Axle HD 5450 LP 512MB
Jun 26th, 2010 | By JaredSince the card is passively cooled it requires a larger heatsink so you will lose the use of the slot right next to the card.
This is typically where we start overclocking the card, but with the HD 5450 being on the lowest rung of the HD 5000 series and being passively cooled I didn’t see this as adding any benefit. With that said lets fire things up to see what this little card has to offer.
With just a passive heatsink I really expected temperatures to be higher than they were, but I was pleasantly surprised by the results.
Below are the system specifications that will be used for testing.
CPU: Intel E8400 @ 4GHz w/ Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
MB: Biostar TPower I45
RAM: G.Skill PI Black PC6400
PSU: Ultra X3 1000W
HD: Seagate Barricuda 1TB SATA
DVD-Rom: Lite-On 18x DVD Burner – SATA
OS: Microsoft Windows 7
Case: Antec Sonata Proto
Ambient Temperature: 22-24C
GPUs:
Axle HD 5450 LP 512MB (Catalyst 10.5)
HIS HD 5670 IceQ 512MB(Catalyst 10.5)
All benchmarks were run a minimum of three times with scores being the average of those three runs.
