Allen
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AMD Launches 7th Gen Bristol Ridge APUs For AM4 Desktop-OEM PCs – Promontory Chipset Stack Detailed
AMD has officially launched their 7th generation, Bristol Ridge APUs for desktop platforms. The latest APUs will be available for sale through several OEM manufacturers. The new series would utilize the Excavator and GCN core architecture..
..AMD had already launched Bristol Ridge for notebooks but are now bringing it to the masses on desktop platforms...
These are 28nm AMD APUs. I've built a couple computers using the older model APU. Based on my limited experience, SimHQ folks should not be looking to an APU (from AMD or Intel) for an acceptable PC gaming experience. Don't buy an APU intending to match it with a separate GPU. Just get a "stand alone" CPU and "stand alone" GPU.
However, for those on a really tight budget, the new APU should beat Intel for low cost (without a separate GPU) gaming in a low cost PC or laptop -- because they do have excellent AMD GPU circuitry (Intel's in-CPU-chip graphics are improving but still second rate). Based on my experience, you can play all the games with the APU -- but, not to SimHQ standards
These will use the new AM4 motherboard technology. The AM4 motherboards will run ALL of the upcoming AMD CPUs and APUs.
