Performance on AMD APU chips

Sprinx · Post by **Sprinx** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:02 am

Just curious if anyone has tried to run G-Force on the new AMD APU processors (such as the A8-3850). I am considering upgrading my HTPC, which is currently using a dedicated GTX 9800 GTX+ (powerful but hot/noisy). It handles G-Force beautifully, and I don't want to lose too much performance.

Post by **BTT** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:43 am

Hello Sprinx

I believe your best bet would be to contact SoundSpectrum direct.

http://www.soundspectrum.com/support/contact.html

Regards BTT

jerohm · Post by **jerohm** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:10 pm

MY findings (current implementations), G-Force minimally stresses GPU capabilities... it is almost all CPU resources. Multi-core seems to benefit nicely... multithreads are questionably as beneficial.

My laptop has both integrated intel HD3000 and a radeon 6770m. The power saving HD3000 works as good, and I BELIEVE better, than the discrete GPU, as far as GF is concerned.

Sprinx · Post by **Sprinx** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:37 pm

jerohm wrote:MY findings (current implementations), G-Force minimally stresses GPU capabilities... it is almost all CPU resources. Multi-core seems to benefit nicely... multithreads are questionably as beneficial.

My laptop has both integrated intel HD3000 and a radeon 6770m. The power saving HD3000 works as good, and I BELIEVE better, than the discrete GPU, as far as GF is concerned.

If it runs well on the HD3000, then I should not have to worry. All information that I have seen put the AMD Llano processor series above the Intel i3/i5 integrated graphics as far as performance goes. I plan on getting the A8-3870K, which is a quad-core at 3.0 GHz, so there should be no issues with CPU resources either.

Also, I contacted SoundSpectrum support with the question as well, per BTT's recommendation.