? How big is the performance gap between the two? I'm going to upgrade my cpu eventually but not right now.

Go with the 1060, not the 960. Thanks to architectural improvements in Nvidia Pascal, the 1xxx series cards don't draw as much data from the CPU as older cards do.

I think that a 1050 ti would be best for your APU. However, this means that you'd only have a 1050 ti if you upgraded to a CPU that could handle the 1060. Therefore I recommend the 1060 for now, then upgrade your CPU later to catch up with it. Do note that a CPU upgrade would require a new motherboard as FM2+ is basically dead.

 

[RCFProd]

Define ''Handling it'' in your eyes. Does it mean optimally? Not necessarily. A GTX 1060 will work much better with an Intel i5.

Will it run the GTX 1060? Yes.

Will it be able to take full advantage of it? Only in games that use the graphics card much more than the CPU.

Yeah I know, I asked OP as he might have a different perception of ''handling it'' 😛.

Would I be better off with a 960 rather than a 1060? How big is the performance gap between the two? I'm going to upgrade my cpu eventually but not right now.

If you were to go for a GTX 960, don't. Instead go for the GTX 1050 Ti, unless you can somehow get a GTX 960 for cheaper.

However you're still going to see better fps on a GTX 1060.

 

[Bepizz]

Do note that a CPU upgrade would require a new motherboard as FM2+ is basically dead.

I don't know much about motherboards. Apparently my motherboard is a Lenovo Bantry CRB which my friend who has been helping me with this stuff has never heard of. Do any of you know anything about it?

 

[weberdarren97]

Do note that a CPU upgrade would require a new motherboard as FM2+ is basically dead.

I don't know much about motherboards. Apparently my motherboard is a Lenovo Bantry CRB which my friend who has been helping me with this stuff has never heard of. Do any of you know anything about it?

It's an OEM board, likely from the Lenovo ThinkCentre M79 Mini Tower. It's equipped with the AMD FM2+ socket and uses the APU graphics as the onboard graphics. I don't expect good graphics from this board unless you add a video card. It's funny that this is exactly what we're here to discuss.

Nowhere can I find what chipset is on that board. I also can't seem to find out how many phases it has in its power delivery system, nor can I find whether or not the MOSFETs have a heatsink on them or not.

I don't think that a CPU upgrade is a good choice for this board. Not only because the socket doesn't have an upgrade path after the A10 series, but also because I can't find out the specifics of the board. Therefore I don't know how well it would handle high wattage CPUs, especially if paired with a powerful graphics card.