Sapphire Radeon HD 5450 512MB DDR3 Review

Packaging and Accessories

The box of the Sapphire HD 5450 is actually a spitting image of the one the other Sapphire HD 5000-series cards ship in. This is actually a bit of a surprise considering the miniature size of the HD 5450 and as such, this will add a bit to shipping costs for the end user. We would have liked to see a slightly smaller box but packaging standardization does help Sapphire shave some costs in the long run so we can’t necessarily argue with their reasoning.


As you can see, there really isn’t much to the packaging within the box since the HD 5450 takes up so little space. The card itself is wrapped in anti-static bubble wrap while there is a divider to make sure there isn’t any lateral shifting during transport.


For a budget card, we usually don’t expect much and that expectation bore out with Sapphire offering the bare minimums. While SimHD is basic, it does allow for upscaled IM video conversations and the inclusion of two low-profile brackets will prove to be a boon for HTPC users.