Prostar Computer :
The A8 is better. In terms of computational power, it's not a big difference, but it is a bit faster and you'll get better performance in graphical applications/games from the A8, as it has a better integrated GPU.
Greetings, Just grabbed an HP Pavilion Desktop from CostCo. The tower is running the AMD Quad Core A8 6410 processor. Other specs are typical of a $400 machine I suppose. Here's the weird thing.
Bought this desktop because wife was growing weary of her 5 yr old HP Laptop. Also, her study is about 90 away from our router and she felt perhaps a newer machine would somehow have better wireless performance and thus not drop the wifi signal so often. WEIRD THING is that this shiny new desktop is only getting .45 mps on the speedtest site whereas the old laptop clocks in at 15.2 ups! A full 30X better than this new HP Pavilion. WTF?
I spoke to an HP agent in India and, after I refused to pay $$ for this customer service issue, she was kind enough to take control of the screen and make a few adjustments she felt were needed. I was right to be leary, cuz the thing still loads websites like a mid 90s dial up! Any idea what's happening here? Should I just return the damn thing or is there something Im missing?