october 4 2010 review by phoronix

The ATI Radeon HD 5450 has a core memory clock of 650MHz and a memory clock of 800MHz. There are 80 Stream processors, Avivo HD / UVD2, CrossFireX support, OpenGL 4.0 support, OpenCL 1.1 support, and the card has a maximum TDP of just 19 Watts

Conclusion:

Linux gamers cannot expect from the Radeon HD 5450, the OpenGL test results were disappointing. Even those on a tight budget would be much better off buying a more expensive video card.

Compared To:

ATI Radeon HD 4650, ATI Radeon HD 5750, ATI Radeon HD 5770, NVIDIA GeForce GT 220, and a NVIDIA GeForce GT 240.

Test Setup:

• CPU : Intel Core i7 920
• Display : Dell S2409W LCD monitor.
• HDD : 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS SATA
• Mainboard : ASRock X58 SuperComputer
• Memory : 3GB of DDR3 system memory
• OS : Linux 2.6.32 kernel

Benchmarks:

Nexuiz, Warsow, OpenArena, Lightsmark, Unigine Sanctuary, Unigine Tropics, and Unigine Heaven test profiles.