The Desktop Kabini Review Part 1: AMD Athlon 5350 (AM1) Tested
by Ian Cutress on April 9, 2014 8:00 AM ESTIGP Gaming
Bioshock Infinite
Bioshock Infinite was Zero Punctuation’s Game of the Year for 2013, uses the Unreal Engine 3, and is designed to scale with both cores and graphical prowess. We test the benchmark using the Adrenaline benchmark tool and the Xtreme (1920x1080, Maximum) performance setting, noting down the average frame rates and the minimum frame rates.
Tomb Raider
The next benchmark in our test is Tomb Raider. Tomb Raider is an AMD optimized game, lauded for its use of TressFX creating dynamic hair to increase the immersion in game. Tomb Raider uses a modified version of the Crystal Engine, and enjoys raw horsepower. We test the benchmark using the Adrenaline benchmark tool and the Perfomance, Quality and Xtreme performance settings, noting down the average frame rates and the minimum frame rates.
Sleeping Dogs
Sleeping Dogs has a highly complex benchmark that can bring the toughest setup and high resolutions down into single figures. Having an extreme SSAO setting can do that, but at the right settings Sleeping Dogs is highly playable and enjoyable. We run the basic benchmark program laid out in the Adrenaline benchmark tool, and the Xtreme (1920x1080, Maximum) performance setting, noting down the average frame rates and the minimum frame rates.
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TheinsanegamerN - Monday, April 14, 2014 - link
Why doesnt anyone make a mini itx boardthat uses the laptop fusion APUs, like the a10-5750m? those only draw 10-15w more power, but have dual channel memory controllers, are much more powerful overall, and are still pretty cheap,. the kabinis are just to slow, but the high end fusions are too expensive now.tyaty1 - Thursday, May 1, 2014 - link
You can unervolt/undecvock a 6600k just as well.
sheh - Friday, April 18, 2014 - link
No noise, power, temperature figures?unseen1980 - Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - link
My overclocked 5350 is not performing that bad http://devacron.com/supercharged-amd-athlon-5350/TheFriz - Monday, October 19, 2015 - link
I had an E-machine whose MB died. At first I was going to install an older P4 single core MB/CPU, but the performance just wasn't enough for the online game my cust. just had to play. Fry's had a MSI AM1I MB on closeout, and a AMD 5350 on special. So for under $40 had a replacement for the E-machine. Win 7 worked noticeably better, and the video was plenty fast. Plenty of USB ports for the printer & scanner. MB had PS-2 ports, so didn't have to throw away the KB & mouse. MB didn't have any PCI slots, just a PCI-Express slot for video card, which I tried, but the on board video was just as good as the 256 meg card I had. MB dropped in without a hitch.Only 2 SATA ports, this made cloning the hard drive a nuisance. Thanks for USB DVD-RW's.
Just for grins, tried Mint and Puppy Linux. Was really snappy, and the online game played on Mint. Win. 10 probably would have worked, but I quit while I was ahead.
LikeClockwork64 - Monday, June 5, 2017 - link
The problem with this review is the modern content you are trying to run. This processor can wreck old school content. A little $150 PC with this processor could do things that a $1000 from the mid 2000s would struggle with.