Sapphire Radeon HD 5450 512MB DDR3 Review

Test System & Setup

Please note that this test system was specifically picked out to run our budget GPUs hand in hand with a configuration that doesn't cost more than $500CAD for the CPU, motherboard and memory.

Processor: Intel Core i5 661 “Clarkdale” @ Stock (Turbo Mode Enabled)
Memory: 2x2GB OCZ Platinum PC-15000 @ 6-7-6-17 1066Mhz DDR
Motherboard: MSI H57M ED-65
Cooling: Thermalright TRUE
Disk Drive: Pioneer Blu Ray player
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB
Power Supply: Corsair HX520
Monitor: Samsung 305T 30” widescreen LCD
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate N x64


Graphics Cards:

Sapphire HD 5450 512MB DDR3
Palit GT 220 512MB GDDR3 (Stock)
Sparkle GT 210 512MB DDR2 (Stock)
Intel 661 IGP w/256MB memory enabled in BIOS


Drivers:

ATI 10.2 Beta
NVIDIA 196,12 WHQL
Intel GFX_15.16.6.x.2025_PV


Applications Used:

Dragon Age: Origins
Left 4 Dead 2
The Sims 2
FarmVille
Youtube 1080P (Speed)
Blu Rays of Batman Begins & Transformers
The Magic of Flight downloaded from Microsoft.com
Cyberlink PowerDVD Ultra 9


*Notes:

- All games tested have been patched to their latest version

- The OS has had all the latest hotfixes and updates installed

- All scores you see are the averages after 2 benchmark runs

All game-specific methodologies are explained above the graphs for each game

All IQ settings were adjusted in-game