Back in 2010, by the standards of the computer industry, an entry-level graphics accelerator AMD Radeon HD 6320 Graphics was introduced. The characteristics of this device have focused on the fact that the video card integrated into the processor device is extremely slow. At the same time, it has excellent energy efficiency and due to this, a long battery life of a portable computer is provided. It is the parameters and specifications of this adapter that will be devoted to the review that is brought to your attention.
Device purpose
This model of the graphics adapter was included in the entry-level mobile chips. Therefore, the main area of use of this accelerator is laptops. Again, with an integrated accelerator, a mobile laptop cannot be initially high-performance. As a result, the main field of use of this adapter is netbooks with a high level of energy efficiency and a long battery life. Such portable computing devices are excellent for playing multimedia content in low quality, processing office documents, browsing various sites, undemanding toys and other low-cost software tasks.
GPU Settings
The characteristics of the AMD Radeon HD 6320 Graphics indicate that it is based on the Terascale 2 microarchitecture. This chip, whose semiconductor crystal is manufactured according to the tolerance standards of 40 nm, includes 80 stream processors. The frequency of the latter, depending on the computing load, can vary from 500 to 600 MHz.
Separately, it is also necessary to note the moment that this accelerator model is included in the microprocessors, codenamed Zacate. That is, this adapter is on the same substrate with the computing part of the laptop.
The thermal package of this model of the video card is only 4 watts. But the power consumption of the computing part of the E-350 chip, which includes the hero of this review, is 18 watts. Separately, it should also be noted that this microprocessor model is dual-core. That is, the total heat consumption is 22 W, and this CPU can do without active cooling. Therefore, laptops based on such a chip are almost silent computing devices.
Accelerator memory
The characteristics of the AMD Radeon HD 6320 Graphics video card indicate the absence of a separate RAM. As a result, the accelerator in use uses part of the RAM of the computer system. The width of the connection bus is only 32 bits, and the clock frequency of the installed modules is 533 MHz. Therefore, the maximum bandwidth of the RAM subsystem of the video card is limited to 4.2 GB / s. The type of memory used is DDR3. The largest video buffer is limited to 384 MB. But this value can be set in the BIOS of the motherboard.
Real performance
As previously noted, the characteristics of the AMD Radeon HD 6320 Graphics belong to the series of least efficient accelerators. Therefore, the test results for this graphics accelerator are extremely low. In the synthetic test suite, the adapter scores 3D Mark 06 with only 2,407 points. That is, in terms of speed, this video card is slightly inferior to the GeForce 110M and Radeon R2. You can run very old toys comfortably on such an adapter. The latter, for example, include Sims 3, HMM3 or FIFA11. Moreover, in some cases, the picture quality should be medium or low.
Adapter relevance
AMD 6XXX series video cards are currently obsolete devices. Since the start of sales of this family of accelerators, the manufacturer has repeatedly updated the lineup of its accelerators. But since the hero of this review is designed to implement the least demanding software tasks in relation to the hardware specifications of a portable personal computer, there is still no need to update such a laptop. The only component that may need to be replaced is the battery. The battery wears out the fastest, and for this reason it is necessary to install a new component in its place after 5 to 6 years for the PC to work offline.
The setting procedure. Stages
The setup algorithm for the AMD Radeon HD 6320 Graphics is quite simple. Driver at the first stage is downloaded from the official website of the manufacturer, and the software version should be the latest. It is also recommended to download diagnostic and control utilities at the same time. After that, all this software is installed on the computer. To do this, just follow the instructions of the installation wizard. In the end, it is recommended to force a restart of the laptop. At the final stage, you can adjust the image settings. To do this, use the context menu on the desktop.
Conclusion
In this short article, we reviewed the characteristics of AMD Radeon HD 6320 Graphics. This adapter is not a premium solution, but for the tasks assigned to it, it is still excellently suited. Therefore, computers based on it do not yet need to be updated.