Sapphire Radeon HD5450 512MB PCI-Express Graphics Card

The SAPPHIRE HD 5450 graphic cards offer the most features and functionality in their class with complete DirectX 11 support and the world’s most advanced graphics, display features and technologies. The HD 5450 Series is designed to give you stunning high definition entertainment from your PC, whether Blu-ray/HD DVD discs or other HD sources. Also, you can get an amazing entertainment experience with DirectX 11 and Windows 7 via HD5450.

Specifications

Product Description	Sapphire Radeon HD5450 512MB PCI-Express Graphics Card
Device Type	Graphics Adapter
Interface (bus) Type	PCI Express 2.0
Graphics Processor / Vendor	Radeon HD5450
Memory Interface / Installed Size	512MB DDR3
Memory Clock	1600 MHz Effective
Core Clock	650 5Hz
I/O Output	D-Sub(VGA) Dual-Link DVI HDMI
Manufacturer Warranty	2 years warranty

A Closer Look

Overview

40nm Process Technology

Cutting edge manufacturing process allows for efficient, high performance parts which use less power than their predecessors.

ATI Stream Technology

Accelerate the most demanding applications with ATI Stream technology and do more with your PC. ATI Stream Technology allows you to use the teraflops of compute power locked up in your graphics processer on tasks other than traditional graphics such as video encoding, at which the graphics processor is many, many times faster than using the CPU alone.

ATI Avivo HD (DVD/HD-DVD/Blue-ray Playback)

Watch the hottest Blu-ray movies or other HD content at full 1080p display resolution and beyond and enjoy a more feature rich experience with enhanced Unified Video Decoder(UVD)

ATI CrossFireX Multi-GPU Technology

Triple or Quadruple with gaming power withATI CrossFireX Multi-GPU Technology.ATI CrossFireX technology supports up to four graphics cards to be used in a single system.

PCI-Express 2.0

The latest PCI-Express 2.0 specification doubles data throughput from 2.5Gbps to 5Gbps allowing you to exploit the full performance potential of your graphics card.

D-Sub(VGA)

The 15-pin VGA connector is common to most monitors and high definition television.You can connect your LCD or CRT monitor / TV with D-sub VGA connector.

Dual-Link DVI

Equipped with the most popular Dual Link DVI (Digital Visual Interface), this card is able to display ultra high resolutions of up to 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz.

HDMI

Turn your PC into a home entertainment centre with HDMI. Simply connect the graphics card to an LCD TV with an HDMI input and you will be able to enjoy watching HD videos with audio in the living room.

Get intense gaming performance and unrivalled image quality with stunning 3D visual effects, realistic lighting and lifelike imagery with SAPPHIRE graphics cards supporting DirectX 11. New features in DirectX 11 such as Hardware Tesselation, HDR Texture Compression, Multi-threading support and DirectCompute bring lifelike gaming and an experience never possible on a PC before.

Supports the latest OpenGL API (Application Programming Interface) to accelerate performance of applications outside of DirectX, i.e. Adobe Autodesk 2D/3D graphic design.

Supports the latest Shader Model 5.0 feature set including VTF (Vertex Texture Fetch) which is a key feature used extensively in many of the games that ship today. Without support for this feature the game will fall back to a lesser shader path resulting in the loss of cool, lifelike effects made possible by Shader Model 5.0

The ATI Catalyst Control Center software application gives you complete control over the performance and visual quality of your SAPPHIRE ATI Radeon based graphics card allowing for the best experience on your PC.

Massively parallel architecture and support for common shader transcoding instructions accelerates video encoding / transcoding way beyond what was possible with the CPU only.
(Requires application support for ATI Stream technology and Digital rights management restrictions may apply)

Support for copy protected, high bandwidth, 7.1 channel surround sound over HDMI. Get a fully immersive, high definition audio experience with the latest Blu-ray movies. (Requires a DVI to HDMI dongle on some models, an HD capable monitor and a Blu-ray drive)

Supports advanced AA (Anti-aliasing) features to maximise your enjoyment of high definition gaming.

• Multi-sample anti-aliasing (2, 4 or 8 samples per pixel)
• Up to 24x Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing (CFAA) for superior quality
• Adaptive super-sampling and multi-sampling
• Gamma correct
• Super AA (ATI CrossFireX configurations only)
• All anti-aliasing features compatible with HDR rendering

Accelerates the performance of Fluid Dynamics, Cloth Simulation, Soft or Rigid Body Dynamics, Universal Collision Detection, Hair Simulation and Finite Element Analysis for the most lifelike gaming experience.

Dynamically manage power efficiency and take control of your performance with AMD’s revolutionary ATI PowerPlay power management technology delivering high performance features when needed and conserving power when the demand on the graphics processor is low. This seemless technology dramatically reduces the overall power consumption allowing for break-through energy efficiency.

WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) Certified drivers and logos are available for all SAPPHIRE HD2000, HD3000, HD4000 and HD5000 series cards ensuring compatibility and reliability with Microsoft Windows 7.

Sapphire HD5450 System Requirements

• PCI Express based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard.
• 400 Watt Power Supply is required.
• Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
• 1024 MB Minimum of system memory
• Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
• DVD playback requires DVD drive
• Blu-ray / HD DVD playback requires Blu-ray / HD DVD drive
• For an ATI CrossFireX system, a second same ATI Radeon graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable per graphics card (optional) are required
• For best cooling performance, a chassis installed with at least one 120mm or 90mm fan is required.