what is the gaming performance of this rig!

[iron8orn]

AMD A10-7850K Kaveri @4.5ghz
MSI A88XM GAMING FM2+ (Bolton D4)
r9 280x
8gb 2400mhz
1080p

Can the Kaveri handle the 280x and can you disable the discrete graphics for best performance?

 

[Nitesdeath]

yes and yes. Its plenty for majoirty of games out there. what are some that u play?

 

[iron8orn]

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2176549/amd-a10-6800k-apu.html

it looks like there is a disagreement on the ability of the Kaveri to process the r9!

i do not have as much time as i use to game but i enjoy Vindictus, Black Light Retribution, DMC, Tomb Raider and def waiting for Black Desert.

 

[RobCrezz]

Doesnt make sense to get the APU when you are getting a 280x. Just get a better FX CPU or Intel i5.

 

[iron8orn]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2177507/performance-test-passmark-cpu-comparison.html

i dont really see how the fx is better for gaming. the kaveri showing 10% better single thread performance than my 6350 is at the same clock rate. just over 4.4ghz

of course a i5 would be better but there is something about amd i cant let go of.

 

[RobCrezz]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2177507/performance-test-passmark-cpu-comparison.html

i dont really see how the fx is better for gaming. the kaveri showing 10% better single thread performance than my 6350 is at the same clock rate. just over 4.4ghz

of course a i5 would be better but there is something about amd i cant let go of.

Yes the single thread performance is marginally better in some applications, but you are still left with 4 fairly weak cores. At least the FX CPUs can have more "fairly weak" cores.

If you must stay AMD, then the 8350 is the best price/performance CPU.

 

[iron8orn]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2177507/performance-test-passmark-cpu-comparison.html

i dont really see how the fx is better for gaming. the kaveri showing 10% better single thread performance than my 6350 is at the same clock rate. just over 4.4ghz

of course a i5 would be better but there is something about amd i cant let go of.

Yes the single thread performance is marginally better in some applications, but you are still left with 4 fairly weak cores. At least the FX CPUs can have more "fairly weak" cores.

If you must stay AMD, then the 8350 is the best price/performance CPU.

I made a order for a Xeon for the first piece of a new build but i cancelled because i enjoy overclocking and how much of a real performance increase does any gamer really get with one of new haswell i5's when overclocked. I mean they are so strong out of box.
Kinda down on the FX because AMD released the 9xxx series instead of a 28nm chip... so much power and needing a liquid cooler.
I wish they would hurry up and release a Kaveri with 8 cpu.

 

[RobCrezz]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2177507/performance-test-passmark-cpu-comparison.html

i dont really see how the fx is better for gaming. the kaveri showing 10% better single thread performance than my 6350 is at the same clock rate. just over 4.4ghz

of course a i5 would be better but there is something about amd i cant let go of.

Yes the single thread performance is marginally better in some applications, but you are still left with 4 fairly weak cores. At least the FX CPUs can have more "fairly weak" cores.

If you must stay AMD, then the 8350 is the best price/performance CPU.

I made a order for a Xeon for the first piece of a new build but i cancelled because i enjoy overclocking and how much of a real performance increase does any gamer really get with one of new haswell i5's when overclocked. I mean they are so strong out of box.
Kinda down on the FX because AMD released the 9xxx series instead of a 28nm chip... so much power and needing a liquid cooler.
I wish they would hurry up and release a Kaveri with 8 cpu.

Yeah the 9000 series is purely a 83xx overclocked anyway.

At this stage, I would go for the 4690k if you really want to overclock, otherwise the xeon 1231 v3.