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post #11 of 19
10/2/12 at 6:55am
I'm sorry. I didn't realize the date.
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post #12 of 19
10/4/12 at 7:47am
Thank you for posting this, regardles of the date. Because I just found this forum trying to compare an AMD A8 to an Intel I-series and your review was incredibly helpful. Remember, forum conversations can be find via search engine at any time. Keeping them up to date can be greatly helpful. It was to me! thumb.gif

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post #13 of 19
10/4/12 at 11:33am
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I recommend reading the rules about necroposting before posting. Gravedigging is against the rules. Besides do you know how old this is? The person most likely already bought a laptop by now.

This is hardly a necro post. The thread hasn't been dead for two months and even still, better to post in an old thread than making a new one asking the same question. Gravedigging isn't against the rules if it's a legitimate question about it and based on the same topic. If you're doing it just to troll, you can get in trouble for that.
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post #14 of 19
10/7/12 at 1:07am
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I'm sorry. I didn't realize the date.
It's fine. At least you were trying to use your knowledge to help out a person in need! You were just a month late..

Welcome to the forum. Hope you enjoy your stay here. Sharing your knowledge in computers is very much appreciated especially for newbies!
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This is hardly a necro post. The thread hasn't been dead for two months and even still, better to post in an old thread than making a new one asking the same question. Gravedigging isn't against the rules if it's a legitimate question about it and based on the same topic. If you're doing it just to troll, you can get in trouble for that.
So maybe I don't know the exact age a thread needs to be to necropost.
Guardian wasn't asking a question, but offering help.
And telling someone to read and follow the rules can be considered trolling?
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post #15 of 19
10/20/12 at 9:18am
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Thank you for posting this, regardles of the date. Because I just found this forum trying to compare an AMD A8 to an Intel I-series and your review was incredibly helpful. Remember, forum conversations can be find via search engine at any time. Keeping them up to date can be greatly helpful. It was to me! thumb.gif
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Glad I could help! smile.gif

Heres an update on the performance:

I installed a HP Bios update that allowed the processor to go upto 2.3Ghz at high performance. Couldn't overclock it myself but it automatically goes to 2.3Ghz which is a good enough speed. Also I went to the AMD VISION Engine control center and set the games I play to 'high performance' priority. So now I play Skyrim at ultra graphics, 8 samples of anti-aliasing(max 8) and 8 samples of anistrophic filtering(max 16). The speed is decent enough(more or less above 20 fps so not smooth but not sluggish either). I tried playing with the anti aliasing and anistrophic filtering at 2 samples each and it works perfectly smooth. The laptop was a lot cheaper than some other laptops with the same specs but which had the Intel i5-2450M so I'd say the AMD A8-4500M is a pretty good buy for the performance you get out of it(provided other hardware are good and you have a dedicated GPU).
Edited by Guardian2834 - 10/20/12 at 10:12am
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post #16 of 19
10/20/12 at 3:12pm
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Glad I could help! smile.gif
Heres an update on the performance:
I installed a HP Bios update that allowed the processor to go upto 2.3Ghz at high performance. Couldn't overclock it myself but it automatically goes to 2.3Ghz which is a good enough speed. Also I went to the AMD VISION Engine control center and set the games I play to 'high performance' priority. So now I play Skyrim at ultra graphics, 8 samples of anti-aliasing(max 8) and 8 samples of anistrophic filtering(max 16). The speed is decent enough(more or less above 20 fps so not smooth but not sluggish either). I tried playing with the anti aliasing and anistrophic filtering at 2 samples each and it works perfectly smooth. The laptop was a lot cheaper than some other laptops with the same specs but which had the Intel i5-2450M so I'd say the AMD A8-4500M is a pretty good buy for the performance you get out of it(provided other hardware are good and you have a dedicated GPU).

One thing you might not know but Skyrim is pretty bad when it comes to performance therefore if you google "skyrim nexus mods" there are several mods which enhance the speed and you do notice the FPS boost. Lets say if your laptop can run skyrim on high with 30 FPS, after mods, you can now play on ultra with 30 FPS...trust me
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post #17 of 19
10/20/12 at 11:08pm
Thanks for the info Shad0wboss. I'll definitely give it a try. thumb.gif
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post #18 of 19
4/25/13 at 10:53am
not really,,i think A8 is batter than I5 because i have use them...
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post #19 of 19
4/25/13 at 11:01am
now i play crysis,,in I5 the graphics is low,,,but in A8 the graphics is supported
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