AMD HD6450 Review

The HD6450 is not created to target gamers who want 100fps at the highest IQ settings, therefore we are omitting many of our high resolution gaming tests today and will be focusing on 720p resolution (1280×720), which in our opinion is ideal for a low cost graphics card such as this. AMD are promoting the card as an Eyefinity capable gaming solution, so we will include some testing across multiple screens, later in the review.

It seems slightly unrealistic to be using our usual high end system for this review so we opted for a more modest configuration.

Processor: Core i5 655K
Motherboard: Intel DP55WG Motherboard
Memory: 4GB ADATA DDR3 @ 1600mhz
Power Supply: Corsair AX750W
Storage: Crucial C300 128GB SSD & 1TB Samsung HDD
Monitors: 3x Dell 2410 & LaCie 730 (IQ testing).

Software:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
3DMark Vantage
3DMark 11
Catalyst 11.4
Fraps Professional
Steam Client
FurMark
HQV 2.0 Software

Technical Monitoring and Test Equipment:
Keithley Integra unit
Thermal Diodes
Raytek Laser Temp Gun 3i LSRC/MT4 Mini Temp
Extech digital sound level meter & SkyTronic DSL 2 Digital Sound Level Meter

Games:
Dragon Age 2
Colin McRae Dirt 2
Need For Speed World
Left4Dead 2
WOW Cataclysm

All the latest BIOS updates and drivers are used during testing. We perform under real world conditions, meaning KitGuru tests all games across five closely matched runs and average out the results to get an accurate median figure.

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