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Maybe that A6-8500P Carrizo (dual core @ 1.8 Ghz base/3.0 Ghz turbo and 256sp iGPU @ 800 Mhz) would make a decent BGA Mini-ITX board.
This with a BIOS/power management allowing the two CPU cores fully turbo @ 3.0 Ghz with the 256sp iGPU @ 800 Mhz under full load.
This should work with desktop DDR3 well enough.
P.S. Here are some informal testing notes I did on the A6-5400K APU (using single channel DDR3 1866 RAM):
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=37675951&postcount=73
So A6-8500P @ full CPU turbo under iGPU load might be pretty decent for casual play with these Valve Games. (Think low cost Steam Box using either Linux Mint, Ubuntu or SteamOS)
This with a BIOS/power management allowing the two CPU cores fully turbo @ 3.0 Ghz with the 256sp iGPU @ 800 Mhz under full load.
This should work with desktop DDR3 well enough.
P.S. Here are some informal testing notes I did on the A6-5400K APU (using single channel DDR3 1866 RAM):
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=37675951&postcount=73
I just finished informal testing of CS:GO With Linux Mint 17.2 and the proprietary AMD driver. The game appears to average around 45 FPS (estimated) @ 1280 x 1024 low using the A6-5400K with 4GB stick of DDR3 1866 (single channel).
P.S. CS:GO is IMO the most demanding game (on hardware) Valve has released so far. The other Valve games should have equal or better performance.
Increased resolution on CS:GO from 1280 x 1024 low to 1920 x 1080 low, game play stayed smooth and I would estimate average FPS somewhere between 35 and 40.
I also played Borderlands 2 using the same set-up. Through the first few levels average FPS was over 30 (smooth) at a resolution of 1280 x 1024 low.
So A6-8500P @ full CPU turbo under iGPU load might be pretty decent for casual play with these Valve Games. (Think low cost Steam Box using either Linux Mint, Ubuntu or SteamOS)
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