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ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT @ AnandTech
DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Thursday

ATI Radeon HD 2600 and HD 2400
@ AnandTech
@ BCC Hardware
@ Beyond3D
@ Computer Shopper
@ ExtremeTech
@ FiringSquad
@ Guru3D
@ Hardware Canucks
@ Hexus
@ HotHardware
@ PC Perspective
@ Phoronix
@ Tech ARP
@ Technic3D
@ techPowerUp
@ TheTechLounge

Memory
Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC2-6400 2GB Kit  @ techPowerUp

Video Cards
Galaxy 8600GT OC @ XSReviews

Enclosures
Nexus Morpho Premium Aluminum Case @ Tweak News

Cooling
Titan G4TZ Magic Pad Notebook Cooler @ Benchmark Reviews
Evercool Buffalo HPFA-10025 AMD Heatsink @ Frostytech.com
Evercool HPD-815 Sharks CPU Cooler @ ThinkComputers
Swiftech Apogee GT @ techPowerUp

Power Supplies
Seasonic S12-II 500-Watt Power Supply @ Tech Addicts
Tagan 1100 Watt @ Techgage

Storage
Maxtor Shared Storage II 1TB Network Hard Drive @ OverclockersClub
PQI Intelligent Drive i810 @ techPowerUp

Peripherals
Microsoft Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 @ OCModShop
Antec Veris MX-1 HD Enclosure @ Hard H2O

Processors
Comparing The Value of Today's Processors @ TechReport

Multimedia Devices
SanDisk Sansa Connect MP3 Player @ Digital Trends

Mobile Phones
LG Prada (KE850) @ TweakTown
BlackBerry Pearl @ ProjectPDA

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HD2600 is the worst video card ever made
By maroon1 on 6/28/2007 2:28:11 PM , Rating: 5
Here is a review
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2151674...

8600GTS performed better than HD2600XT in most cases, even 8600GT beats it in some cases
8600GT completely destroy HD2600pro

Currently 8600GTS can be found at $149.9 after rebate (same as HD2600XT)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...

8600GT cost $99 after rebate (same as HD2600pro)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...

And since 7600GT performs very close to 8600GT, then I'm pretty sure that 7600GT outperforms HD2600pro. 7600GT only cost about $85 after rebate in newegg

In other words, HD2600 is horrible video card in terms of performance and price.




RE: HD2600 is the worst video card ever made
By ultimaone on 6/28/2007 3:50:19 PM , Rating: 2
well considering it has half the texture units and half the number of render back-ends....so in older games it does get beat, because they handle the graphics differently

yet it can still beat the 8600 GT and 8600 GTS in some games
(company of heros) and by alot, be interesting to see what its like in dx10 games

besides its a relatively cheap option for a dx10 card
for vista


RE: HD2600 is the worst video card ever made
By maroon1 on 6/28/2007 4:44:34 PM , Rating: 3
FEAR is not an old game. And 8600GT got more that 2 times the frame rate that HD2600pro got, and it even performed much better than HD2600XT (which is supposed to compete with 8600GTS)

Supreme Commander is not an old game, and 8600 series won in that game.

And no HD2600 didn't win Company of Heroes by a lot, and before you speak 8600 series won when AA was enabled

Just look at it again
http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image...


By maroon1 on 6/28/2007 6:31:10 PM , Rating: 3
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3023...

Actually, according to this ^ website, the 7600GT and X1650XT are overall better than HD2600Pro

And 8600GT is overall better than HD2600XT


RE: HD2600 is the worst video card ever made
By ultimaone on 6/28/07, Rating: 0
By maroon1 on 6/29/2007 7:34:43 AM , Rating: 2
quote:
actually FEAR is an old game and is DX8


FEAR is a DX9 game, but there is an option in the setting to run it in DX8

Have you looked at the benchmarks from anandtech ? STALKER, oblivion and Rainbow six are new games, and 8600 series won in those games.


By Rickler on 6/28/2007 6:02:22 PM , Rating: 2
It's like ATI is resurrecting the FX brand. ATI needs to take a clue from their big brother AMD and just drop the prices so their price per performance is competitive with nVidia.


By EndPCNoise on 6/29/2007 2:02:47 PM , Rating: 2
The only reason I didn't purchase an X1950XT is because it runs a little too hot. Otherwise, the X1950XT was my first choice.

I finally decided to go with the BFG 7900GS OC at $150, $100 after $50 rebate at frys.com.

I will upgrade to a DX10 card when ATI/NVidia release a good card in the $150-$200 range. The G84 series and RV630 series are a disappointment.

The 7900GS is highly overclockable. Some reviews have overclocked this card to near the 7900GTX!

Since I am already somewhat concerned with heat, noise, and power, I will not do this extreme overclocking on my card.

Those of you who talk of DX10 should check out some DX10 reviews. You will find that DX10 most often requires the power of cards in the $400 and up range just to get playable framerates.

UPDATE: NVidia to release G92 cards this November with 65nm chips, a 256 bit bus, and PCI Express 2.0.
Intended to fill the gap between the 8600GTS and the 8800GTS 320.

http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/12770


Interesting
By Murst on 6/28/2007 1:30:54 PM , Rating: 2
If the prices of these cards as reported by theinquirer are correct, AMD will certainly be on top (in terms of marketshare) in the coming months. Their profits won't be too hot, though...

Then again... the source was theinq...




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