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Sapphire love taut, well defined women and we can't knock them for that. The front of the box features a flame haired rendered lass, armed with dual pistols and an attitude. Lovely.
Inside, the bundle is extensive for a budget model discrete card. Sapphire include video converters, a passive cable adapter, a software disc and literature on the product. Sapphire also include a low profile backplate which may be needed for some small form factor chassis designs.
The HD6450 FleX is built around a deep blue PCB with black heatsink.
The card is passively cooled, and doesn't require a PCI E power connector for operation. It is a very slim design as we would expect and will fit perfectly into physically cramped cases without a problem.
The card has connectors for a Dual Link DVI (for up to 2560×1600 resolution on 30 inch screen), 1 HDMI (with 3D support) and a single link DVI-D.
The SAPPHIRE HD 6450 FleX can support three DVI monitors in Eyefinity mode and deliver a true SLS (Single Large Surface) work area. The first two monitors are connected to the DVI outputs, as usual. A third DVI monitor can be connected to the HDMI output with the passive cable adapter supplied.
Using a system across three screens can totally transform your experience. If you want to see more, then head over to one of our previous reviews discussing the FleX EyeFinity setup.
The Sapphire HD6450 Flex Edition is clocked at 625mhz on the core and 800mhz via the GDDR3 memory. This 1GB of memory is connected across a 64 bit memory interface. The card has 160 unified shaders with 4 ROPs. It certainly won't be a gaming powerhouse, but 720p gaming at modest image quality settings should be possible.
Nice cheap system indeed. id like a passive cooler on the CPU, even to underclock and undervolt it. wonder is that possible?
2ghz would probably be more than enough for bluray playback.
I love passive video cards, dont think this one is really for gamers, but more for acceleraing video and stuff and being quiet. I like this system more than some of the high end things you review. , all about the green environm,ent too.
Nice, cheap setup and more than enough for most people. You could also replace that 6450 with something more powerful, although it would be noisier obviously