AMD Fusion: A8-3500M A-Series Llano APU Review
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Dirt 3, the sequel to the original Colin McRae: Dirt and Dirt 2 racing games, was released in May of this year. The PC version of the game is based on Codemaster's Ego engine, that has full support for DirectX 11 effects. Dirt 3 is also a solid benchmark for multi-core processors since DX11 is designed to take advantage of multi-threaded system architectures. |
The trend continues for the AMD Llano system here with Dirt 3. The A8-3500M puts up a frame rate some 55%+ faster than Intel's fastest quad-core chip with integrated graphics. Though it falls short of our GeForce GT 525M discrete GPU-equipped system, it's impressive to see just how capable Llano is on its own. 1280X720 with 4X AA enabled and completely playable in Dirt 3; one word - impressive.
