Yeah, if they could get it down a bit more it would make a compelling bid coupled with a 750ti or the like. Newegg has them for about $78 right now.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819113379
Yeah, if they could get it down a bit more it would make a compelling bid coupled with a 750ti or the like. Newegg has them for about $78 right now.Wonder if they will lower the price on the Athlon x4 860k. It is now very close to the new price of the A8 7600, which has an igp. Sure it overclocks, but seems like they should cut the price on that 15 or 20 bucks.
This is unhelpful, and not entirely true. Not all G3258 CPUs overclock well. If you are stuck with one that will only do 3.9GHz like one of the ones I got, an 860K would be the one doing the stomping in a fully threaded game. Like I always try to tell the fanboys, it's about the intended usage, etc.The Intel Pentium G3258 still stomps all over these junk AMD CPUs.
This is unhelpful, and not entirely true. Not all G3258 CPUs overclock well. If you are stuck with one that will only do 3.9GHz like one of the ones I got, an 860K would be the one doing the stomping in a fully threaded game. Like I always try to tell the fanboys, it's about the intended usage, etc.
The Intel Pentium G3258 still stomps all over these junk AMD CPUs.
AMD is so poorly run that they figured Bulldozer was a good CPU and required several "sequels". Steamroller, Piledriver, and Excavator. They somehow thought that refining one of the worst CPUs of all time was a good idea. Go figure. Now we have to wait until 2016 to see their new core. I'm not holding my breath.
You don't know what you are talking about. Go crap somewhere else.I have had 3 of them. One hit 4.4ghz, another one hit 4.5ghz, and the third hit 4.6ghz. TBH if you could only hit 3.9ghz you did something wrong.
Did I mention that they cost about $55? $75 on sale with a motherboard?
AMD has nothing useful to offer.
i have to wonder if kaveri was up in price just to move trinity/richland parts? intel's previous parts dry up almost immediately upon release of a new one, but we're still seeing trinity parts on sale in quantity.
I really don't know what you are on about. Kaveri plays most games at modest settings and the most popular ones at near max. Good enough is good enough.
No, you were just lucky. My sample only does 3.8Ghz stable. Plenty of G3258 CPUs won't do over 4Ghz.I have had 3 of them. One hit 4.4ghz, another one hit 4.5ghz, and the third hit 4.6ghz. TBH if you could only hit 3.9ghz you did something wrong.
How much voltage did you give it?No, you were just lucky. My sample only does 3.8Ghz stable. Plenty of G3258 CPUs won't do over 4Ghz.
How much voltage did you give it?
Unless you can get something much faster for little additional cost, which is the case with a dgpu. I dont really understand why some are so determined to promote apus for gaming. Even if you want to promote AMD, their low end Athlon with a discrete AMD gpu is a much better solution.
To each their own. My z97 board was $70. Not expensive IMO.The max, 1.2v on a GA-H81M-DS2V. And before you tell me to get a Z97 board, that kills the whole value equation of getting a cheap G3258 CPU + mobo combo.
To each their own. My z97 board was $70. Not expensive IMO.
I really don't know what you are on about. Kaveri plays most games at modest settings and the most popular ones at near max. Good enough is good enough.
It's worth it IMO. Z97 is broadwell compatible as well. At 4.5ghz the g3258 has run every game I have tried very nicely. At 3.8ghz I could see it starting to bottleneck. The crappy gigabyte boards are only good for non gaming htpcs IMO.I thought that ECS Z97-PK board + G3258 deal at Newegg for $104.98 was interesting. I was curious about that ECS board's supposed "one-click" BIOS feature for overclocking that CPU to 4.7Ghz.
Unless you can get something much faster for little additional cost, which is the case with a dgpu. I dont really understand why some are so determined to promote apus for gaming. Even if you want to promote AMD, their low end Athlon with a discrete AMD gpu is a much better solution.
Not everyone can be as privileged as some of you forums goers who have unlimited budgets. I would prefer not to spend more than is necessary and if that means I can play lol at 70 fps vs 200 fps [with a more expensive system] then so be it. Good enough is good enough.
Most popular being what? Son of Rome won't go near max, neither will Watch Dogs, neither will any AAA game this year or most last year not even close to 60FPS. Casual facebook games sure.
yes the apus can't max out the latest and most demanding games but certainly they can max out or comfortably play the most played games. LoL, counter strike, wow, dota 2, minecraft, any source based game, all indie games. Also to top it off the cpu isnt a slouch either, word processing? video editing? graphics design etc.
OK, I give up, because every time this "discussion" arises, APU proponents say "oh, it is good enough". Maybe, but I just dont understand why one should settle for "good enough" when performance so much better is available for so little additional cost. It is not like you are scrimping and saving to put food on the table. Gaming is spending discretionary income for crying out loud. Spend just a bit more and get a far better experience. And we are talking about better performance that makes the difference between playable and non-playable in some games, not whether you can run at high or ultra. But each to his own I guess.
OK, I give up, because every time this "discussion" arises, APU proponents say "oh, it is good enough". Maybe, but I just dont understand why one should settle for "good enough" when performance so much better is available for so little additional cost. It is not like you are scrimping and saving to put food on the table. Gaming is spending discretionary income for crying out loud. Spend just a bit more and get a far better experience. And we are talking about better performance that makes the difference between playable and non-playable in some games, not whether you can run at high or ultra. But each to his own I guess.
OK, I give up, because every time this "discussion" arises, APU proponents say "oh, it is good enough". Maybe, but I just dont understand why one should settle for "good enough" when performance so much better is available for so little additional cost. It is not like you are scrimping and saving to put food on the table.
At some point, you have enough. Maybe it's $500, maybe it's $700, maybe it's $1000, maybe it's $1300...OK, I give up, because every time this "discussion" arises, APU proponents say "oh, it is good enough". Maybe, but I just dont understand why one should settle for "good enough" when performance so much better is available for so little additional cost.
OK, I give up, because every time this "discussion" arises, APU proponents say "oh, it is good enough". Maybe, but I just dont understand why one should settle for "good enough" when performance so much better is available for so little additional cost. It is not like you are scrimping and saving to put food on the table. Gaming is spending discretionary income for crying out loud. Spend just a bit more and get a far better experience. And we are talking about better performance that makes the difference between playable and non-playable in some games, not whether you can run at high or ultra. But each to his own I guess.