{"id":15162,"date":"2010-02-04T05:01:39","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T05:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=15162"},"modified":"2010-05-02T21:41:28","modified_gmt":"2010-05-02T20:41:28","slug":"ati-radeon-hd-5450-preview-dx11-for-the-masses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/ati-radeon-hd-5450-preview-dx11-for-the-masses\/","title":{"rendered":"ATI Radeon HD 5450 Preview: DX11 For The Masses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-7021221536180758\";\n\/* 468x60, created 11\/11\/09 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"1949837292\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Introduction<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ati.com\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.ati.com', 'ATI']);\" target=\"_blank\">ATI<\/a> has been leading the way with DirectX 11 (DX11) products since late last year and they are staying true to their promise of saturating the market with them. AMD\u2019s plan for \u201cDX11 from $600 to $60\u201d in just over 4 months is turning out just as they said it would. The <em>Red Team<\/em> is still the only manufacturer to offer DX11 GPUs and their latest deployment is the <strong>Radeon HD 5450<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ati-radeon-hd-5450.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15164\" title=\"ATI Radeon HD 5450\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ati-radeon-hd-5450.png?resize=300%2C209\" alt=\"ATI Radeon HD 5450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ati-radeon-hd-5450.png?resize=300%2C209 300w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ati-radeon-hd-5450.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) for the HD 5450 has just now been lifted and we are able to release details about this card. I should be receiving my sample later today from AMD along with <em>another video card still under NDA<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>You can be sure that I will put <em>them<\/em> through <em>their<\/em> paces for ABT\u2019s readers to see what <em>they <\/em>can really do. You can expect hard numbers on Monday at midnight or to be <strong>exact<\/strong>, Tuesday February 9 at 12:01AM EST. That is when the <em>other<\/em> embargo will be lifted. Do bookmark our site and check in at exactly that time for the publication of the full review of these cards. The HD 5450 will be benchmarked along with a GeForce 8500GT, a GeForce 9800GT and a<em> new mystery card <\/em>from AMD.<\/p>\n<p>More on the HD 5450 after the jump.<\/p>\n<p><!--pagetitle:Introduction--><!--nextpage--><!--pagetitle:Features &#038; Specifications--><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Features &amp; Specifications<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The HD 5450, AMD&#8217;s latest release, comes on the heels of the HD 5670 launch in January. The HD 5670 is priced very competitively at just under US $100 and offers quite a lot of bang-for-buck. Roughly two-thirds of the mainstream gaming audience use graphics cards that cost under $100 and therefore you can see why this is a very important sector.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/HD5450-Specs_TC.PNG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18040\" title=\"HD5450-Specs\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/HD5450-Specs_TC.PNG?resize=550%2C463\" alt=\"HD5450-Specs\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/HD5450-Specs_TC.PNG?resize=550%2C463 550w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/HD5450-Specs_TC-300x252.PNG 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The HD 5450 is a low-profile, low-power card will retail for just under $60. The suggested e-tail price is $49-$59 for the 512MB version. This 6.4W idle, 19.1W load GPU will also be available in a 1GB version. The memory types will be either GDDR2 or GDDR3 variants. I think it would be a great option for a Home Theatre Personal Computer (HTPC). With silence in mind, passively cooled versions will also be available.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ATrHD5450_flat_lg.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15165\" title=\"ATI Radeon HD 5450\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ATrHD5450_flat_lg.png?resize=300%2C206\" alt=\"ATI Radeon HD 5450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ATrHD5450_flat_lg.png?resize=300%2C206 300w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ATrHD5450_flat_lg.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The card features ATI\u2019s Eyefinity Technology and supports up to 3 monitors simultaneously. The clock speeds will be 650MHz on the core clock and a memory clock of 800MHz. With these speeds, running on its 40nm process, with 292 million transistors, 4 ROPs and 8 texture units, the card will have a compute power of 104 GigaFLOPs.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><!--pagetitle:What To Expect?--><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What To Expect?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The HD 5450 is a card that really \u201cintroduces\u201d AMD\u2019s DX11 line-up very well. Being the cheapest of the lot, you might think it lacks features or won\u2019t be up to the task of playing games. However, the card is still feature packed and after speaking with a member of the hardware engineering team, we know that they sure are proud of this little dynamo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ati-radeon-hd-5450.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15166\" title=\"ATI Radeon HD 5450\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ati-radeon-hd-5450.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"ATI Radeon HD 5450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ati-radeon-hd-5450.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ati-radeon-hd-5450-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ati-radeon-hd-5450.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What to expect? Easy. A full review very soon! Check back on Monday at midnight for some numbers and more details about this and yet <em>another<\/em> DX11 card from AMD\/ATI.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to join the discussion in <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/abt\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">our forums<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leon Hyman<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Senior Editor<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Please join us in our <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/abt\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Forums<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Become a Fan on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142', 'Facebook']);\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech', 'Twitter']);\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the latest updates from ABT, please <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?feed=rss2\" target=\"_blank\">join our RSS News Feed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join our Distributed Computing teams<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Folding@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 164304<\/li>\n<li>SETI@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 138705<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1', 'World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech']);\" target=\"_blank\">World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=15162\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=top title=\"Author: Leon Hyman\" src=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/HD-5450-Preview.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2533,7814,5,7],"tags":[72,73,1471,1291,2184,3068,3067,238],"class_list":["post-15162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abt-news","category-articles","category-gaming","category-technology","tag-amd","tag-ati","tag-directx-11","tag-dx11","tag-eyefinity","tag-hd-5450","tag-hd5450","tag-radeon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}