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Asus EAH4350 Silent/DI/512MD2 review

Our Rating :
Price when reviewed : £34
inc VAT

This Asus graphics card features three outputs, but you can only use two at a time

Many motherboards now come with perfectly serviceable onboard graphics. However, there are still good reasons to buy an inexpensive new graphics card such as this EAH4350 from Asus.

Many onboard graphics chipsets support only a single display, so you’ll need a dedicated graphics card to run two monitors. This card has three outputs – DVI, VGA and HDMI – though you can use only two of these simultaneously. Still, this will let you connect a display without the use of an adaptor. It’s also passively cooled, so there’s no noisy fan.

We got smooth playback of Blu-ray movies when using this card in combination with a modest E2160 Pentium Dual Core processor. Its built-in controller means you can output digital audio over HDMI without any extra cabling or fuss.

Despite being one of ATI’s latest chipsets, the Radeon HD 4350 isn’t suitable for running demanding modern games. It scored poorly in our tests and was unable to produce playable frame rates in either Crysis or Call of Duty 4. However, we did enjoy a game of Civilization 4: Colonization without problems.

This is a great choice for those after a new graphics card for any PC, as long as you don’t need to play fast-moving 3D action games.

Basic Specifications

Price £34
Rating *****
Details www.asus.com
Interface PCI Express x16 2.0
Slots taken up 1
Brand ATI
Graphics Processor ATI Radeon HD 4350
Memory 512MB DDR2
GPU clock speed 600MHz
Memory speed 800MHz

Features

Architecture 40 stream processors

Connectors

DVI outputs 1
VGA outputs 1
S-video output no
S-Video input no
Composite outputs no
Composite inputs no
Component outputs no
HDMI outputs 1
Power leads required none

Benchmark Results

3DMark Vantage 1680 296
Call of Duty 4 1680 4xAA 7.3fps
Crysis 1680 High 4xAA 3.1fps

Buying Information

Warranty three years RTB
Price £34
Supplier http://www.ginger6.co.uk
Details www.asus.com