ATI Radeon 5450 Graphics Card Revealed [ATI's New Radeon 5450 Brings Triple-Monitor Support On The Cheap]

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5 Feb 2010

ATI has released a new Radeon graphics processor that offers HD playback and triple-monitor support for a low cost.  The ATI Radeon 5450 can support full 1080i HD video playback and is capable of stretching an image across three screens, a feature not standard in most low-end graphics cards.

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The ATI Radeon 5450 is designed as an entry level introduction to the ATI Radeon graphics cards.  It features the ATI Radeon Eyefinity system, which allows a user to stretch an image across multiple displays.  Gaming, video and productivity software can now be spread across a multi-monitor setup without investing in a high-end graphics processor.

While the ATI Radeon 5450 can certainly support video game playback, it doesn’t pack the firepower needed to display visually taxing games like Crysis or GTAIV.  It is designed to be a basic graphic card for media PCs or other low-level systems that don’t require hardcore graphics processing.  The new unit is shipping now for $50 per unit, not a bad investment for someone who wants to run the Eyefinity system without spending an arm and a leg…



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8 Responses to ATI Radeon 5450 Graphics Card Revealed [ATI's New Radeon 5450 Brings Triple-Monitor Support On The Cheap]

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Anthony

February 8th, 2010 at 9:14 am

The ATI Radeon HD 3200 is an integrated graphics card. Because the card is integrated, you cannot replace it with another card. It it built into the motherboard. So the answer to your question is no.

However, The Radeon HD 3200 is a very capable card, despite being integrated. It supports DirectX 10 and Pixel Shader 4.0. Not to say it could outdo most dedicated chips, but for an integrated card it is very good. For example, you could run Doom 3 on High graphics settings at about 29 fps. Very playable.

As a final note, I own a tx2z myself and I have never been so impressed with an integrated graphics card such as this. Most all of the games I play (Half-Life 2 and other games around that time) are playable at near maximum settings and resolutions. I've even run Enemy Territory: Quake Wars with the DirectX 10 renderer, at minimal settings of course, but the fact that it's playable at all is amazing.

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Bubbie

February 9th, 2010 at 4:19 am

Enter BIOS
In the Advanced Section, change Primary Display to PCI Express
Save & Exit BIOS
Shut down
Connect Monitor to ATI HD5800
Restart
Install driver when new hardware is found.

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Jamie Boi

February 12th, 2010 at 2:06 pm

Those Japanese toilets are available for purchase in America as well but usually only Japanese buy them and not many at that. The cell phone thing is true, they completely live off of it. The system of money and credit and the trend of PCs developed different in the West and Japan so I think that's why so much is integrated into mobile phone culture in Japan. For example, there's little square marks, like bar codes, but for phones, on all sorts of posters in Japan and if you use your cell's camera on it, it jumps you to the web page. The other thing I have yet to see in USA is unlocking the cell phone with your fingerprint. There are some devices to lock your PC like that but it never really got popular in America. Also, there are remote controls for everything and this has been true since I noticed it in the 80s, maybe longer. Remotes for things I rarely or never see in America. Example, in my uncle's car in the 80s, we'd sit in the back and control the radio with the remote. Or we can't use the air conditioning at my grandmother's house anymore because someone lost the remote.

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Synn

March 11th, 2010 at 1:46 am

you would need to replace your entire motherboard to upgrade your video card and that would cost you about 300-400 bucks if you include labor

The radeon 1250 is a pretty bad card, it is still considered "integrated graphics", but you should be able to play sims3 on it with very few problems. I'd turn down screen resolution a bit aand turn down 3d effects and you should get ok usage. It uses "shared ramm" so you can get better performance by shutting off all aps that are unncessary and by maxing out your ramm.

The 1300 is NOT that much better than the 1250

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Ayeshah

March 15th, 2010 at 1:35 am

Yes, you ABSOLUTELY need a license to export anything from the USA. The good news is that there are lots of GENERAL licenses that are applied by rule to daily situations, such as the license to take your own luggage with you on a vacation. It is, however, a rather narrow license and doesn't apply to anything otherwise restricted from export by a specific rule.

Similarly, your particular software or hardware may be restricted from export to certain places because of its sophistication, and you would need to have someone help you determine whether it falls into one or more categories that requires a specific license for your planned destination.

The potential fines are enormous, if you're exporting anything that has a potential "dual use" by a foreign operative.

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whatever

March 17th, 2010 at 6:32 pm

Vocabulary based on context is essential since any given word may have different meanings depending on the context in which it is used. A perfect example of this is a word taken from a thesaurus as a synonym of another word but it is placed in the wrong context. Teachers often find this to be the problem when students use a thesaurus to improve the vocabulary in a writing assignment.
Since most reading done outside the realm of vocabulary building ,as in words with definitions, involves determining the meaning of the word from context, this process is most important in developing one's vocabulary. If you read the same word enough times within similar contexts, you will determine its meaning and may not even be aware you have done so. This is the way small children learn the meaning of a word when they are learning to speak. The repetition of "No" within certain contexts gives the child an awareness of its meaning.

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Supercoolperson

March 21st, 2010 at 10:03 pm

No, sorry you can't. I'm not a Mac person but from what I've seen of them it doesn't look like they have removable video cards. Furthermore, like 90% of laptops you can't change the video card in. Sorry, if you want better graphics you'll have to get a new laptop.

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GOD

April 28th, 2010 at 5:01 am

Yes of course you can put in a different graphics card but make sure that it will fit your slot/s, most modern cards are PCI Express, so if your x600 is a PCI Express then go for a better one of them the make does not matter, Nvidia are really good but read a few reviews before buying a new card, they all come with install disks for the drivers that are needed, it is simple to do and the results are normally very good.
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Your x600 is a PCI Express so that is the form to get, good luck.

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