The heatsink and fan cooling setup used on our review sample was on the cheap side, even for a budget graphics card, so we hope that AMD partners can come up with far more impressive solutions. Despite the low power consumption levels of the Radeon HD 5450, our board still ran rather hot, almost reaching 60 degrees under load. This made the Radeon HD 5450 hotter than the Radeon HD 4650 and GeForce GT 240 graphics cards, both of which carried upgraded coolers.
