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Question

Should I upgrade from AMD Athlon x4 860 to AMD A10

Jul 30, 2016 1:09AM PDT

I currently have an AMD Athlon X4 860 with the Radeon 7 370 GPU and 8gb of ram. This runs pretty well but not on all games like the division and even some of the games the kids play on like Lego world crashes occasionally. Frame rates are low too compared to others.

Would upgrading the processor using dual graphics improve things or am I wasting my money?

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Waste of money
Jul 30, 2016 5:12AM PDT

All you'd end up doing is throttling your r7.

If you want higher fips turn the game settings down a notch or shop for a better video card.

Verify you have the latest drivers for your mobo and gpu.

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Wrong part to upgrade.
Jul 30, 2016 7:23AM PDT

From the story you want a better GPU or lower game settings.