The Biostar A10N-8800E Motherboard Review: Carrizo in 2019?!
by Dr. Ian Cutress & Gavin Bonshor on August 14, 2019 8:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
- CPUs
- AMD
- Biostar
- Mini ITX
- HTPC
- Carrizo
- A10N-8800E
- FX-8800P
- Athlon 200GE
CPU Performance, Extended Tests
Because this is our first look at the FX-8800P, we also ran some of our more in-depth benchmarks to get a feel for the CPU. Again, the big comparison point here is the Athlon 200GE. Some of these benchmarks might not be the intended use-case for these CPUs, but this data is provided to give a sense of the performance for various tasks.
In some of these tests, there is up to a 2x performance moving up to the 200GE. Arguably not surprising, given the TDP difference and the architecture difference. It all depends on the end-user scenario whether that actually means much to them. If it's all about lower idle/semi-idle power, then the FX-8800P still wins.
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emn13 - Friday, August 16, 2019 - link
Actually, the name AMD uses for their HW video decoder is UVD, and carrizo is @ v6, and that supports 4k hevc.Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Video_Decode...
blppt - Friday, August 16, 2019 - link
Did not know that. But, it is worth noting that there is no 10 bit nor HDR support in hardware.Better than I thought it was, but still short of what you would want for an HTPC setup.
John_M - Friday, September 13, 2019 - link
According to the article, "the FX-8800P represents a more modest option and has built-in hardware HEVC and H.265 decoding abilities".Irata - Thursday, August 15, 2019 - link
I would have loved to have such a board on the market four years ago when the CPU was released. This would have IMHO been a much nicer alternative to a Jaguar based APU for a SFF system.But now for years later ? While not that terrible, it seems like this was released a few years too late.
Now it may be useful for Kiosk type applications and such but for home use ? Not sure about this.
AlyxSharkBite - Thursday, August 15, 2019 - link
I used this in a build for a friend’s kid they didn’t have much money but kid needed a PC for school work. This run Open Office and education software just fine.artk2219 - Thursday, August 15, 2019 - link
Cheap kids gaming computer with something like a Radeon HD 7950, 7970, R9 280(x), 380(x), RX 550, 560, GTX 770, 960, 1050(ti). Cheap NAS, HTPC, media display computer, senior computer, etc. Granted you could also use older sandy bridge, ivy bridge, or FX builds for the same thing and have them be far more capable, but this gets you new components with somewhat of a warranty. Also, you could move the ram, gpu, ssd, etc to a new build if you ever decide it needs an upgrade.mckirkus - Friday, August 16, 2019 - link
This is for emulator/retro gaming builds most likely.ShieTar - Monday, August 19, 2019 - link
Plays World of Tanks just fine, and I assume that will hold true for about 90% of all games currently played, just not the AAA titles with the latest engines. Probably runs Minecraft and Rocket League etc. just fine as well. The definition of a gaming PC has hugely widened over the last 10 years.equalunique - Thursday, November 14, 2019 - link
I have a ThinkPad sporting one of these APUs. It'll run Half Life 2 & TES Oblivion/Morrowind just fine.yankeeDDL - Wednesday, August 14, 2019 - link
Well ... I have a laptop with the FX-8800P and I am pretty much convinced to move to a 3750H... Thanks.