Would this be a good idea?

Lemonade1947 · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:04

I am currently in the process of building my first ever rig!

It's almost done but im waiting for ram and a PSU which is ariving on monday.

I noticed on the box for my AMD A10 black edition APU that it supports dual graphics with 2 different graphics cards (my mobo also supports this) both of which are below

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus HD 6670 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £71.99
1 x HIS HD 6570 IceQ 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £41.99

with my birthday on Monday and the possibility i could afford it, would this be a good thing to do? taking into consideration that even though it is a cheap graphics card, I would be able to take advantage of the integrated APU graphics as well.

(this is my mobo)
(This is my PSU (when it arrives on monday))

thanks!

233 · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:13

personally id be looking for a second hand 6970 which you should be able to pick up for £70

Lemonade1947 · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:17

I was going on what was written on the box. is there a list of cards that will be compatible.

andy_mk3 · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:17

Worth a read: http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/cpu/46157-amd-a10-5800k-dual-graphics-evaluation/

Lemonade1947 · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:20

I dont really know what I'm looking at :S

Lemonade1947 · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:21

Would the 6670 be a good choice? because there are some on a popular internet auction site for a price I could actually afford.

Doomedspeed · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:43

Lemonade1947 said:
I dont really know what I'm looking at :S

I think their summary sum's it up pretty well:

Readers who consider themselves proper gamers would still be best-advised at spending at least an APU-matching £100 on a mid-range graphics card, because a Radeon HD 7850 or GeForce GTX 660 assuredly knock the spots off anything a well-matched Dual Graphics configuration can offer.

They tried 2 games and in one game the daul graphics was useless in the other it boosted the performance by 40%.

Personally i'd spend £60 on a S/H 7850.

Lemonade1947 · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:46

does the 7850 crosfire with the apu? seems silly buying somthing that wont. but what do i know?

Lemonade1947 · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:48

Doomedspeed said:
Personally i'd spend £60 on a S/H 7850.

I have no idea where u found them so cheap?

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I think a mod should rename this: "what costs £60 and will crossfire well with an a10 6800k"

Lemonade1947 · 28 Dec 2013 at 17:33

This article makes it seem like a good idea

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/dual-graphics-crossfire-benchmark,3583.html

Sandycheeks · 29 Dec 2013 at 15:42

I have just done this A10 6800K and ASUS HD 6670 1GB DDR3.
I got the card from the xmas sale here for 20 notes with a couple of free games thrown in so it was well worth it.
There is a slight improvement but not a lot.
I recommend getting a better card unless you can get one for £20 with free games.
I am holding off getting a better card for now as I want to see what the new kaveri cpus can manage with mantle as that may be a better and cheaper option.