Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)This is an excellent card for a non-gamer.
The above reviewer has it backwards. The GPU is underpowered for gaming. The memory is more than the GPU can likely utilize but there MAY be some applications that can utilize more than 256MB, especially if you have a dual-monitor setup.
Other:
- Great drop-in for motherboards with underpowered on-board graphics.
- Not a modern gaming card though some games with low requirements, especially some older games may run fine.
- Dedicated memory instead of sharing onboard RAM. Very useful if you are extremely limited in onboard RAM (freeing up 128MB out of 1024MB does help)
- The UVD can decode AVC/H.264 and VC-1 1080p video (or lower). You likely need to install the free application "K-Lite" ([...]) and ensure DXVA is enabled. Very useful especially if your CPU was previously underpowered. Just watched Hellboy (1080p, MKV, AVC, DTS 6-channel). My X2-4800+ CPU used 65% of its cycles without DXVA enabled (no hardware graphics decoding) and 3% (THREE PERCENT) with it enabled. Vista or Windows 7 used 10% more on average for the Windows overhead but movies still didn't go above 20%.
- full Aero support
- There is essentially NO noticeable difference between most modern graphics cards. Differences in the Windows interface performance are usually due to differences in the Hard Drive speeds or amount of RAM. A fast SSD and at least 2GB of RAM (with this card and probably any dual-core CPU) will provide the best experience for multi-tasking and the basic Windows experience.
Conclusion:
An awesome little card that is adequate for most non-gamers and can provide a nice boost in various ways for older computers.
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ASUS Radeon HD 3450 Graphics Card ATi Radeon HD 3450 600 MHz - 512 MB DDR2 SDRAM 64 bit - AGP 8x - DVI-I, HD-15, HDMI - Retail
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