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ATI Radeon HD 3450 Graphics Card

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A replacement for the current 2400 series, the HD 3450 is an entry level

card. Like the high end HD 3850 (also reviewed this month), this card also has

support for DirectX 10.1, to boost your PC with the power of HD. It's based on

the 55nm fabrication process and has 181 million transistors. It comes with 40

stream processing units and has support for Shader Model 4.1. Even though it

supports HDMI output, a dedicated port for the same was missing, which could

have added to the overall value of the card. However, barring the missing HDMI

port, it has support for CrossFire, HDTV and DVI.

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Being an entry level card, it would be a bit too harsh to expect it to manage

a good score in any of our tests, but the card did manage to show enough courage

to at least play the graphically challenging tests at decent enough fps. In

3DMark06, it managed a score of 1534 which is good enough for an entry level

card. While playing Company of Heroes, it managed an average score of around 20

fps under minimum setting (1024x760). Similarly, for Crysis it managed to play

the game at minimum setting, but wasn't quite exciting. Same was the case with

Unreal Tournament 3. Overall, the card is meant for people who want a basic

graphics experience with good enough HD support, but certainly not for gamers.

Price: Rs 2,400 (3 yrs warranty)



Key Specs: 181 million transistors, 64-bit DDR3 memory
interface, 40 stream processors, HDMI, DVI, VGA, CrossFire support



Contact:
Aditya Infotech, Delhi



Tel: 26223810 email: sales@adityagroup.com


SMS Buy 130396 to 56677

Bottomline: The support for DirectX 10.1 and

good enough HD support make it an ideal entry level card.

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