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July 2011
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The editors liked
Inexpensive Desktop Solution
Better Graphics Performance than Expected
100w TDP including Graphics
DirectX 11 GPU
Native USB 3.0
Price/Performance
Stability
Low cost of the platform
Connectivity (graphics
USB3
SATA3)
Reasonable power consumption
GPUperformance
Good overall price/performance profile. Supports DirectX 11.
The new AMD A8-3850 desktop chip offers strong budget gaming and multicore performance at a reasonable price
Many modern games playable with on-chip graphics at low settings
CPU speed comparable to similarly priced Intel Core i3
Integrated Fusion graphics
Low power consumption
DDR3-1866 memory support
IGP supports dual-link DVI for 2560x1600 desktop resolution
Good overclocking potential
Support for DirectX 11
True QuadCore CPU/GPU Combo for $135
UVD3 Support
Virtualization Support
DirectX 11 Capable
Discrete Level Graphics
Ability to Pair with another Discrete Graphics Card
Good Overclocking Headroom
Good CPU performance
Great GPU performance for integrated graphics
SATA III and USB 3.0 natively supported
Quad-cores
Price efficiency
The editors didn't like
Expected somewhat better Stasticial Performance
Lacks and L3 Cache
HiTech Legion Gold Award
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Overclocking
Integrated video still not a replacement for discrete cards. Requires new motherboard to take advantage of all features.
AMD's new chip doesn't outperform its Intel equivalent on many standard programs
Premium RAM required for best graphics performance
Lacks Turbo Core tech
High price
Dissapointing performance gains from mixed CrossFire
3D performance could be better
Like all integrated graphics
System RAM is reduced by the amount the IGP needs
No support for CUDA / PhysX
Difficult to Overclock
Limited Ability
Performance lags behind the Intel Core i3 in light threaded tasks
Good overall price/performance profile. Supports DirectX 11.
Integrated video still not a replacement for discrete cards. Requires new motherboard to take advantage of all features.
With its first mainstream desktop APU, the A8-3850, AMD makes a compelling case for its method of fusing processor and graphics functionality. But don't dump your video card yet. ...
I’ve had Llano in the lab for nearly two months in various stages of readiness. More than anything, in that time, motherboard BIOSes have evolved to the point where they’re production-ready, stable, and feature-complete. From one update to the next, ov...
The A8-3850 is just what AMD needed before the release of Bulldozer. Zacate, Llano and soon to appear Bulldozer looks to give AMD a powerful 1-2-3 punch in the marketplace. The A8-3850 is just what AMD needs in the mainstream desktop sector and OEM man...
If you're building an entry level gaming PC and have to rely solely on integrated graphics, it's clear that Llano is the only solution on the market today. You easily get 2x the frame rates of Intel's Core i3-2105 and can use that extra headroom to increa...
Abstract: Present day consumers use their PCs for multimedia intensive tasks such as HD video playback. These HTPC tasks are not very power efficient when done using the x86 processor alone. Gamers have remained the main focus of the GPU developers. However, t...
The AMD A-Series 'Llano' APUs have been released for the desktop 'Lynx' platform and the performance is enough for AMD to catch up to Intel on similarly priced platforms. We'd call AMD having a competitive platform a success for both AMD and consumer...
With Llano Lynx, or the AMD A8 series APUs, AMD places an attention-grabbing product onto the market for those that like to build a decent Net-PC, an entry level PC, a simple desktop PC or an HTPC.For the desktop PC platform the Lynx series A8 APU we test...
Inexpensive Desktop Solution, Better Graphics Performance than Expected, 100w TDP including Graphics, DirectX 11 GPU, Native USB 3.0,
Expected somewhat better Stasticial Performance, Lacks and L3 Cache, HiTech Legion Gold Award, Discuss this review in our forums
APU is not an abbreviation for Apples, Pears and Unitards it is the new abbreviation for Accelerated Processing Unit. APU’s containing both a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) all on the same die which fits into a sing...
We can’t help but be positive about the AMD A8-3850, as it finally delivers on the promise of integrated graphics that offer a reasonable degree of performance. The APU proved to be capable of playing our test games smoothly at low and medium resolutio...
AMD Llano was impressive, performance wise. Its x86 cores based on the K12 architecture are definitely superior to the previous Athlon II series. In games and some other benchmarks, without any doubt the larger L2 cache proved greatly beneficial. Howev...
