The First Integrated Graphics That Didn't Suck (2011 AMD A8 APU)

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Published on October 25, 2024 3:59:00 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMQpxwXDxTE

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Golf It! (2017)

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For over a decade, integrated graphics sucked. It took until 2011 for AMD to change that with their first-gen A8 APUs.

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0:00 Intro
0:38 History of the APU
2:13 Specs and test setup
4:34 Overclocking
6:00 CPU/GPU benchmarks
8:03 Gaming benchmarks
11:05 YouTube playback/H.264 decode tests
11:37 Outro

All music in this video is from the Ancient Aliens OST by Stuart Rynn:    • Ancient Aliens - Doom WAD Soundtrack  
Tracks in order of appearance:
Desk Lamp
Hell Jungle
Toejazz
Featherfall
Gigabridge
Yuletide

Test system:
A8-3820 APU (148x23=3404MHz OC, 1.525V w/ medium LLC)
Asus F1A75-M Pro
2x8GB DDR3-1866 9-9-9-27 1T stock, 1973 9-9-9-24 1T OC
Radeon HD 6550D (148x6=888MHz OC, 1.325V w/ high LLC)
Samsung 870 Evo 4TB SATA SSD
Windows 8 x64

Games tested:
The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim
Max Payne 3
Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon
Call of Juarez Gunslinger
Dota 2
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
Civilization VI + Gathering Storm
Dirt 4
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered
Golf It!

Benchmarks:
7-zip
Cinebench R11.5, R15, R20
Geekbench 3
GPUPI for CPU
HWBOT x265
PCMark (Vantage, 7, 10)
Pifast
SuperPi
wPrime
y-cruncher
3DMark (2001 SE, 03, 05, 06, Vantage, 11, Cloud Gate, Fire Strike, Ice Storm, Sky Diver)
Aquamark
Catzilla
Unigine Heaven + Superposition