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ATI Radeon™ HD 3450 - Video Review Guide 

©2007 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., AMD, The AMD arrow, Athlon, ATI, the ATI logo, Avivo, 
Catalyst, The Ultimate Visual Experience and Radeon are trademarks of Advanced Micro 
Devices, Inc. Features, pricing, availability and specifications may vary by product model and 

are subject to change without notice. Products may not be exactly as shown.  Not all features 

may be implemented by all manufacturers.   

Video Benchmarking Checklist 

Here is a list of hardware and software tools AMD recommends you use to evaluate a 

graphics card’s video playback capabilities: 
 

 

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Test system with Windows® XP or Windows Vista® (32-bit or 64-bit) 

operating system 

 

9

 

HDCP compliant monitor or HDTV with native resolution of at least 1920x1080 

 

9

 

DVD Optical Drive 

 

9

 

HD DVD Optical Drive 

 

9

 

Blu-ray

TM

 Optical Drive 

 

9

 

System monitoring software such as Windows® Reliability and Performance 

Monitor 
 

9

 

Playback software such as CyberLink PowerDVD 

 

9

 

Silicon Optix HQV and HD HQV Benchmarks 

 

9

 

HD DVD and Blu-ray

TM

 discs 

 

9

 

Power Analyzer 

Summary of Contents for Radeon HD 3450

Page 1: ...ATI Radeon HD 3450 High Definition HTPC for the masses...

Page 2: ...Devices Inc Features pricing availability and specifications may vary by product model and are subject to change without notice Products may not be exactly as shown Not all features may be implemented...

Page 3: ...xity of algorithms for decode i e CABAC and processing i e advanced de interlacing High power consumption levels as PC resources run intensively to decode HD content which can reduce battery life on n...

Page 4: ...sing of HD video requires large amounts of memory bandwidth The initial implementation of UVD on the ATI RadeonTM HD 2000 series had restrictions dependant on the available memory bandwidth on a given...

Page 5: ...adapter ATI RadeonTM HD 2000 series and ATI RadeonTM HD 3000 series3 solutions enable end users to get full video and audio support via standard DVI for easy connectivity and a superior HD experience...

Page 6: ...echnology HD brings new challenges related to the large quantity of data needed to be processed in HD as well as its computational complexity power consumption and need for content protection GPUs can...

Page 7: ...anufacturers Video Benchmarking Checklist Here is a list of hardware and software tools AMD recommends you use to evaluate a graphics card s video playback capabilities 9 Test system with Windows XP o...

Page 8: ...esolution to 1080P 1920x1080 through Windows Display Settings Step 3 Launch Window s performance monitor by pressing Window key r and typing perfmon in box Alternatively you can create a shortcut to t...

Page 9: ...ie AMD believes that 120 seconds of playback is sufficient for obtaining an accurate measurement of CPU utilization for video playback AMD recommends that you test ATI Radeon HD 3450 Video Review Guid...

Page 10: ...ion by going to the Configuration Video menu ATI Radeon HD 3450 Video Review Guide 10 2007 Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMD The AMD arrow Athlon ATI the ATI logo Avivo Catalyst The Ultimate Visual Exper...

Page 11: ...ie by choosing the Cyberlink window from the task bar or by pressing alt tab again ATI Radeon HD 3450 Video Review Guide 11 2007 Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMD The AMD arrow Athlon ATI the ATI logo Av...

Page 12: ...of the window ATI Radeon HD 3450 Video Review Guide 12 2007 Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMD The AMD arrow Athlon ATI the ATI logo Avivo Catalyst The Ultimate Visual Experience and Radeon are trademark...

Page 13: ...layback of several high definition movies Please use these scores as reference to verify that your platform is performing as expected Here are the exact specifications of the platform AMD used for its...

Page 14: ...86 HD 2400 PRO HD 3450 Lower is Better BR Blu Ray HD HD DVD System specifications on page 13 ATI Radeon HD 3450 Video Review Guide 14 2007 Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMD The AMD arrow Athlon ATI the A...

Page 15: ...r 11 NIN VC 1 BR Chapter 17 Sabra Super Extra VC 1 HD Title 4 CPU Utilization 8400GS G86 HD 2400 PRO HD 3450 Lower is Better BR Blu Ray HD HD DVD System specifications on page 13 ATI Radeon HD 3450 Vi...

Page 16: ...ATI Radeon HD 3450 based HTPC This is an overview of the cost of a home theater PC HTPC based on ATI Radeon HD 3450 enabling both Blu ray Disc and HD DVD formats PRDOUCT MSRP Retail URL GPU ATI Radeo...

Page 17: ...ONSIBILITY FOR ANY INACCURACIES ERRORS OR OMISSIONS THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS INFORMATION AMD SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO...

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