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AMD A-Series APU Power under $99 USD!1

Introducing the AMD A6-3500 APU. With three high performance cores and discrete-class graphics with DirectX®11 visual realism it’s designed to be everything a mainstream gamer could hope for:

  • 3 high performing cores to easily handle productivity and entertainment all at once
  • Discrete-Class GPU experience for cutting edge DirectX® 11 excitement
  • AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics capable for graphics performance that multiplies2
  • AMD Steady Video Technology3, for smoother, more stable web and home video
  • AMD Turbo CORE Technology4, for a frequency boost from 2.1 GHz to 2.4 GHz

See how the sub-$100 USD triple-core AMD APU compares to the sub-$100 USD Intel Pentium G620 “Sandy Bridge” CPU.

Benchmark/Test

AMD A-Series APU

Intel Pentium G620 CPU

 Play DirectX® 11 Games

 ✔

 ✕

 Dual Graphics Support

 ✔

 ✕

DirectCompute Support

✔

✕

Monthly, Certified Driver Releases

✔

✕

Smooth 23.976 FPS playback

✔

✕

CPU + GPU OpenCL™

✔

✕

Great! But what about the motherboard?

Benchmark/Test

AMD A75 motherboard

Intel H67 motherboard

Integrated USB 3.0

 ✔

 ✕

 Integrated SATA 6Gbps

 Up to 6

 Up to 2

DDR3 Memory

Up to 1866

Up to 1333

In summary, the triple-core AMD A6-3500 APU delivers the Brilliant HD, Personal Supercomputing, and AMD App Acceleration one would expect from an AMD A-Series APU, at a price point—under $99 USD—one really wouldn’t5. That’s value.

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System Configurations

AMD Systems: or AMD A6-3500 APU with AMD Radeon™ HD 6530D, 4GB(2x2GB) DDR3-1333 system memory, AMD Catalyst™ 11.6, Windows 7 64bit.

Intel Systems: using Intel Pentium G620 with Intel H67 motherboard, 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3-1333 system memory, Driver 8.15.10.2321, Windows 7 64bit.

  1. AMD A6-3500 APU priced at $98.00 USD on www.ncix.com on 10/3/2011
  2. AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics requires an AMD “A” series APU plus an AMD Radeon™ discrete graphics configuration and is available on Windows® 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows® 7 Home Premium, and/or Windows® 7 Home Basic OS. Linux OS supports manual switching which requires restart of X-Server to engage and/or disengage the discrete graphics processor for dual graphics capabilities. With AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics, full enablement of all discrete graphics video and display features may not be supported on all systems and may depend on the master device to which the display is connected. Check with your component or system manufacturer for specific mode capabilities and supported technologies. For All-In-One systems AMD Radeon™ “D” series and AMD Radeon™ “D2” Dual Graphics series do not support AMD Eyefinity technology. Always check with your system manufacturer for specific model capabilities and supported technologies.
  3. AMD Steady Video is a technology designed to eliminate shakes and jitters during the playback of home video. Users may turn on this technology via the AMD Catalyst Control Center™ or the VISION Engine Control Center application. AMD Steady Video will work with content that can run on Adobe® Flash® Player 10.2 (and later versions) or on any player which has been programed to use AMD’s decode acceleration (DXVA) engine. AMD Steady Video is not designed to (a) isolate overlays, logos or captions, or (b) improve the playback of letter boxed, premium/commercial, or interlaced content. AMD Steady Video is only recommended for use with videos that contain unwanted shakes and jitters.
  4. AMD Turbo CORE technology is enabled on select A-series APU models.
  5. AMD App Acceleration is a set of technologies designed to improve video quality and enhance application performance. Full enablement of some features requires support for OpenCL™ or DirectCompute (including AMD’s Universal Video Decoder (UVD)). Not all products have all features and full enablement of some capabilities and may require complementary products
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