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AMD’s Radeon HD 5450: The Next Step In HTPC Video Cards

 by Ryan Smith on February 4, 2010 12:00 AM EST
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Crysis: Warhead

We’ll start with Crysis: Warhead, one of our most demanding games.

The 80% reduction in shader units from the 5670 becomes apparent quickly here, as the 5450 and comparable cards are all in the teens for a framerate. This puts us at 75% below the 5670, and even compared to the GT220 the 5450 is still less than half as fast. Even with these already lower settings, we’re going to have to go lower yet to get playable framerates. This will set the stage for the entire review.

Once we drop down to Performance quality, we hike to up playable framerates at a cost visual fidelity. The 5450 is ahead of the GeForce 210 like we expected, but interestingly it’s behind the lower-clocked 4550. We can get just-playable framerates at 1280 here, and more than playable down at 1024.
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  • Ryan Smith - Thursday, February 4, 2010 - link

    4550 (RV710) was a 64bit bus.

  • Ryan Smith - Thursday, February 4, 2010 - link

    Images are a WIP.

  • SLEEPER5555 - Thursday, February 4, 2010 - link

    is proof editing also a work in progress? in a hurry to get the article posted or what!

  • sc3252 - Thursday, February 4, 2010 - link

    Is this a test to see if people will read articles without pictures, because I think I failed... Maybe next time just pull the article until pictures/charts are ready.

  • bonsai57 - Saturday, August 7, 2010 - link

    The article states: The Next Step In HTPC Video Cards.
    (Home Theatre Personal Computer Video Cards??)
    Am I right in this assumption?
    If so, then why are the benchmarks more orientated towards gaming??
    Obviously this is no gaming card.
    Please give a true outlook as to how this card performs connected to a TV.
    Is it OK? Is it Junk?
    My intent for this card would be a connection with a plasma display or perhaps LCD.
    Streaming video through the intenet such as Netflix or Hulu would be one concern.
    Playback through a Blu Ray Player on PC another.
    Perhaps my perception of this card and the subsequent review are irrelevant.
    Please don't game a card that's meant for something entirely different.
    Perhaps I have miscontrued the intent of this article, if so I appologize.

  • Sahana Munasinghe - Saturday, March 9, 2013 - link

    According to PC Wizard 2012 ATI HD 5450 Has 1 GPU & 2 Cores. does it mean HD 5450 has 2 Graphic Processors?

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