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HD4850 > HD6450 > Worth it?
I'm not a gamer, but I do like my multiple screens.
At the moment I have a Palit HD4850 'Sonic' Radeon, as per the attachment. It's factory overclocked to 685Mhz.
It lacks HDMI, but has twin DVI-D ports.
I've recently noticed that I can lay hands on a Sapphire HD6450 with the same ports, plus HDMI.
Clock speed is slightly lower at 625Mhz as it's a passively cooled card. It has 1Gb DDR3, which is double what I have right now. It supports Direct-X 11 and is W7 certified (the Palit only supports DX10 and was built for Vista, but runs well under W7 anyway).
I don't want to significantly lose performance but also don't want to spend a fortune - and re-emphasise that I am not gaming but will doubtless use it for video quite a bit.
Both cards support multiple displays at 2560 x 1600 pixels (my monitors are not capable of going that high anyway as they're 23" E-IPS Dells).
Bear in mind I'm on a LGA775 platform and don't believe it's worth spending lots and lots as I doubt I will upgrade the mainboard for some time.
The question is, would this be a productive upgrade?
Any opinions welcome :)
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