- 32nm Trinity 100W
- 2 x 2MB L2 Cache
- AMD Radeon HD 7660D
Best Bang for your Buck!
03/02/2014
This review is from: AMD A10-5800K - A-Series APU Trinity Quad-Core 3.8 GHz Socket FM2 100W AMD Radeon HD 7660D Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic - AD580KWOHJBOX
Pros:
Just to warn you all I am a linux/freeware fanboy
All my findings are directly related to Gnome Ubuntu 14.04 beta 64 bit! Sorry windows.
The following frame rates were conducted by glxgears (sudo apt-get install mesa-utils)
NOTE: if using glxgears and are getting around 60fps constant type "export vblank_mode=0" in terminal
AMD 5800k APU
ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+
X-boost enabled (makes a difference)\
GFX engine @800mhz
ADATA XPG V1.0 series 8GB @1866
BitFenix Prodigy Midnight Black case (HAF imo)
Open Source Drivers:
14222 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2844.003 FPS
13663 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2732.360 FPS
13595 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2718.943 FPS
13926 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2785.069 FPS
cpu idle 2-5% each core
Amd proprietary:
17067 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3413.225 FPS
18067 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3613.260 FPS
18287 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3657.353 FPS
18357 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3671.361 FPS
18269 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3653.689 FPS
17845 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3568.827 FPS
16235 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3246.916 FPS
4-9% idle each core
AMD 14.1 beta:
17890 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3577.868 FPS
18139 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3627.691 FPS
18100 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3619.966 FPS
16914 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3382.722 FPS
17951 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3590.086 FPS
18201 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3640.178 FPS
18722 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3743.499 FPS
18340 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3667.966 FPS
4-9% idle
NOTE: If installing steam you must have the Open Source drivers (at first) due to steam-installer looking for certain hardware values that only they have. If not they will return null and install will segfualt! After installing can you change your drivers.
PROS:
*Virtualization
*Performance
*Gaming
- was able to play BF3 (campaign) on low settings on Windows 7 at about 28fps.
- gaming performance suffers greatly on linux, could not get Left for Dead 2 at playable frames with 14.1 beta drivers (10-15fps).
*TDP
*Price/Performance
- makes it a great choice for a low budget gamer, or a htpc builder
Cons:
- Not as powerful at gaming as you may of hoped
- Slow Memory will drag this APU down anything under 1866
- I recomend an after market cooler for this, the more heat pipes the better; copper is your friend!
Overall Review:
This APU is a place holder for my Kaveri, its doing an amazing job at processing but lacks in iGPU performance even when pushing the GFX engine. Theres nothing more attractive then zooming out in my shell and seeing 30+ apps open, running vm's of windows 7 with aero and testing the new flavors of ubuntu. Only seeing an average of 80% exec cap, its a beautiful thing honestly.
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- Blake W.
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