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AMD A8 Disappointment?

yeah, i see this as the pipecleaner for the apu's. trinity should be out next year and from the looks of it, it does the job much better with massively lower power draw. they are not made to be a gaming processor really yet, more of a great laptop chip from the look of it.
 
Not really a disappointment tbh. CPU preformance was what most expected, power consumption is really good (almost matching intels in cpu tasks, beating intel in gpu tasks) and the GPU performace is epic. Price is a tad high but that'll come down with time.
 
Why is the price high?

Your getting a GPU worth about £50 in today's money (GT 430) and a low power 32nm quad for the rest, not bad right? (add £5 for the GPUs memory :p)
 
I was a bit skeptical, but went ahead and built my first htpc using the A8; Its ideal for my needs and is really fast. coupled with the crucial M4 128GB SSD and its a lot more nippier than my sig spec.
 
Nice low power envelope, decent compute power, decent video capabilities, one cooler... what's not to like? If you were expecting to max out Crysis then you have the wrong hobby
 
Would be nice

It will be interesting to see what other CPU's AMD make to fit this socket - I would like to see a really fast duel core version (Black Edition) eg 4ghz

Or will a hexcore a8 be possible.
 
Llano is nowhere near a disappointment. It's the first CPU with on-chip graphics that are actually useable for most!!
 
Nope, its not disappointing. Has good GPU performance for an integrated solution.
 
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its not by any means a dissapointment, the IGP its easily one of the best... and no, its not for gaming.

but imo, this IS the future, AMD is in the right track if they give APUs a real chance (wich seems to be with the new piledrivers FM2 coming 2013)
 
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