Mainstream HD 2000 cards being shipped to reviewers

Max Slowik · Post by **Max Slowik** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:36 pm

And there's no embargo, so if you have any questions, I think I have a pair of 2600 XTs and 2400 Pros, and a single 2600 Pro in my office. I wish I could say something about the passively cooled 2400 XT but I don't have one. Yet.

[F]bernZ · Post by **[F]bernZ** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:02 pm

We want benchies!

Noise, Power consumption, frames in games!

Redzo · Post by **Redzo** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:04 pm

[F]bernZ wrote:We want benchies!

Noise, Power consumption, frames in games!

I second that

seemingly.random · Post by **seemingly.random** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:43 pm

Max Slowik wrote:And there's no embargo, so if you have any questions,

Ditto other comments - especially heat output. Approx. cost would be useful also.

I'm very interested in how a fanless 2600 compares to the fanless 8600GT[S]. I have a 690G MB and will be adding an ATI GPU for a three monitor setup (NVidia 6150 MBs don't seem to support simultaneous IGP + GPU).

As an aside, I'd rather use NVidia simply because ATI's Catalyst seems so bloated and intrusive but the full package is needed since at least one monitor is usually rotated.

autoboy · Post by **autoboy** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:04 pm

Can you do a HQV benchmark also? I would love to see how these cards score on image quality. I can't wait to drop this 7300LE I got just to hold me over until the ATI and Nvidia DX10 cards come. I have been so good and didn't get the 8500GT without seeing the 2400 first. Damn it has been hard.

Max Slowik · Post by **Max Slowik** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:43 am

Oh, I totally lied, there is no embargo on the HD 2900 XT 1GB cards. Those are what are on their way. What I said before is nothing more than fancifully arranged typos.

But you guys should probably not disconnect your power this Wednesday.

Max Slowik · Post by **Max Slowik** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:59 pm

hd 2600 xt review up, more to follow

http://www.thetechlounge.com/article/42 ... +XT+256MB/

Practical upshots:

Same game performance as the 8600GT
Not totally silent
HQV score of 125; perfect except for some soft moire

drumroll and shit god im so tired

31 watts at full load exclamation point yay

jojo4u · Post by **jojo4u** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:41 am

Computerbase.de

2600 XT GDDR4 is ~5 % faster than GDDR3 version. Idle power draw of GDDR4 version very high because it does not clock down. Defective BIOS?

Speed: Note: Computerbase.de tests with nvidia "high quality" enabled. 2600 XT slightly slower than 8600 GTS without AA/AF. With this features enabled, only comparable to 8600 GT.
2400 XT faster than 8500 GT.

All three cards are more silent than the rest of recent cards. The 2400 XT has no fan control. Power draw for the 2600 XT GDDR3 and 2400 XT is best and even below a 7600 GT. At load, it's comparable to a 8600 GT/GTS. That is because the cards clock back to 110 MHz at idle. Finally some good power saving!

A X1950 is 30 - 50 % faster but also louder and more power hungry.

Bottom line: The cards have HDCP, D3D10, are silent, power efficient but lack speed.

Mainstream HD 2000 cards being shipped to reviewers

Mainstream HD 2000 cards being shipped to reviewers

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