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This is awesome,

"... based on 28nm architecture with new ?Steamroller? CPU core, Graphics Core Next (GCN) GPU architecture ? which supports DirectX 11.2 and OpenGL 4.3 and Mantle API - and will be first APUs to support AMD?s Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) enhancements and TrueAudio DSP."

GPU has HD 7750 PCIe card power, has 856 GFlops, played BF4 in a test on Full HD with 28 - 40 fps!!!


This could mean it would get double the amount on DirectX 9 game PR, compared to DirectX 11 BF4, right?

So this APU alone would be a decent PR setup already...




Source:

AMD’s A10-7850K Kaveri FM2+ APUs Due January 14th | Republic of Gamers

The relatively high fps-rate in BF4 could be because of the Mantle API..

BF4 is being optimized for Mantle.

It could be that PR would run 10 fps, just because it can't use this Mantle thingy

But PR is Dx 9, WHICH today produced GPU can't handle that? xD

We're not sure yet what the integrated GPU will bench, it only uses the discrete DDR3 RAM you install.

So while AMD is marketing it as equivalent to a HD 7750, it will probably be closer to a amd radeon hd 7570 1gb ddr3, which can nominally run DX9 games.

Putting say DDR3 2400 RAM in to speed up the APU graphics is not cost effective, you would do better at that point with a FX CPU and a discrete GPU.

The A10-7850k will be a superb Linux gaming HTPC, Most of the Steambox and settop PCs we'll see in 2014 will be using the new A10-7XXX and A8-7XXX series APUs. Again cost of a Windows OS license is not cost effective.

I've already put together most of a HTPC to use the A10-7850k as a gift for my brother and his lady, so they can play casual games on a TV.