AMD A8-3850 pairing with gpus

[wjgollatz]

I am not clear on the AMD dual graphics.

I am looking to buy a AMD A8-3850. I am am not gaming on the system, under what circumstances would a linked graphics card increase performance? I would only being doing photo editing, Corel Draw, and Corel Painter graphics wise.

And what graphics card will help? I have read different user reviews, and someone mentioned that a HD 6450 card would impede performance on the A8 3850 (which is supposed to have HD 6550 graphics). Other say to use any 64xx series card.

(I am tempted to try World of Tanks, if that makes any impact on graphics)

Please set me straight!

 

[Blue_Max]

Anything up to a Radeon 6670 will theoretically add performance to anything that either uses 3D graphics or OpenCL extensions. A 6450 is too low to waste your money on. Anything more than the 6670 overrides the IGP because it's way faster.

I don't know if Corel benefits from OpenCL or nvidia's CUDA.