Radeon HD 5450 Delivers DX11, Eyefinity at $50

[Marcus Yam]

OEMs can build systems with fancier bullet points now with the ATI Radeon HD 5450.

Radeon HD 5450 Delivers DX11, Eyefinity at $50 : Read more

 

[sliem]

Awesome. I don't need it yet but wait a few months and I might (and also at a lower price).

 

[Zenthar]

Is DX11 even relevant to such an entry-level card? Don't get me wrong, I would probably use this card if I was to build an HTPC, but is there any DX11 feature that is not related to gaming?

 

[Bolbi]

@Zenthar
The related DirectCompute 11 will almost certainly run on this card. Applications coded to use it will see a great speed gain. So, while DX 11 itself probably is useless at this low end, DC 11 will be a great advantage for the HD 5450 over comparable 4xxx cards.

 

[scione]

I think I have a 3470 I'm tempted to get 2 of these as an upgrade

 

[Grims]

Why does it have a VGA port...eww..

 

[JohnnyLucky]

It's just a simple little card that should work very well in a home theater pc.

 

[xkche]

can i have 1 VGA to games and connect this HD5450 to get the Eyefinity????

 

[tsnorquist]

Very Nice. I hope this comes in a low profile form.

 

[tsnorquist]

Very Nice. I hope this comes in a low profile form for HTPC cases.

 

[Zenthar]

From the images, if you can change the metal bracket and don't need the VGA connector, the card is pretty-much low-profile.

 

[SchizoFrog]

Much better off waiting for the 55xx series cards due out in the next few weeks. They will have much better performance and should cost around £15-£25 more.

 

[Guest]

Looks like my old cheap network card.

 

[Ridik876]

Better than my x850xt for gaming?

 

[jfem]

Beautiful heatsink.

 

[drowned]

DX11 is pretty useless on a card that couldn't play games in high enough resolution to appreciate the nominal quality gains. ATI looks like they're trying to turn DX into a marketing gimmick.

 

[drip50291]

Could this crossfire with my HD4870? So that way i could have some muscle behind this dinky feature filled card. I had DX11 before it came out (thanks to toms!