So BR is Zen, right?
Talk about cpu bottleneck... the igp barely uses beyond 40% of its capacityTechEpiphany did a quick A8-9600 overclocking, or 1ghz jump to 4.1ghz in snap of a finger.
We will be doing similar stuff once all the issues are fixed with our A12 setup.I dont have the time as of now to personally make a review but i would really like to see the 35W TDP A12-9800E against the 51W Kabylake G4600 with HD630 in iGPU gaming.
I dont have the time as of now to personally make a review but i would really like to see the 35W TDP A12-9800E against the 51W Kabylake G4600 with HD630 in iGPU gaming.
Broxton was supposed to be Apollo Lake on mobiles...Broxton lives on in Apollo Lake.
So, if I were looking for a cheap laptop (sub $400 - open box / refurbished) that could do a little gaming, would I be better with the integrated graphics of a A12-9700 or a Core i3 / i5 7th generation with the HD 620? Does the possible improvement in graphics processing of the AMD make up for its core speed / processing weaknesses relative to a 7th generation i3/i5?
Do the specs on this laptop make any sense at all?
.... looks like a pathetic Radeon R7 M445 was paired up with an AMD FX 9800P. Would the integrated R7 graphics on the FX-9800P beat or come close to those of the M445? I mean, what's the point of having a discrete GPU chip if it's pathetically weak?
The A12-9700 has a faster iGPU than HD620, in most of the games it will be faster. But in games that need more CPU performance the Intel models with HD620 will be faster.
In both cases make sure your laptop has dual-channel ram (not only dual memory modules) because some laptops may have dual memory modules but only single channel support.
It sounds like it's kind of a wash between the two, then. It's too bad there isn't a study comparing the two, somewhere.
How the heck would you find out if a laptop has dual channel ram? Store specs (and elsewhere) never tell you what the mobo and its specs are.
M445 is the same as M440 but with GDDR-5, both can CrossFire with the A8-9600/A10-9700 and A12-9800.
Yes, not all games support dual graphics though. It varies how effective it is. Here is a similar config with a very weak dGPU; a8-7600+r7 240. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qvuk502ZBU This fellow has no such luck getting gta v running fast enough on a 15w a10-9600p . fps in low 20s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaFgkYB1Rig I'm thinking the iGPU could actually be gimped by single channel. The acer comes standard only with 4GB DDR4, almost certainly a single stick configuration https://www.acer.com/ac/en/MY/content/model/NX.GEQSM.001Wait...are you guys saying that the laptop A12-9700 CPU and the 440/445M GPU could have a crossfire / SLI functionality ?!? So in essence such a laptop would have the additive graphics power of both the integrated Radeon R7 graphics on the CPU and the separate GPU?
I'm thinking the iGPU could actually be gimped by single channel.
The only reason to buy the A12-9800 today is for the iGPU, for the platform and for the better upgradability (RavenRidge APUs or 8Core Ryzen+ next year).
Also as of today with Pentium G4560 prices, it is better to get the Athlon X4 950 + B350 motherboard and have the ability to overclock and a better upgrade path with more motherboard features than the G4560 + H110 board.