ATI Technologies HD 3450 Summary

ATI Radeon™ HD 3450 - Video Review Guide 6

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Summary

The emergence and popularity of HD has created high expectations from consumers

looking for a unique and immersive video experience, and this includes consumers

choosing to use a PC as the hub of their entertainment center. But as a relatively

new technology, 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 play a critical role in providing consumers with a high quality and seamless

HD playback experience. Unfortunately, many of the current graphics solutions on

the market do not provide the performance for full-quality HD playback, and in some

cases, lack the proper support for HDCP, audio and HDMI output preventing end

users from fully enjoying the complete HD experience.

With ATI’s Avivo™ HD and its unique video playback technologies such as UVD and

advanced image post processing, a comprehensive approach to HDCP requirements

and seamless support for audio and HDMI interfaces, the ATI RadeonTM HD 3000

series address HD playback challenges for The Ultimate Visual Experience™ for HD.