A10-5800K vs I5-3470 Game Showdown

[Simmonz]

Saw this article and thought I would pass it along.

http://vr-zone.com/articles/amd-tri...0--discrete-gpu-gaming-performance/17272.html

As long as the 5800K is under $200 then it is pretty good value for gaming compared to the I5. It got owned in a few games but held it's own in a few as well.

 

[octoberasian]

http://www.guru3d.com/news_story/amd_trinity_desktop_apus_priced_between_60_and_140.html

According to that, the 5800K will come in at $140 retail, but of course online retailers may mark it up closer to $200 before taxes.

EDIT: Looking at the review, the processor looks very promising against the i5-3470. It doesn't beat it in a lot of games, but still runs the games very well.

 

[luke51087]

Is it just me or does the 5700 look like a great HTPC cpu? at 65 watt

 

[buttons]

Ehhh, im not very excited. What does this chip do that the 3870k cant? the 3870 is $89 last time i checked. If you want more power, then dont waste an extra $60 on the 5800, use it towards a dedicated GPU like a 7850 or a used GTX 470.

edit: i just glanced over the review, i was actually surprised how close it was to the I5 in battlefield 3, i thought that was one of the few games that catered to more cores, since the 5800k is two module / sharing resources i thought it would show a performance hit. Hmmm...

 

[xBanzai89]

Ehhh, im not very excited. What does this chip do that the 3870k cant? the 3870 is $89 last time i checked. If you want more power, then dont waste an extra $60 on the 5800, use it towards a dedicated GPU like a 7850 or a used GTX 470.

edit: i just glanced over the review, i was actually surprised how close it was to the I5 in battlefield 3, i thought that was one of the few games that catered to more cores, since the 5800k is two module / sharing resources i thought it would show a performance hit. Hmmm...

I'm more interested in the better GPU personally. From the previews it seems to be much better so far, not to mention the higher overclock capability on the GPU and CPU. If I do get this it will be my secondary system, really just want to mess around with it as opposed to playing games.

FM1 is dead keep in mind. AMD is going to keep FM2 longer, so you can probably drop in the steam roller APU with the 512 GCN core GPU. That will be a decent boost in performance.

 

[Michaelius]

Let's look at that glorius performance in games:

 

[luke51087]

What dedicated card does half of those use? cause those intel ones are def not running on the shitty hd4000

 

[runs2far]

What dedicated card does half of those use? cause those intel ones are def not running on the shitty hd4000

That's with a Radeon HD 6850.

TB & TC is the build in turbo for the given CPU.

 

[luke51087]

TB & TC is the build in turbo for the given CPU.

I figured that, just seems strange everyone knows the APU strength is the GPU not sure why everyone is hating on the 120 dollar system that is pretty nice.

 

[Michaelius]

Because GPU in APU is pointless once you get $70+ dedicated card

 

[runs2far]

Because GPU in APU is pointless once you get $70+ dedicated card

HD6850 is going for 140$ on newegg right now, but point taken.

The general consensus seems to be that Trinity is the king if you do not plan on using 100$ on a dedicated GPU. If you plan on buying a dedicated GPU you will go with intel, but that adds about 100$ to the budget, and of you are looking at 100$ CPU's odds are you don't have a lot of money to burn on the GPU.

 

[luke51087]

not to mention for most users the APU is strong enough

 

[FearTheCow]

Because GPU in APU is pointless once you get $70+ dedicated card

The whole point of an APU is that it is a CPU/GPU combo, saying that an APU is pointless without a dedicated card is idiotic.