Sapphire AMD/ATI Radeon HD 6450 2 GB DDR3 Graphics Card

Lowest end card of the current Radeon HD6xxx series
Compares in price to Nvidia HD520.
Overall better performing than HD520.
Blu-Ray performance better than HD520.
Power consumption idle=9w, Peak=15~18w. HD520 consumes double the power.
Fanless hence completely silent
Flawless 1080p performance (after proper video drivers and xcode drivers installed. Also needs .net 2.0 framework).
HDMI also outputs DTS-HD audio. (Once properly configured)
The above pointers are a combo of my observation & what i have read in online reviews & forums

My HTPC Config-
1. AMD Athlon 3000
2. 1gb DDR400 ram
3. The above card
Plays 1080p flawlessly
Havent tested for games (but it never was designed for playing games)

Buy it Now!

As my first graphic card and as i am upgrading from integrated graphics, I am overwhelmed. Games like nfs shift, cod 4, avatar, fifa11+ wouldnt even start on my pc, but now the start and i get playable frame rates at medium settings with antialiasng enabled(smooth graphics). Games like dirt 2 run on medium to high settings without any lag whatsoever. Since this model is fanless, it was my best option as its power consumption is low, as i have a 250W iball psu that came with my iball case. I have 2 gb ram and intel E5400 2.7 ghz cpu. nit much, but the games still run great thanks to this graphic card.

Card is cheap and giving average perf

Pros:
Cheap
Can play - NfsRun, NFSMW2012, Prototype 2 (15-20FPS), GTA4 (Laggy 15-25FPS, NO shadows) , FC2, DMC4 ,DMC5(ultra High-20fps , 25fps), Assassins Creed, Mafia 2 , and many more
All on High Tex and resolution

Cons:
No fan , so while game its heated upto 70 - 90 deg, which is very bad for life of GPU
some of buyers said that its good to not have fan coz of less noise
But i suggest to buy a Cool Master Fan and place below the GC, Temp never rises above 45degs

This graphics overclocking is not good gives problems , so dont try it (restarts the drivers suddenly)

I would like to suggest to go for 1GB GC with more CUDA Cores and Higher GPU MHZ if u want much better game performance

Games only use about 500- 800MB of Graphics, Even the recently released games

For me this GC works fine , and Flipkart Delivery was fast recieved in 2Days.

MY PC
2GB DDR3
Core2Duo E7500 @2.93 GHz
5.1Sound Blaster
Windows 8 32Bit
And this GC

i am using this card since 2-3 months .. i have played codmw2, mw3 , assassins creed brotherhood(ultra high setting 1600x960 and i get 40-50 fps ) ,nfs hot pursuit ,max payne 3 , street fighter X Tekken all in ultra high setting with an average FPS of 25-30 whcih is a good playable framerate at a low budget GPU

if u have 2.5 to spent then go for it no doubts go for it ..for more better performance us Gamebooster and MSI Burner to overclock it

don't look at SHIT cards like Nvidia GT520 , GT 210 , Radeon HD 5450 they are holy crap personal friends experience

my config
Pentium Dual Core CPU E2180 @ 2.00 Ghz
2 gb DDR2 RAM
win7 32bit

My System Config:
Intel Core2Quad Q8200
Corsair XMS2 DDR2 2GB
WD Seagate 500 500Gb Hdd
Logitech EX100 wireless mousekey
AOC 22" 2216SW
LG DVD writer
This is very nice entry level gfx card in budget
with latest technology supported directx11
I can play NFS RUN, BF3, FIFA12 WITHOUT any lag.......
Most of the 1 DVD GAMES run on 1680x1050 Resolution with all high details texture.... Nfs Run have to run on 1278x785 With High Texture all details low.... Those who want extrem gfx go fo another high level gfx card....those who are not able to run 2dvds game GTA4, NFS RUN, NFS HOT PERSUIT, BF3 can buy this gfx card for entry level gaming ...runs smoothely but on low resolution....