Quote Originally Posted by xdan View Post
Any "inferior" vga it's overclockable 10-15%.
There are silent version.

The overclock(45-4.7ghz) i don't think it will be possible(cpu+ IGP) without an custom cooler which doesn't sound good for an HTPC/

Anyway where it's the upgrade path, what do you do when you need more cpu power?
AMD should have not split them in two sockets.
I don't think the focus of OC an APU is the CPU side, but the GPU side. For example from xibit:
Graphics core performance proved amazingly scalable as the memory frequency and bandwidth increased. By simply raising the memory frequency by 266 MHz, we could boost the fps rate by 10-15%. Of course, as the memory frequency increased, this dependence becomes less prominent, but nevertheless, if you are building a Trinity based system and intend to use its graphics core for 3D applications, you must pay special attention to finding high-speed DDR3 SDRAM. This is excellent new for overclocker memory makers, because it creates potentially larger market for them. It is a very convincing argument that you can easily boost the gaming performance of your AMD A10-5800K processor by as much as 15-20% by simply replacing the common DDR3-1600 with DDR3-2400 in your Socket FM2 system.
If you want pure CPU performance you would probably get one of the PD FX processors and OC that. (or an Intel system)

Also if you saw one of the slides below they showed FM2 will be around for another generation, which means if you need more CPU power the Steamroller APU should get you some (no idea how much).

I also question the "staged release info", but I was thinking, since it is marketing department likely controlling this release, it does make sense to have focus on the GPU of Trinity before the CPU. Not "just" because you dont want people talking about the not as good CPU performance, but you will have everyone talking about PD vs BD. It does make sense to release CPU info for Trinity desktop the same time you as Vishera. That way you get a week discussing one of your strengths before the online conversation changes to PD vs BD (as it will).