New to APUs

[Beraid]

My little sister's 775 system kicked the bucket (or rather the motherboard did) and instead of spending $80 on a refurbished replacement I decided to spend a little more on a more modern platform.

I opted for a FM2 platform, specifically a Biostar A55MD2 and an AMD A4-5300. This is my first experience with an AMD processor since socket 754. I assembled the computer and got everything working and instead of installing Catalyst Control Center for the graphics it has installed AMD Vision Control Center. I figured this was just CCC for APUs however it is lacking one feature I really wanted to take advantage of; GPU overclocking. Under the performance tab it just gives me the option to adjust the CPU min and max clock rates but nothing regarding the GPU.

So my question is this; do I need to install CCC to adjust the GPU or is it just disabled for this low-end APU? Do I even need the Vision Control Center or can I uninstall it and just install the CCC?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Did you try MSI Afterburner?

(I'm not going to pretend I think it's worth the effort, but it's probably work.)

 

[Beraid]

Just tried Afterburner and it said the GPU clock speed was already at it's highest speed which was 700 something and wouldn't let me touch voltages. So it seems I've hit a brick wall as far performance goes. C'est la vie.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Should have purchased an unlocked APU.

 

[Beraid]

Should have purchased an unlocked APU.

I was under the understanding that the 'unlocked' portion of these APUs allowed for the CPU portion to be overclocked, not the entire APU