Granted, the card still does a decent job, but it is the principle that matters. This particular model used to be listed on Powercolor's website, I have seen it there before. Either they had a mix-up at the factory or somebody is trying to pull a fast one. The SAPPHIRE HD 5450 graphic cards offer the most features and functionality in their. It has DVI, HDMI and VGA outputs and can be installed in either a full-size or low-profile PCI Express slot.
This is a great card for anyone who wants to add entry-level fanless graphics capability to their PC.
AMD AX5450 UPDATE
I purchased this one thinking it was an update and I wanted to see what it could do, plus the price was cheap, and it never hurts to have a spare. Sapphire AMD HD5450 Fanless 1GB GDDR3 PCI-E HDMI. Overall Review: My other AX5450 from Powercolor does perform at 650 core clock and memory at 500 x2. This card is only rated at 400 x2 memory. I'm sure the difference in core clock and memory speed play a part in this. Using NovaBench this AX5450 averages 113 FPS and my other AX5450 (512MK3-SH) averages 140 FPS. Coincidence?Īlthough CCC and GPU-Z show the core clock as native 650, I could not get it to go past 500, even under full load, which is also the cutoff point for the Park LP chip - it is only rated at 500/550 core clock. The release date is displayed as Jan 7, 2010, which is also the date for mobility chips Park LP (5430), Park PRO (5450) and the Park XT (5470). The core was confirmed by some other utilities as well. It appears that this is actually a Mobility Radeon HD 5430 Park LP graphics core. ATI Radeon HD 5450 Linux 32-bit, Linux 64-bit, Windows 7, Windows 7 圆4, Windows Vista, Windows Vista 圆4, Windows XP. There are a ton of threads and a ton of people who have gotten this working, but it. I have been looking around for a couple of days now trying to get my Hackintosh to work correctly with my graphics card which is a PowerColor AX5450 512MK3-SH which is an AMD Radeon HD 5450. Pros: Decent price, free shipping, it works.Ĭons: Something didn't look right in GPU-Z so I decided to do some digging. PowerColor AX5450 512MK3-SH AMD Radeon HD 5450 with Mountain Lion. 172 Windows 10, Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 8.1, Windows 8.1 64-bit, Windows 8, Windows 8 64-bit, Windows 7, Windows 7 64-bit.