Trinity with discrete GPU

Gav_881 · 2 Oct 2012 at 19:18

Using lucid logic you can boost your GPU slightly by using the intel graphics(about 10% in Haven for me), is this also true of the AMD trinity chips and if so how do they compare say set up against an intel i3/i5 rig?

Purely gaming performance, lets face it most people just want eye bleadingly good graphics and those who intend to do work will have the money to go intel all the way.

Ie. I5 + 670 Vs Trinity + 670

Not planning to swap just got me thinking they may be missing a trick.

tamzzy · 2 Oct 2012 at 19:46

"The big exception to all of this is high-end gaming performance. If you're planning on pairing a beefy GPU with a cheap CPU, you're much better off going with Intel than AMD at this point. Single threaded performance is still far too important to most gaming workloads for the recommendation to be anything different."

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6347/amd-a10-5800k-a8-5600k-review-trinity-on-the-desktop-part-2/9

anand nailed it in one

Septym · 2 Oct 2012 at 19:47

You can't run trinity alongside a 670 I don't think. It's not like LUCID.

Gav_881 · 2 Oct 2012 at 20:43

Septym said:
You can't run trinity alongside a 670 I don't think. It's not like LUCID.

Think they missed a trick there then.

I do wish AMD would get there act together and start pushing Intel again, i've always had that anti intel feeling like i have with Apple but you just can't justify an AMD rig at the moment for gaming.

Doomedspeed · 2 Oct 2012 at 21:24

I think trinity does hybrid crossfire. Xfire the CPUs gpu with a discrete and gpu.

Gav_881 · 2 Oct 2012 at 22:24

Like Llano before it, Trinity APUs support what AMD calls Hybrid Crossfire, which uses the onboard 7-series D graphics alongside a dedicated GPU (possibilities include the Radeon HD 6670 and below) to boost performance. We’ve seen last-gen Llano Hybrid Crossfire systems (A8+6670) push framerates comparable to midrange enthusiast video cards, so Trinity’s improved GPU performance promises even better hybrid results. The usual multi-GPU problems, however, still come up: unsupported games, driver issues, and microstuttering, so a Hybrid Crossfire solution may to some people be more trouble than it’s worth.

Booo

humbug · 4 Oct 2012 at 12:23

AMD Trinity A10-5800K vs Intel Ivy Bridge i5-3470 - Discrete GPU Gaming Performance

^^^^^ a bit unfair to the A10 as that's a more expensive chip, but there it is

As has been posted, This is some way fair

Trinity is not the CPU for discrete GPU gaming, it's not intended for that.

The FX-43## is what will compete with the i3, and the FX-63## / FX-83## Piledriver chips with the higher end chips.

I would think the FX-43## will stand up to the i3 better as it should be higher clocked and have L3 cache plus possibly some other tweaks, as it is i think i'm right in saying it still does better than the FX-4100 Bulldozer...

I might look into that.