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From: PeterL7 on 7 May 2010 07:04
can someone please explain in layman terms what the difference is between
the radeon 4850 and the radeon 5450? i'm not tech saavy so if you can
explain in layman terms i'd appreciate it.

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Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

From: Pen on 7 May 2010 15:03
On 5/7/2010 5:04 AM, PeterL7 wrote:
> can someone please explain in layman terms what the difference is between
> the radeon 4850 and the radeon 5450? i'm not tech saavy so if you can
> explain in layman terms i'd appreciate it.
>
The 4850 is much faster than the 5450. It also uses a lot
more power 110 Watts vs 20 Watts. The 5450 is 2 years newer,
cheaper and supports Direct X 11, while the 4850 only 10.1.
Without knowing what your needs are it is impossible to say
which is best for your use.
From: PeterL7 on 7 May 2010 16:28
Pen <nospam(a)nospam.net> wrote in
news:hs1o6k$5dn$1(a)news.eternal-september.org:

> On 5/7/2010 5:04 AM, PeterL7 wrote:
>> can someone please explain in layman terms what the difference is
>> between the radeon 4850 and the radeon 5450? i'm not tech saavy so if
>> you can explain in layman terms i'd appreciate it.
>>
> The 4850 is much faster than the 5450. It also uses a lot
> more power 110 Watts vs 20 Watts. The 5450 is 2 years newer,
> cheaper and supports Direct X 11, while the 4850 only 10.1.
> Without knowing what your needs are it is impossible to say
> which is best for your use.
>

sorry, a lot of photo editing in high def. web stuff and a very small
degree of gaming.
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