MSI Radeon HD 6450, 2GB DDR3, Low Profile, PCI Express Graphics Card R6450-2GD3H/LP

I purchased and installed the MSI ATI Radeon HD6450 video card on my (six year old) Windows 7 64-bit PC in March 2018. The fan on my old video card failed and the card had to be replaced. If you are comfortable with replacing computer components then you will have no issues installing this card. I don't replace PC components often and I was frustrated with parts of the process. I am including a few issues here in the hopes that it may help others. I still give this card five stars because it was inexpensive and works just fine. I did not lose any noticeable performance compared to my old card. Installation annoyances: 1) The "Quick User's Guide" that comes with the card (and is accessible in the Amazon listing) does not show the actual product. Step 3 of the installation shows the card getting plugged into external power connectors. This card is completely self-contained and does not need extra power from the motherboard to work. Plugging it into the PCI Express slot is the only thing you need to do to get it to work. 2) The box says a 400W power supply is recommended. I have a 350W power supply and have had no issues. 3) After installing the card and starting Windows for the first time, I let Windows Update find and install the card driver. I needed to perform a reboot and logged into my PC again. The maximum resolution at that time was very low so I tried to install the video card driver through the CD. I accessed the setup on the CD by running the The "DVDSetup.exe" file. This would open but then say "the program encountered a problem and needs to close". It had that issue each time I tried. Finally, I accessed the "Driver" folder on the CD and ran the setup.exe file from the WIN7_64 folder (as that is the folder that corresponds to my Windows 7 64-bit PC). 4) The setup file opened and I chose to install the driver, which took a really long time to analyze my PC and then start the install. I let it run for over an hour and it eventually finished. After a reboot, I was able to login and have the proper screen resolution (my monitor's maximum resolution is 1920x1080). 5) After completing the install and rebooting, I was prompted to update the driver. The update pop-up window took me to a website that had the latest driver of the video card. The last driver version was updated in 2016 and there was a message on the site indicating that this video card has been classified as a "legacy" video card and will no longer receive updates from the manufacturer. This isn't a problem for me since the driver that was included with the CD does everything I need. I am not a gamer and the most video intensive thing I do is edit pictures in Adobe Lightroom. But, if you want a card that gets updates/ongoing support from the manufacturer you should choose a different card.

This little card got me out of a jam quickly and efficiently. Had an old 4 core desktop lying around, nice box with 16GB ram and a decent 128GB SSD. Decided it would be a great computer for our guest room so that when my step son came to stay over he would be able to surf the web, play some light games and youtube. Problem is that the card I had was an older Radeon with only DVI out and the TV in this room only has HDMI. So got video but no audio. The card came fast, PRIME - Nuff Said. You don't have Prime? Seriously missing out. Anyways, got the car, popped open the box and swapped out cards in about 5 minutes. One thing, this card is tiny! I mean really tiny compared to the old Radeon 3850 it replaced. Closed up[ case, plugged in hdmi and... Boom! Booted straight into windows, the card was recognized automatically and the Catalyst software alerted me of a new version available. Downloaded that (box hadn't been brought up for over a year!). Then rebooted and the thing works amazing. I even installed a few PC games to see what I could throw at it. First off was Mass Effect3 - Played game at 1080p, no hiccups , no drama, nothing but butter! Then I said, ok lets try some more challenging graphics. Installed COD MW3, again pretty decent , not as good as my main gaming box of course. But that one is an watercooled, 8 core, 32GB beast with crossfired 7950's! Then it started to update and I decided to stop the update and drop the new Win10 technical preview on it for giggles ( I know I know I am a geek). The clean install went of without a hitch and upon bootup the right drivers were found (of course no catalyst) and the machine is running like a charm. What I am trying to say, is that if you don't expect this to run like a HUGE card you wont be dissapointed. Needless to say that the kid was completely blown away with his new setup when he came to visit next weekend. Do you need a decent card? In my opinion you can't go wrong with this one. Really impressed me.

I'm using this in a Linux media centre box and it works fine. Does video acceleration fine and it's nice and quiet since it's fanless. I haven't tried it for any gaming, but it would probably handle Fortnight and any of the Blizzard games fine. Probably not a great choice for heavier games considering the chipset's age.

This can run on 250 W power old OS good buy if wanting 2 monitors.

Compre esta tarjeta ya que mi antigua radeon 4600 luego de 4 o 5 años empezo a dar los signos de que llego a su fin, imagen distorsionada con ruido, o a veces se congelaba, asi que decidí probar la radeon mas economica que fue esta R6450 de 1GB, la primera gran diferencia es que esta no emite el ruido de la anterior, se solucionaron detalles que tenia la otra ya que a veces solo emitía por el HDMI señal de video sin sonido, ¿juegos? por desgracia no tengo juegos actuales para ver si los puede correr, pero Alan Wake con un i5 primera gen y 4gb de ram lo mueve a penas a 720p asi que eso ya es una idea de que juegos de esta generación quiza tengan tan bajo desempeño para ser jugables, pero no la compre para ese fin, sino para seguir usando la PC ya que no cuenta con video integrado y de vez en cuando jugar algo de la generación pasada, como Bioshock, Dead Space, Resident Evil 5, ahora que si lo que quieres es correr juegos actuales mejor ahorra para una mas potente como la GTX1050 o 1050ti

La tarjeta es exactamente la que buscaba dado que la PC en la que la quería instalar es LP, tiene los adaptadores para ésta. La frecuencia y versión PCIe es la adecuada a mi motherboard.

Baatante buena, la he estado usando con juegos de generacion pasada y los corre sin problemas. Por el precio es excelente ademas me llego un dia antes de lo esperado.