Conclusion on the Sapphire ATI Radeon 5450 HD Video Card:

The ATI 5450 HD is the newest card released from Sapphire and was put through
the tests from hell! Now like we said before this isn’t a gaming card and
shouldn’t be bought for one. You will be very disappointed. We will say how ever
when we did test the card playing back full screen 1080p footage this card
didn’t even flinch at it! The 1080p play back was smooth as glass! and looked
amazing on the 25″ 1080p monitor we tested it on. This card really shined and
for the price of $60 bucks you will for sure be adding this card to your HTPC
for the small form factor, low energy usage and pure silent passive cooling
system.  So if your looking for a low cost HTPC video card to power your
current or next build then be sure to check out the Sapphire ATI 5450 HD 512mb
video card.

We would like to thank Don from Sapphire for making this review possible!

We give this product our “Editors Choice for HTPC” award.