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AMD Radeon HD 5450 graphics-card review. £40 of value?

by Tarinder Sandhu on 4 February 2010, 05:00 3.25

Tags: Win7 - Radeon HD 5450 512MB, AMD (NYSE:AMD)

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CoD: MW2 and Crysis Warhead

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 1,280x1,024 - 0x AA
AMD Radeon HD 5450Sapphire Radeon HD 4670XFX GeForce 210Inno3D GeForce GT 240 iChiLLBFG GeForce GT 220AMD Radeon HD 4200 IGP
21.6257.6313.8359.0739.788.33


Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 1,680x1,050 - 0x AA
AMD Radeon HD 5450Sapphire Radeon HD 4670XFX GeForce 210Inno3D GeForce GT 240 iChiLLBFG GeForce GT 220AMD Radeon HD 4200 IGP
18.1851.6811.450.0732.480.01


The performance of the Radeon HD 5450 falls much closer to the GeForce 210 than the GT 220, and the game isn't smooth at the low-quality settings. The £50 Radeon HD 4670 is around 3x the speed.

Crysis Warhead

Crysis - 1,280x1,024 0xAA (minimum)
AMD Radeon HD 5450Sapphire Radeon HD 4670XFX GeForce 210Inno3D GeForce GT 240 iChiLLBFG GeForce GT 220AMD Radeon HD 4200 IGP
37.7882.7423.7867.0762.6719.23


Crysis - 1,680x1,050 0xAA (minimum)
AMD Radeon HD 5450Sapphire Radeon HD 4670XFX GeForce 210Inno3D GeForce GT 240 iChiLLBFG GeForce GT 220AMD Radeon HD 4200 IGP
28.8171.6617.6362.7751.20.01


Coming in at about 2x the performance of the Radeon HD 4200 IGP, average frame-rates are better in Crysis Warhead. Spend an extra £10-£15 and a much better gaming card can be yours.