Joe C
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Obviously you did not read my link....
The Intel graphics suck...period so plan on spending extra for a discrete GPU, which you'll need to add to the total price of the OP's build cost
There's more to this story but I think you get the idea
and the FM line of AMD's cpu's are backwards compatible too
I do admit that Intel cpu's have better compute power and when I upgrade I'm probably going to continue using the Intel cpu's too. But dollar for dollar against the AMD vs Intel for on board craphics, the AMD's are a much better value for a gaming pc. For a budget build, AMD's are still a very good
The Intel graphics suck...period so plan on spending extra for a discrete GPU, which you'll need to add to the total price of the OP's build cost
Haswell Integrated Graphics Benchmarks
AMD fans may be ready to declare non-victory and go home, but let's now look at where the A10-6800K is made to really live: in integrated graphics.
For that test, we ripped the GeForce GTX 580 card from the systems and compared the respective CPUs on their graphics prowess. The Core i3-3220 represented HD2500, the Core i7-3770 flew the flag for HD4000, and the new Haswell Core i7-4770K shows up with HD4600. AMD's A10-6800K features Radeon HD 8670D graphics. All three were running dual-channel DDR3/1600 RAM. For those who don't know, if you intend to run integrated graphics only and want the best gaming performance, pay for the fastest RAM you can afford, as DDR3/1866 or DDR3/2133 will give you nice benefits.
3DMark Performance Overall
The A10 doesn't disappoint. It simply destroys the HD2500 and HD4000 graphics. Intel's new HD4600 gets closer, but there's no cigar. Maybe HD Graphics 5200 aka Iris Pro will beat it, but we didn't have it to test. These are overall scores, and higher is better.
This test isolates the graphics, and we again see the A10 make a monkey out of all of the Intel parts. Don't expect this to change much, either. These are overall scores, and higher is better.
There's more to this story but I think you get the idea
and the FM line of AMD's cpu's are backwards compatible too
I do admit that Intel cpu's have better compute power and when I upgrade I'm probably going to continue using the Intel cpu's too. But dollar for dollar against the AMD vs Intel for on board craphics, the AMD's are a much better value for a gaming pc. For a budget build, AMD's are still a very good
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