Introduction

We've been so concentrated on the release of new 8800 series cards and more recently the release of the 9600GT that we've somewhat forgotten about the new mid and low-end cards from AMD carrying the 3450 and 3650 naming scheme.

We sometimes forget that not everyone has the money or the need to use these higher end cards. So that's what we're doing today, we're going to look after the people on the other side of the fence, who don't need big 3DMark numbers or 200FPS in Half Life 2 at 2560 x 1600.

So we've got two cards here, both of which are from Sapphire; the low end HD 3450 which is supposed to replace the 2400 series of cards, and the new 3650 which is supposed to replace the 2600 series of cards.

I won't lie to you, I'm not all that excited about these cards; but it's all part of the job so let's move forward and see exactly what we have with us today.