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MSI Radeon HD 5550 DDR2 (part number VR5550-MD1G) is a desktop graphics processing unit, based on ATI Radeon HD 5550 GDDR3. The GPU, manufactured on 40 nm technological process, employs TeraScale 2 Unified Processing architecture. The cards graphics frequency is 550 MHz. It also has 320 stream processors, 8 color ROPs, together with 16 texture units. The Radeon HD 5550 DDR2 incorporates 1 GB of DDR2 memory, using 128 bit bus. The memory is clocked at 400 MHz, which translates to 12.8 GB/s memory bandwidth. The GPU supports PCI Express 2.1 interface, and requires a single slot on the motherboard. The maximum power draw of this model is 39 Watt, same as on the reference design. 3D graphics and game performance of the MSI Radeon HD 5550 DDR2 can be improved if it is paired with another graphics card.
Please see below for detailed specifications of the MSI Radeon HD 5550 DDR2 graphics card.