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    4-core CPU (1.2 GHz) for gaming?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by agusman, Apr 12, 2012.

  1. agusman

    agusman when the going gets weird

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    How would this CPU perform for gaming?

    AMD A6-3420M

    1.5 GHz AMD A6-3420M quad-core accelerated processor (2.4 GHz with AMD Turbo Core Technology; 4 MB cache)

    Low clock, buy 4-cores... not sure if its good or not.
    I would pair it up with an AMD Radeon HD 6520G (DX11)


    Thanks.
     
    agusman, Apr 12, 2012
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  2. Chazy90

    Chazy90 Notebook Evangelist

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    The CPU can be overclocked over 2ghz without problems so it can reach i3-i5 performances.
    Btw the 6520g is a igpu. For a igpu it's very good. Only the 6620g found in an A8-CPU is better. But still it's just a igpu. :)
     
    Chazy90, Apr 12, 2012
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    hero_of_lgnd Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have an a8 overclocked from 1.5ghz to 2.4ghz paired with a 6750m dgpu and it is sufficient for gaming at high settings for most games. The a8 contains an igpu that is a bit better than the a6 and when I have used it performance in games seems to drop by about half. This series is quite good at overclocking and I would recommend doing so if you want to get the most out of it. However the gpu you mentioned is not dedicated and will run new games at low/med settings. I would not buy it for gaming unless you can get a dedicated gpu along with it.
     
    hero_of_lgnd, Apr 12, 2012
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  4. HTWingNut

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    R3d Notebook Virtuoso

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    It's probably going to be more than a 10% difference. The 6520g has 20% less shaders and is clocked 10% lower. I'd guess around a 25% performance hit.
     
    R3d, Apr 12, 2012
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    Hmm, I did verify against some benchmarks and it was about 10%-15%. Let me find them. It wasn't as significant as I thought it would be. 25% would mean running 22fps vs 30fps, and that's not the case that I recall. But I could be mistaken.
     
    HTWingNut, Apr 13, 2012
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  7. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    But then he would not be able to play games. ;(
    Its either AMD Llano or Intel + AMD / Nvidia.

    Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
     
    DEagleson, Apr 13, 2012
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  8. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Why?

    Passmark CPU Benchmark:

    3420M: 2284(and easily overclockable)
    2310M: 2618

    The 3420M includes a much better GPU.
     
    Nick, Apr 13, 2012
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  9. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    The intel chip (2310m) is dramatically better as a CPU than the AMD chip (3420m), and you would want to pair it with a reasonably powerful dedicated GPU if you went with that option.
     
    masterchef341, Apr 13, 2012
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  10. baii

    baii Sone

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    But they don't put "a reasonably powerful dedicated GPU" with a i3, best you find would be a 6470m or 520m, which is marginally better than the a6 iGPU and worse than a a8 iGPU according to notebookcheck.
     
    baii, Apr 13, 2012
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    Captain Razer Notebook Evangelist

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    I locked my core i7 to that frequency! I faced a serious bottlenecks with my SSD! don't know about GPU though..
     
    Captain Razer, Apr 13, 2012
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