Incredible Performance from On Board APU.

rjk · 28 Sep 2012 at 15:08

Hi Guys

We have a very cool upcoming platform from AMD in the office that Gibbo has been testing today, it overclocks like a demon and best of all, plays the latest games at decent resolutions from its onboard graphics!!!

We cant disclose too much info about it at the moment but im sure the majority of you will be able to use your Google-Fu to work out what it is

This is running a 1680x1050 resolution on Borderlands 2 at max settings.

Ace Modder · 28 Sep 2012 at 15:09

My L33T gaming skills during work time is amazing.

I have such a crap job, I get to play games at work......

Gibbo · 28 Sep 2012 at 15:20

HI there

This was at stock speeds too, no overclocking!

The new APU's from AMD are extremely impressive and certainly bring fully capable gaming machines a possibility from a very low price point. Even more so these will be a huge success in upcoming laptops.

macca672 · 28 Sep 2012 at 15:24

sounds ideal for an m-itx/htpc, an occasional gaming session from the sofa, couple it with steams big picture and a wireless xbox pad = perfect

R.C.Anderson · 28 Sep 2012 at 15:29

Loving the background music

I assume this is Trinity then? When can we have more information?

Ace Modder · 28 Sep 2012 at 15:31

If we told you, we would have to kill you!

kmax86 · 28 Sep 2012 at 15:41

did i just saw a flying burger?
this will be good for a budget gaming pc

Clairvoyant · 28 Sep 2012 at 15:48

Yes it is Trinity, and a new motherboard socket for it aswell. FM2 I think I heard, meant to be i5 performance at i3 price tag.

NathWraith · 28 Sep 2012 at 15:57

kmax86 said:
did i just saw a flying burger?
this will be good for a budget gaming pc

Awesome performance though, wait till you see the full systems!

psychas · 28 Sep 2012 at 16:00

lol at gangnam style , what frames was it actually running ?

Ace Modder · 28 Sep 2012 at 16:07

Didnt have an FPS counter running, but it felt above 30FPS. Drop the settings a little and you have a solid setup for gaming

Maybe Cry Engine 3 will strugle though.

stulid · 28 Sep 2012 at 16:28

Ace Modder said:
Didnt have an FPS counter running, but it felt above 30FPS. Drop the settings a little and you have a solid setup for gaming

Maybe Cry Engine 3 will strugle though.

Just "dual" it up with a 6670.

Gibbo · 28 Sep 2012 at 16:28

Hi there

Well in Quake 3 Timedemo benchmark:-

1280x1024, everything maxed in game, yes its an old game!

It got 530fps!! :eek:

However I've just tweaked the memory too 2400MHz!

The result, Quake 3 upto 650fps!

We when Borderlands 2 with the memory at 1600MHz in the above video. Just played Borderlands 2 again and it is noticable smoother with the memory at 2400MHz.

Extremely impressed with this new kit from AMD, they have finally released onboard VGA that can play the latest games. TOP WORK AMD!

NathWraith · 28 Sep 2012 at 16:41

stulid said:
Just "dual" it up with a 6670.

Roverno · 28 Sep 2012 at 16:54

Cant wait! I think congratulations may finally be in order for the boys (and girls) in the red camp.

gary996 · 28 Sep 2012 at 17:02

Its looking very good. The graphics were spot on

Gibbo · 28 Sep 2012 at 17:22

gary996 said:
Its looking very good. The graphics were spot on

Yep this puts AMD well ahead of Intel in my oppinion for onboard graphics ability. They bring this to laptops and they will kick ass.

Martini1991 · 28 Sep 2012 at 17:26

Funnily enough, there's already A10 laptops in the wild and have been for at least a month.
IGP department AMD have had the lead and maintained it for quite some time as well.

stulid · 28 Sep 2012 at 17:31

I still thought Llano was better than HD4000 found in the IB chips.

It certainly made HD2000 found in the 2500K look like a spectrum.

Martini1991 · 28 Sep 2012 at 17:33

Llano is better than the HD4000.