APU

Forum discussion tagged with APU.
  1. DJ77

    Solved! A10-9600P Replacement

    I was wondering if I could replace my AMD A10-9600P with another chip. It's for light gaming and a performance boost. I've seen youtube videos on people replacing their AMD chips for another one. But sadly, the videos featured either an older laptop and/or a different socket, etc. I was also...
  2. S

    AMD APU + Dedicated GPU; Dedicated GPU not used.

    Hi everyone! I've just made an account just so I could post here because I'm at a complete loss. I recently purchased a laptop in March which has an APU + Dedicated GPU (AMD A8-6410 + R5 M230). My problem is that the only time the dedicated GPU is used is when I play Minecraft and that's it...
  3. S

    Samsung NP305E5A APU replacement

    Before i start i know this is a FAQ, and i know my limits.So: I want to replace my A6-3420m that has an AMD Radeon HD 6520G, the laptop also has a dedicated GPU a "7400M" (which is not it's original name, it got renamed over time, I think it's a 6420m or something like that). AMD cut support...
  4. A

    Solved! Where to download the AMD Radeon R5 Beema graphics cards driver??

    Hi everyone, I just uninstalled my AMD Radeon R5 Beema graphics card driver to install the new AMD Radeon crimson relive driver. But now I can't find any driver for my graphics card. Everything I can find are drivers for Graphics cards like Radeon R5 M230 etc. I just want either my old driver...
  5. Z

    Laptop gaming: i7-6700HQ + GTX 1070 OR wait for AMD releases?

    Hey guys! I'm looking into buying a gaming laptop (don't dare scolding me for it, mobility is really important for me, as I travel a lot) and targeted the ASUS ROG STRIX GL502VS (Intel i7-6700HQ + GTX 1070 8GB, 16GB DDR4, $1900 (Hu-EU) ). I'm looking forward to buy it in March, yet I'd first...
  6. M

    Dedicated GPU not showing up in new Dell laptop, help please

    So I purchased Dell Inspiron 15 3541 laptop (AMD A6 6310 with R4 graphics, 500 GB HDD, 4GB RAM, 2GB R5 M230, Ubuntu) All else is working but AMD R5 M230 Graphics card is not being shown anywhere. I installed Windows, installed drivers, checked device manager, BIOS, dxdiag, GPU-Z etc, But there...
  7. Ryan_81

    Not being able to Dedicate VRAM

    Hello everybody, Before I say anything else let me state something (Integrated graphics use RAM as VRAM) With that being said depending on your Integrated Graphics you can dedicate X amount of physical memory to VRAM. In my case I can dedicate 1760 mbs. I only have 128mbs dedicated. No matter...
  8. booze2go

    ASUS X550DP APU/CPU Upgrade

    Hi Guys, I'm planning on upgrading my ASUS X550DP . So far I have already upgraded it with a nice SSD and 16GB of ram. The next thing I want to do is get the best possible APU / CPU for this laptop? Would anyone of you know what would be the fastest processor I could get that works with the...
  9. A

    How to fix AMD Laptop APU throttling when gaming

    READ THIS IF YOU WANT THAT FPS BOOST (HP Pavilion G7-2251dx and probably many other AMD laps based on A-x apu's) *This is for the A8-4500 apu but may also work for you* (depending on you laptop you may need to download AMD´s Overdrive in my case CCC wont allow me to tweak those options) Hey I...
  10. R

    No drivers for AMD a8 4500m (dropped support?)

    So, I currently have a linux 64 bit computer, and am looking for the amd latest drivers. However, when I go to the AMD drivers download section, and try manual configuration, I start like so: APU (Accelerated Processors) >> Mobile APU (Accelerated Processors) >> ??? There is...
  11. Aivaras Baltuskonis

    HP 455 Quad Core Laptop Gaming?

    Hello Toms, I am looking to get HP 455 Quad Core Laptop and I was wondering how does it cope with gaming on low, med settings? Specs: Processor: AMD A10-7300 APU 1.9GHz with Radeon R6 Graphics featuring 10 Compute Cores (4 CPU + 6 GPU) Quad Core Memory: 8GB 1600MHz DDR3L 1 x SODIMM Resolution...
  12. C

    picking a laptop and gpu question

    I am looking at 3 differnt laptops atm and having a hard time picking between them. Acer E5-551G-T0JN with a A10-7300 and R7-265m.....$589.99 8gb ram win 8.1 Lenovo? Z50 with just the A10-7300 $499.99. 6Gb ram win 8.1 Or HP Probook 450 G1 ,with a i5-4200u and a Hd 8750m ,$599.99 8gm ram win 7...
  13. T

    APUs for gaming and Blu-ray: AMD vs Intel

    In respect to gaming and high definition video (Blu-ray) playback, which APUs (the graphics processor part) currently used in laptop computers are generally better: AMD or Intel, given the CPUs are equivalent? In other words, if I'm choosing between an AMD and Intel APU from the same price...
  14. J

    "Dual Graphics" Driver problem

    I have an Acer Aspire 5560G (A6-3400M, Radeon HD 6720G2 and 8GB's (1333MHz) of ram) and after a couple of repairs it just doesn't seem to work properly, graphically more intensive programs lag (just to give you an example Wolfenstein Enemy Territory runs at an instable 90Fps, before the repairs...
  15. P

    Is my AMD APU A10-4600M is getting too hot ?

    Im using Gateway NV52L with AMD A10-4600M APU with Dual Graphics. I was playing Resident Evil 6 and my laptop shutdown suddenly but when i started it again it booted without any problem. but when i again ran another game dirt 3 and my Laptop set to High Performance but this problem didn't...
  16. ZenShredder

    Hypothetical Laptop APU Upgrade?

    So I was reading elsewhere about ways you can upgrade your laptop since there isn't much to upgrade besides the RAM and drive it currently uses, I came across someone discussing upgrading the CPU of a laptop and that peaked my curiosity. My laptop runs fine for the most part, it shows its lag...
  17. T

    New(ish) PC's Gaming Efficiency Degrading Over Time

    OS: Windows 8 64-bit Model: Toshiba Satellite S55D-A Processor: AMD A-10-5745M APU w/ Radeon HD 8610G (4 CPUs, ~2.1GHz) Memory: 8192MB RAM Page File: 5816 MB Used, 2851 MB Available Okay so first of all I understand that my PC isn't particularly powerful by any standards, which is to be expected...
  18. N

    Could I put an A8-3550MX into an Acer Aspire AS5560-Sb653? (switch 35w cpu with 45w one)

    Basically, I know that this APU is NOT soldered to the motherboard of this laptop (don't post that whole "laptop parts are soldered to the mobo, buy a desktop" BS, I have a custom gaming desktop and I know how to swap out the parts on both desktop and laptops). I would like to upgrade to an A8...
  19. armanition

    AMD Trinity APU Gaming?

    (Hopefully I put this thread in the right category!) I just recently (last Sunday as of the date of this post) purchased an HP Envy m6-1205dx, which includes the AMD A10-4600M APU (and a Radeon HD 7660G GPU). For about the same price, I could've bought the same laptop, but with an Intel CPU in...