AMD A10-5800K & A8-5600K Review: Trinity on the Desktop, Part 2
by Anand Lal Shimpi on October 2, 2012 1:45 AM ESTDiscrete GPU Gaming Performance
Although likely not the target market for someone buying a Trinity APU, we looked at performance of AMD's latest APU when paired with a high-end discrete GPU. The end result is a total loss for Trinity. If you're going to use processor graphics Trinity is a clear winner, but if you plan on pairing the APU with a high end discrete GPU you're much better off with the Core i3 3220.
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silverblue - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - link
They are going to.http://www.anandtech.com/show/6201/amd-details-its...
Origin64 - Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - link
That's what they said about Trinity last year. I'm not buying it, not since Bulldozer.CeriseCogburn - Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - link
Yep, it's always the future, the next one, for the amd fanboysean.crees - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - link
I agree, the best case scenario for AMD is the A10-5700 with 65 watt TDP in a SFF ITX enclosure utilizing the integrated GPU.ac2 - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - link
Oops that last line should read "That puts a $50 saving towards..." not $70So:
- Pentium G850: $70 (HD2000 less Quicksync)
- Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3V: $70 (with PCIe 3.0 and USB 3.0 onboard)
Can easily upgrade to a more powerful GPU/ CPU down the line..
cyrusfox - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - link
Correction to your commentThe G850 will only support PCIe 2.0, you would need to wait for Ivy refresh of celeron/pentium.
If it was me and I was going cheap/Intel, I would just buy a Celeron G530 for $40, why bother with the G850, its just as handicapped with a little more CPU freq.
But trinity would be a whole lot more fun to play with then those chips even though it may be slower doing a lot of the same task. Some of us just enjoy overclocking while undervolting while rooting for the perpetual underdog.
CaptainDoug - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - link
The G850 has Intel HD 2000 graphics. Big step up. Also as far as motherboard compatibility, if you go with a celeron, your choices for boards that are also compatible with i3, i5, i7 boards is slim pickin's. Going with a pentium gives you more advanced motherboard options. I agree that the G530 is a great CPU for cheap but it's just a little harder to upgrade to anything amazing. Trinity is quite interesting though. Would be great in a small desktop for the wife.wwwcd - Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - link
HD 2000 is a scrap ;)rarson - Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - link
Having Intel graphics is not, in any way, a plus. Especially a turd like HD2000.delirious7 - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - link
how is the ivy bridge pentiums or celerons going to have pci express 3.0 when even the core i-3 processors don't? intel decided to omit pci express 3.0 from everything under an core i5.the only thing besides a slightly better clock for clock that ivy gives you with the ivy bridge pentiums is memory support up to speeds of 1600 instead of 1333 like sandy bridge.