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MSI N450GTS Cyclone 1GD5 Pro Reviews

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hardocp‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The MSI N450GTS Cyclone is a solid product, but is ultimately let down by the lackluster performance of the GPU that NVIDIA gave MSI to work with. Ultimately, GeForce GTS 450 is disappointing because it offers nothing new at this price point.

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Sep 12, 2010

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TechRadar UK‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The MSI GeForce 450 Cyclone lives up to expectations. It's a healthy step up from a vanilla GTS 450 in terms of performance, and is excellent value for money. Even with completely maxed out settings, it got every game we tried on it running at a playable speed at the key full HD resolution of 1920x1080 barring Just Cause 2.

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Oct 29, 2010

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HardwareZone‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The MSI N450GTS Cyclone is a decent performer. It offers appreciably more performance than a reference card, but was no match for the Galaxy and Palit card. However, it redeems itself with its cooler, which was remarkably effective, maintaining the card at a cool 49 degrees Celsius even under load. And at a price of around US$140, it is also slightly cheaper.

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Sep 13, 2010

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tweaktown‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The first thing that has to be said is, yes, I understand that the HD 5770 can be overclocked as well, and while that would paint a slightly better picture for the HD 5770 in this case, the bottom line is that the model doesn't have anywhere near the OC potential of the GTS 450. The only model in the whole ATI line up that has any real OC potential is the HD 5970 which can achieve some very impressive clocks. Outside of that model, most ATI cards offer a good, moderate overclock; but nothing like the levels we're seeing from NVIDIA lately with cards like the GTS 450 and GTX 460.

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Sep 13, 2010

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tweaktown‘s review Edit Like Unlike

For me I'm finding the GTS 450 Cyclone from MSI a little more of a stand out product than the GTX 460 version of the card. Yes, it's slower, but unlike the GTX 460 version, the out of the overclock is stronger when compared to the reference clocked card. I was honestly surprised to see the clocks of the card when I opened up GPU-Z, and to then see that MSI had opted to increase the memory clock as well was just icing on the cake.

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Sep 13, 2010

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techPowerUp!‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The final verdict on the GTS 450 itself is not definitive. The GPU does not stay ahead of the Radeon HD 5700 series to create the kind of dilemma buyers faced that made them choose the GeForce GTX 460 768 MB over the Radeon HD 5770 when the former first came out. Instead, it's stuck in between the HD 5750 and HD 5770, and leans very close to the HD 5750 in terms of performance. Choosing a card in this segment has been a tough decision, and will now be even harder. Bring in the dice.

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Sep 12, 2010

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