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Intel i3 vs AMD A8/A10 APU

2 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/intel-i3-vs-amd-a8-a10-apu.165327/

cacklebolt
cacklebolt Original post #1
Oct 26, 2012 at 8:33 PM
I was planing on a budget pc upgrade with primary requiremnts gaming and movies.

|GAMES:FIFA 13,PES 13,Dirt 3,GTA 4,COD,Crysis,Assasins creed,NFS,Just Cause 2,Max Payne 3 and many more.

Common Components(Generic)
4 gb RAM
500 gb hdd
gpu amd radeon hd 6770 / hd 7770 / hd 7750 / hd6670

now my question is should i get an amd a8 /a10 desktop apu and then get a gpu later or get an intel i3 (2nd or 3rd gen)
and invest in a gpu separately??
note that above games will be played at medium to high settings at 1366 x 768
will the apu perform sufficiently well??

and also will fm2 of current piledriver cpus be compatible with future steamroller cpus??
Skud
Skud #2
Oct 26, 2012 at 8:41 PM
At that resolution, the IGP of Trinity will be sufficient for most games. Pair the CPU with some faster memory (DDR3-1866 and onwards) to get some extra performance. Start saving for the graphics card, you might be able to go all the way to at least a 7850 1GB. ;)

There's no concrete details available on Kaveri, the next-gen APU. It might just happen that AMD will stick to the older socket, but can't say for sure.