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ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, 2600 Pro, and 2400 XT tested - TechAmok
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, 2600 Pro, and 2400 XT tested - [hardware] 06:34 AM EDT - Jun,28 2007 - post a comment
HotHardware.com
posted a review on the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, 2600 Pro, and 2400 XT. The GPU
at the heart of the Radeon HD 2600 family of cards is derived from the R600 used
on the 2900 XT and has essentially the same feature set. The Radeon HD 2600,
however, has only 120 stream processing units, 8 texture units and 4 ROPs.
Radeon HD 2600 cards are outfitted with a 128-bit memory interface and they'll
be equipped with 256MB GDDR3 or GDDR4 memory. Another noteworthy aspect to the
Radeon HD 2600 series of GPUs is that they are manufactured on TSMC's 65nm
process node.
Throughout all of our in-game and synthetic testing the fastest of the three
new mainstream Radeon HD 2000 series cards we tested in this article, the
Radeon HD 2600 XT, performed about on par with or markedly behind a GeForce 8600
GT. The more affordable Radeon 2600 Pro came in a few percentage points
behind the 2600 XT, and as expected the 2400 XT fell in behind the 2600 Pro.
ATI expects the new Radeon HD 2600 XT, 2600 Pro, and 2400 XT cards to hit
store shelves in the next 2 -3 weeks; sometime in mid-July. The latest
information we have on pricing puts various flavors of the 2600 XT in the
$119 - $149 price range, the 2600 Pro in the $89 - $99 range, the 2400 XT in
the $75 - $85 range, and the 2400 Pro (not tested here) in the $50 - $55 range.
If history is an indicator, however, expect actual street prices for these cards
to be about 5% to 15% higher than these suggested prices for a while. For
example, Radeon HD 2900 XT cards have just recently begun selling at their MSRP
of $399 after about 6 weeks on the market.
Overall, the new Radeon HD 2600 XT, 2600 Pro, and 2400 XT cards should make for
quiet, low-power upgrades from any integrated graphics solution and offer a
relatively low-cost of entry into the world of DirectX 10. These cards are
obviously not geared to hardcore gamers, but at lower resolutions without
high levels of AA and anisotropic filtering enabled they'll be adequate for
casual gaming. These cards are also well suited to HTPC applications where video
playback performance and low-noise output are of the utmost importance.
In related news,
TheTechLounge takes a look at the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB with the same
results. Another 2600XT reviews can be found on
Guru3D, Hexus.net,
OC WorkBench,
TechPowerUp and PC Perspective. |
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