Introduction
Today we are taking a look at a HTPC aimed videocard from ATI. We got a sample of their brand new 5450 card that is a low profile card which should be able to play heavy HD material and also have the Eyeinfinity feature. So lets get started and have a closer look at how this can perform.
About ATI:
Check out their website, http://www.amd.com/gb-uk/Corporate/AboutAMD/0,,51_52,00.html
Specifications:
Process 40nm
Transistors 627M
Engine Clock 650 MHz
Stream Processors 400
Compute Performance 520 GFLOPS
Texture Units 20
Texture Fillrate 13 GTexels/s
ROPs 8
Pixel Fillrate 5.2 Gpixel/s
Z/Stencil 20.8 GSamples/s
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Clock 900 MHz
Memory Data Rate 1.8 Gbps
Memory Bandwidth 28.8 GB/s
Maximum Board Power 42.7W
Idle Board Power 9.69W
The Product:
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This card is a fan free videocard which means it should suit quite well for HTPC computers or silent setups. It has a big red heatsink on it although the question is will it be able to keep the card cool and stable?
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The heatsink is well mounted with four screws on the bottom of the card, this makes it very easy to change GPU cooler if you want something more effective. The card we got has a D-sub, Displayport, and DVI connector.
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