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Our overclocking results our gathered by using GPUTool and MSI's Afterburner software. We test for stability in Crysis Warhead.
Overclocking was reasonably successful with all cards today.
The Powercolor HD5750 LP overclocked by 80mhz on the core to reach a final result of 780mhz. Memory was increased by 75mhz to 1225mhz before artifacting would occur.
The XFX HD5750 XXX managed a 60mhz increase on the core to 800mhz and a 50mhz increase on the memory to 1250mhz. This is impressive, especially considering this is a single slot cooler.
The eVGA GTS450 managed to hit 890mhz on the core, from 823mhz and 980mhz on the memory, an 80mhz clock increase over reference.
The overclocked speeds ensure that all hardware are able to generate a couple of extra frames per second – driving the all important minimum rates into the 25-30 fps zone. This helps smooth out the overall experience.
It is really good to see lower end cards reviewed here, the high end boards are great, but I doubt many people can afford them.
That XFX board is great. looks like a bargain to me.
This market is really so friggin sweet right now. anyone with a semi decent sized monitor, this is all they need. im not a gaming fanatic so maybe people wouldnt agree.
Nah its a good point Tom. if someone has a 1920×1200 screen, a 460GTX is all they need, unless they want crazy performance. 1080p, or 1680 then the cards on test today are great. the low end is so strong right now, it has to be killing high end cards sales.
I actually might pick one of these up for my kid brother for christmas. we are all putting a system together for him. cant believe how good the performance is for the price.
XFX and Sapphire, only cards to buy IMO
450GTS is good but I dont think its a dominating product like the 460 was. its killed 5830, and even hurt 5850’s. The 450 is a good board but the overclocked ATI cards are really going punch for punch.
I like that single slot design. the powercolor card is different but the shape looks weird.
Fantastic review, loads of detail and useful info.
wonder how long it will be for other sites to copy the return to idle concept 😉
GTS450 is a good card but I agree, it isnt dominating like the 460 is. the price is good and I like evga, this would be my choice out of the three, mainly cause I dont like catalyst.
@ Tri Color – Catalyst is great now, not a problem, I wouldnt let the drivers put you off the hardware.
@ Stefan – nah, they still suck. my buddy has a 5850 and the cat alyst 10.8 broke his HDMI scaling and every time he boots up he has to fix it. same with Cat 10.9. they are still a poor driver compared to nvidia forceware.