AMD Announces Windows 10 Ready A-Series Desktop Processors

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AMD yesterday revealed the newest addition to its A-Series line of desktop processors. The A8-7670K APU is Windows 10 ready that combines the energy efficient processing power of an AMD CPU with the pixel pushing power of AMD Radeon graphics (GPU) in one convenient package. It is powered by 10 compute cores (4 CPU + 6 GPU) , the A8-7670K APU provides the processing and graphics capability budget conscious mainstream users need today. The A8-7670K APU is available now at select e-tailers and participating system vendors. Its suggested price (SEP) is $117.99 USD.

Revolutionary Architecture for Today’s Modern Workloads

  • Energy efficient and convenient: AMD APUs combine the power of a CPU and dedicated graphics (GPU) in one chip
  • Exceptional performance on today’s modern workloads with 10 compute cores1 (4 CPU running up to 3.9GHz + 6 GPU running at 757MHz)
  • Experience new levels of performance and efficiency with Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) which allows the CPU and GPU to work together in supported applications by quickly and automatically dividing and directing the right tasks toward the appropriate cores

Accelerate Windows 10

  • Be prepared for the future; the AMD A8-7670K is designed to deliver a premium Windows® 10 experience with ten compute cores (4 CPU + 6 GPU)1
  • Smooth video playback of movies and TV with hardware-based acceleration
  • Boost performance in the new Microsoft® Edge web browser with full graphics acceleration for HTML5 and WebGL
  • Help protect sensitive data with hardware accelerated encryption and decryption when using Microsoft® Bitlocker®
  • Easily stream Xbox One™ games to your PC
  • Experience content streams without bumps and hiccups for smoother performance with AMD Quick Stream technology which allots more bandwidth to your highest priority applications2

Powerful eSports Online Gaming Experience

  • Enjoy smooth 1080p gaming on some of the world’s most popular games with powerful integrated Radeon R7 graphics
  • Native H.264 video encoding empowers the AMD Gaming Evolved application allowing users to effortlessly record their gameplay
  • Enjoy improved image quality when gaming at lower resolutions with Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
  • Enable advanced gaming technologies that improve performance and visual fidelity with support for multi-threaded APIs including DirectX® 12, Vulkan™, and Mantle
  • Experience more realism and greater fields of view in supported games with AMD Eyefinity3 multi-display technology
  • Gamers can put an end to choppy gameplay and broken frames with fluid, artifact-free performance at virtually any framerate with AMD FreeSync™ technology4

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