New AMD APU's

johnsonx42 · 2011-06-19, 09:14 AM

keep in mind though that the Atom 330 is a hyper-threading dual core, which means windows sees 4 cores. therefore 10% means ~40% of one core. The e-350 is a dual-core without HT, so windows sees 2 cores. therefore 25% means ~50% of one core. At that point we're just down to driver and app differences.

ReggiePerrin · 2011-07-01, 11:10 AM

mvallevand Wrote:The E-350 isn't really the new AMD APU. Yesterday I was reading the announcements for the AMD A8-3500M APU (llano) and its sounds impressive. On this linux review http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=ar...inux&num=1 the E-350 and Atom 330 are pretty much on par and I find my Atom really just average as a computer.

Martin

I was researching a new 24x7 NPVR-Win7 server to replace the NPVR-WHS setup I have at the moment and was looking at what is now the 'old' AMD APU.

This new AMD APU A8 looks like the perfect'ish CPU; quad core, 15w power consumption while idle and a big jump in graphics performance over the first gen APU.

I wonder how long before a mATX board is released and at what price? Smile

Link to another review of the new AMD APU

cheers

mvallevand · 2011-07-01, 01:36 PM

Engadget linked to a few other reviews yesterday, http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/30/amd-l...d-graphic/

Martin

ReggiePerrin · 2011-07-01, 04:04 PM

The comments at the bottom of the last review you posted Martin make for interesting reading, it appears some people have very strong feelings about intel/amd CPUs... weird :-)

mvallevand · 2011-07-08, 12:44 AM

The A8-3850's have shown up in town today, just the bare CPU and motherboard are about $250, a little bit higher than I expected, I wonder what they will settle down at?

Martin