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July 2011
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The editors liked
The new AMD A8-3850 desktop chip offers strong budget gaming and multicore performance at a reasonable price
The editors didn't like
AMD's new chip doesn't outperform its Intel equivalent on many standard programs
The Lynx platform is impressive, but what we're seeing is par for the course from AMD. What the part lacks in raw computing power, in makes up for with a (relatively) powerful integrated graphics processor. Will it be enough? If you're on a tight budg...
The A8-3850 APU is an impressive accomplishment, the merging of a proper quad core desktop CPU with a GPU that is very capable and easily the most powerful integrated graphics solution on the market. The central processing cores have K10 architecture,...
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...
The key take away from the launch of the AMD A-series of APUs on the desktop is summed up in my line from the pricing segment: if the price of this processor was based on the GPU rather than the CPU portion of the silicon, it would cost quite a bit more o...
Abstract: Following up the launch of CPUs with an integrated video controller for laptops two weeks ago, codenamed “Llano,” AMD is finally launching their much anticipated CPU series for desktops with an integrated video controller. Let’s check the performance o...
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...
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...
