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Old Apr 8, 2010, 04:55 PM   #2
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$70 for a card that can't play any modern games, or most older games...no thanks.

But it has DX11, that is a good...

Kind of makes me wonder why anyone would buy this card over one of the cheaper HD 5450's in the $40-50 range that are also low profile cards. Granted, those would only have 512MB of RAM, but what does that matter on a card of this class?

I realize that these cards are more aimed at HTPC than gaming. However, personally, if I was buying a card for a HTPC, I'd get a $20 8400GS. It will do everything I need from a HTPC card, no point in spending any more money on something better. Power consumption might be higher with the 8400GS, I don't really know how much power an 8400GS really uses, but it wouldn't be a whole lot more.

Or maybe even better, ATi can release an HD5350 with 40 Stream Processors, that is in the $20 range and consumes even less power. That would be a killer HTPC card!
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