a8 or a10?

[mrloki]

probably a silly question but is the graphical and performance boost from the a10-5800k worth it over the a8-5600k? I wont be gaming above 720p resolution (unless I can work out how to make my telly get the same resolution from my pc as it did from my now defunct xbox), so not sure if the small jump in power makes any difference really.

Its all because I have enough to buy the a8 today, or I could wait till tuesay and buy the a10.

Any help appreciated, sorry if I should have searched more before but couldn't see a thread that fitted.

 

[RJC]

Link below showa the performance between the 2 cpu's.

But for the extra £15 I would go with the A10.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/FM2_APU_Review/7.html

 

[mrloki]

Thanks for the link, bit annoying it doesn't show the a8 5600k's performance in f1, I reckon it must be worth the extra 15 too, but have to admit to being far too impatient at times....

 

[Bromhead]

Definitely A10, you'll see an improvement and worthwhile for 15 quid

 

[badcompany]

just wait its not long is it?

 

[malachi]

See my post further down in here http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18478491

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

probably a silly question but is the graphical and performance boost from the a10-5800k worth it over the a8-5600k? I wont be gaming above 720p resolution (unless I can work out how to make my telly get the same resolution from my pc as it did from my now defunct xbox), so not sure if the small jump in power makes any difference really.

Its all because I have enough to buy the a8 today, or I could wait till tuesay and buy the a10.

Any help appreciated, sorry if I should have searched more before but couldn't see a thread that fitted.

Here are some game benchmarks with an A10-5800K at 720P:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=34480947&postcount=1

Here are my benchmarks at 1440X900 using an older A6-3670K:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=22602051&postcount=2

With 1600MHZ DDR3 RAM the A10-5800K is around 40% to 50% faster and the A10-5800K has much better performance with higher speed RAM.