Test: AMD APUer

Konklusion

Innovation/Teknologi - 5
Her må det helt klart blive til et suverænt 5tal, for AMD er pt. de eneste der formår at lave disse APUer med så høj ydelse. At man på A8 3870K så også kan overclocke både CPU og GPU er jo så bare en fjer mere i hatten for AMD.  

Bundle/Tilbehør - 3
Ja hvad kan man egentlig forvente når man køber en box udgave af en APU?, udover selvfølgelig en køler og en ganske udførlig manual, der indgående forklarer i tekst og billeder hvordan man installerer APUen.

Ydelse - 5
Her synes jeg bestemt APUerne gør sig fortjent til et rent 5tal. Igen er jeg imponeret over hvad man kan få stoppet ned i processoren af kræfter som bestemt yder suverænt, især med tanke på htpc.

Pris - 5
Når man ser på hvad man rent faktisk får af ydelse på disse APUer, så er det bestemt til en særdeles fornuftig pris. Hvis vi fokuserer på A8 3870K igen så er det jo ikke den vilde pris for en APU hvor man kan lege med overclockning af GPU og CPU for under 700 Kr. I den anden ende af udvalget kan man gå lidt på kompromis med ydelse, hastighed og komme ned under 400 Kr. for en 2 kernet APU som A4 3400.

UK summary

In this article the focus has been on how AMD´s APU´s would perform in a htpc solution all the way, and for that purpose I can give my approval without discussion. 

As it shows on the graphs on earlier pages, it dosen´t have to cost a fortune to assembly the parts for one of these. And if you occasionally would like to try to play a couple of the recent games, that´s also possible with these units.  If your are building with games in mind, I would clearly reccommend the A6 and the A8, as they coem with 4 cores. You can definately do it with less, if you buy a compatible GPU, as you in fact achieves dual GPU´s, and that can definately run much more heavier games. My conclusion is based upon how the APU´s did the job as htpc overall, and for that I can only say: "bravo AMD" after this comparisation. 

Innovation/Technology - 5
It must be a clearly grade of 5 in this category, because AMD is the only one managing to produce these APU´s with such a performance. The fact that you on a A8 3870K then also can overclock both CPU and GPU is just one more fether in the hat for AMD. 

Bundle/Accessories - 3
Well what can you really expect when you buy a box version of a APU, besides a cooler of course, a very detailed manual which specific explains in both text and pictures how too intstall the APU. 

Performance - 5
In this category I definately find that the APU´s deserves a grade of 5. Again I am impressed by how many horsepowers they have stuffed into this CPU, especially with htpc in mind.  

Price - 5
When you take a look on how much performance you really get from these APU´s, it´s definately a very reasonable price. If we focus on the A8 3870K again, it´s not an unreasonable price for a APU, where you can play with overclocking on both the CPU and the GPU for less than 700DKK. In the other end of the scale, you could make a compromise on the performance and speed, and get below 400DKK for a dual-core APU like the A4-3400. 

Test: AMD APUer

Innovation / Teknologi	5
Bundle - Tilbehør	3
Ydelse	5
Pris	5
Samlet	90%