Amd Ati Radeon 512MB HD2600 Xt


Manufacturer: VISIONTEK MASS STORAGE
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List Price:$318.72
Our Price:$192.75
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Features:
  • Host Interface: PCI Express x16 ; Chipset: ATi Radeon HD2600 XT; Processor Speed: 800MHz; Standard Memory: 512MB
  • Interfaces/Ports: 1 x TV Out/2 x DVI-I Dual Link DVI

Description:



Amd Ati Radeon 512MB HD2600 Xt
Reviews:

starsVisiontek Radeon HD2600XT - Decent DX10 card
Pros: It's a decent DX10 card. It runs fast and stable, giving a Vista Performance rating of 5.5 for 3D performance and 5.9 for Aero desktop.

Cons: The small, noisy single speed cooler runs fairly hot for such a low-powered card. A larger, quieter variable-speed cooler would have been nice on this mid-range price card.

I mounted a Zalman VF900 on it to bring down the temperature and noise. The extra expense for a decent cooler made this card a poor value. Otherwise it's a nice card with sharp picture detail, crisp video, 2 Dual-link DVI and decent, stable operation using Catalyst drivers 7.8 under 32-bit Vista.
It returned a surprisingly good Vista performance score of 5.9/5.5, very close to my old (and very hot, noisy and power hungry) x1900xt score of 5.9/5.9. Odd, because the x1900xt is a far more powerful card.

I suspect that Gamers and 3D workstation users will find this card lacking as will Silence enthusiats, but for everyone else it should be fine. Now if only it was a lot cheaper......



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