AMD ATI Radeon HD 5450 GDDR3 512MB PCIe

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 12 expert reviews

Excellent:

5
Good:

3
Average:

2
Bad:

2

Pros:

Silent, Displayport, Flawless playing HD material
Price, Size, Features, New Display Port Connector, Eyenfinity, Bluray Playback, Quiet (even with the fan version), Cross Fire Support, Direct X 11.
Modern feature set, Extremely low power consumption, Aggressive power modulation of GPU and RAM, Best video quality currently available, HDMI, VGA and DVI interfaces on single slot, Cool, silent operation, Truly awesome looks, Very low heat generation

Cons:

Performance, PriceFind more videocard reviews at testseek.com
Not quite powerful compared to its predecessor

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Last revision on February 3, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Silent, Displayport, Flawless playing HD material
Price, Size, Features, New Display Port Connector, Eyenfinity, Bluray Playback, Quiet (even with the fan version), Cross Fire Support, Direct X 11
Modern feature set, Extremely low power consumption, Aggressive power modulation of GPU and RAM, Best video quality currently available, HDMI, VGA and DVI interfaces on single slot, Cool, silent operation, Truly awesome looks, Very low heat generation
Low price; passively cooled, half-height board means models will be available to fit slim PC cases; low power requirements

Reviewers Didn't Like

Performance, PriceFind more videocard reviews at testseek.com
Not quite powerful compared to its predecessor
Really, None; for its Price it Surpassed my Expectations by a Longshot
Highend gaming titles are almost impossible to play, AIB partners will probably mess with the good looks
Metal cooler is large; limited gaming performance in current games

Expert reviews and ratings

100

ATI finally releases a low-cost HD 5000-series card for media systems. We put it to the test ATI began to release its latest range of graphics cards back in September with the Radeon HD 5870, but it’s taken until February for the range to reach...

By Channel Pro on October 01, 2011

What the Radeon HD 5450 graphics card brings to the party depends on what you want it for. It doesn't help general productivity - it might reduce the demand on the main memory by integrated graphics, but this, in our test, makes no difference to...

By Bit-tech.net on February 09, 2010

ATI seems to have hit a brick wall with their low-end graphics cards, as both the HD5670 and the newly launched HD5450 fail to impress. The HD5450 looks similar to the HD4550 on paper and even performs exactly the same, which is surprising, as it...

By TechTree on February 08, 2010

The card at a glance ATI supplied us with a stock card for our tests. It has a passive (fanless) double decker cooling system. This makes the cooler large but quiet. There are three video outs, a DVI, a VGA and an HDMI. As we’ve seen, the HDMI...

By DigitalVersus on February 06, 2010

Looking at the performance of the ATI Radeon HD5450, you have to give up the idea that this is going to be any kind of solution for a gaming rig. In modern FPS games, it was well below any reasonable person's expectation for visual quality. Even at...

By Benchmark Reviews on February 04, 2010

With our look at NVIDIA's three lowest-end cards just two weeks ago, and our look at the HD 5450 today, and not to mention our upcoming look at the HD 5570, I can't help but feel like I've stepped into some sort of low-end dimension. There...

By Techgage on February 04, 2010

No good for gaming but it can handle Blu-ray, and it's cheap and small enough for any media PC...

By PC Pro on February 04, 2010

The Radeon HD 5450 may well find a home in systems where multimedia excellence, and not 3D grunt, is the most enviable criterion. Class-leading multi-monitor setup and a robust video engine do it favours, and if partners can roll in passively-cooled...

By HEXUS.net on February 04, 2010

Those looking for an inexpensive way to add a little graphics muscle to a small desktop tower or media PC will find the Radeon HD 5450 enticing. But if you play demanding games, a larger, pricier card is a better buy....

By Computer Shopper on February 01, 2010

You can get this card for around 55-60$ which is quite expensive on my opinion, when you can get cards that are 1% slower for 15-20$ less. Now if you need a silent card this is your choice, it comes with DirectX11 and Eyeinfinity support so you get...

By Rbmods.com on February 11, 2010

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