League of Legends in APU?

[hyp3r]

Hi!

Im going to build a PC, mostly for LoL and daily computing. I dont want to waste money on graphics card as Im not going to play any other game than LoL and feel that it would be a waste. So im considering a AMD APU, a A8 7600.
So i want to know what settings i will be able to play and FPS i can expect?

 

[MalakiArtook]

A APU is great for running games like lol or dota although I would just go all out and get a 7850k. I know people avarage 60 fps with them.

 

[AshyCFC]

depending on the speed of your RAM you'll be able to play on med 1080p no problem,

but...

you can max on this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor (£38.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 250 1GB Video Card (£47.21 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £85.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-25 16:30 GMT+0000

compared to this:

[PCPartPicker part list](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/MBtLdC) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/MBtLdC/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD A8-7600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-ad7600ybjabox) | £65.99 @ Ebuyer
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | £65.99
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-25 16:31 GMT+0000 |

APU's aren't that good value really.

 

[hyp3r]

thanks guys, i will think over the night.

 

[williamcummins]

You know you can couple the A8-7600 integrated graphics with a R7 250 in crossfire. This would make it even better than the pentium/r7 250 combo. You could first build the pc with the Apu only then eventually add it a discrete card like the r7 250 or r7 270x in order to get better fps.

 

[AshyCFC]

You know you can couple the A8-7600 integrated graphics with a R7 250 in crossfire. This would make it even better than the pentium/r7 250 combo.

and a lot more expensive....

plus the A8 needs faster(more expensive) ram to maximise potential of the iGPU.

 

[williamcummins]

You know you can couple the A8-7600 integrated graphics with a R7 250 in crossfire. This would make it even better than the pentium/r7 250 combo.

and a lot more expensive....

plus the A8 needs faster(more expensive) ram to maximise potential of the iGPU.

I was just pointing the fact that an APU build can be a nice way to upgrade a rig over time instead of being stuck with a low end rig.

 

[AshyCFC]

You know you can couple the A8-7600 integrated graphics with a R7 250 in crossfire. This would make it even better than the pentium/r7 250 combo.

and a lot more expensive....

plus the A8 needs faster(more expensive) ram to maximise potential of the iGPU.

I was just pointing the fact that an APU build can be a nice way to upgrade a rig over time instead of being stuck with a low end rig.

stuck with a low end rig? going socket 1150 gives a lot more upgrade chances than going down the APU route, if you have an A8 upgrading to an A10 really doesn't make *much* of a difference whereas if you have a pentium and upgrade to an i5 you'd notice a fair bit.

 

[jaguarskx]

LoL is a pretty easy game to run. Below is a link to LoL being played on a Surface Pro 2 with a Core i5-4200u and the Intel HD 4400. It is being played at 1080p resolution with everything set to very high; settings are shown at about 0:42 into the video and the FPS is displayed in yellow in the top right corner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPOBeiNhVnA

Since the integrated Radeon R7 in the desktop A8-7600 is a lot more powerful than the mobile Intel HD 4400 graphics core you can expect much higher frames than what you see in the video.