In 2010, AMD officially introduced the Radeon HD 5650 mobile graphics accelerator. This device has advanced technical parameters and this accelerator in HD resolution can run most of the toys of that time. Therefore, such a video card can be safely called high-performance, and this material will be devoted to its characteristics and test results.
Destination
As previously noted, the discrete graphics adapter Mobility Radeon HD 5650 can be classified as a mid-range gaming device. On such hardware, it is possible to run all the toys of 2011. In some cases, of course, the quality of the output image will not be the maximum. But this accelerator allows you to comfortably play in HD resolution. This is also true for those projects that were presented in 2012-2013.
Today, this adapter has lost its relevance. Henot able to show sufficient speed in modern toys. Therefore, such PCs already need to be replaced.
In a test called 3D Mark 06, this device scored 6469 points. In the game Dirt 3 it can give out 104 fps, and in Diablo III - 79 fps. But these values are valid for the lowest possible image quality.
GPU Key Features
The Radeon HD 5650 graphics card is based on a microprocessor codenamed Madison. This chip was manufactured according to technological standards of 40 nm and included 627 million transistors. The graphics processor includes 400 stream processors. The clock frequency of the latter varies from 450 to 650 MHz. Among other features of the accelerator in question, we can highlight the support for DirectX version 11 and Shader 5.0. These technologies make it possible in some cases to significantly increase the speed of a personal computer.
Memory
The Radeon HD 5650 accelerator is equipped with a separate video memory subsystem. The recommended RAM size is 1 GB, but you can also find laptops that are equipped with a 512 GB video card. The type of memory used is DDR3. The clock frequency of the microcircuits used in the nominal mode should be 800 MHz. The width of the physical bus for connecting the video buffer is 128 bits, that is, the bandwidth of the RAM in this case is 25.6 Gb / s. But, again, this value is theoretical. In reality, RAM bandwidth will be lower.
Conclusion
As part of this review, we reviewed the accelerator for Radeon HD 5650 laptops. At the time of the start of sales, it showed a good level of performance. It is also capable of launching later toys that were on sale until 2013 inclusive. Now this accelerator model is outdated. Its speed is just enough for the most undemanding tasks. Therefore, owners should urgently replace such mobile computers with newer ones.
