Samsung trying to acquire AMD?!

[$hadow]

definately not samsung
they probably will shut down the desktop division altogether imho if samsung takes over

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about APU vs FX, maybe they will release a powerful multicore(6 or 8 core) APU
fingers crossed

But these won't be a proper substitute of a stand alone processor.

 

[REDHOTIRON2004]

But these won't be a proper substitute of a stand alone processor.

Stand alone processor are already obsolete. Even intel doesn't produce stand alone processor anymore. Fact is that the Integrated Gpu is needed to improve the performace in a lot other apps that standalone processor cannot do at that speed.

An Amd APU with 8 cores is going to be awesome and much better than any fx 8 core processor.

 

[$hadow]

Stand alone processor are already obsolete. Even intel doesn't produce stand alone processor anymore. Fact is that the Integrated Gpu is needed to improve the performace in a lot other apps that standalone processor cannot do at that speed.

An Amd APU with 8 cores is going to be awesome and much better than any fx 8 core processor.

And we are back from where we started.

 

[REDHOTIRON2004]

And we are back from where we started.

Deja vu!

 

[kkn13]

But these won't be a proper substitute of a stand alone processor.

actually no one creates standalone proccys anymore,everyone makes SOCs now
I think its better that way,atleast you have some graphic power for low/med settings in most games without a gpu(if dgpu is dead or yet to purchase one)

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An Amd APU with 8 cores is going to be awesome and much better than any fx 8 core processor.

quite agree!! provided they dont reduce power of APUs in comparison to their FX series
like right now,when for the same price- A10 and FX but FX is miles ahead in raw power

 

[sling-shot]

GPU has become the norm for modern OS to display even the GUI. Eg. Windows n Aero, KDE n Plasma 5.0.