More Mainstream DX10: AMD's 2400 and 2600 Series
by Derek Wilson on June 28, 2007 8:35 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
Up Close and Personal: 8600 vs. 2600/2400
These graphs really do a terrific job of speaking for themselves. The only tests we performed where the AMD Radeon HD 2000 series could honestly keep up with their competitors from NVIDIA was under Rainbow Six: Vegas. The 2600 XT did give a good showing against the 8600 GTS under Oblivion and Prey as well, but that's about as much as we can say there.
The numbers were so disappointing that we actually went back and retested everything from the beginning a second time to make sure we didn't have something wrong. Especially impressive is how poorly the new cards perform under Battlefield 2 with and without 4xAA enabled.
These graphs really do a terrific job of speaking for themselves. The only tests we performed where the AMD Radeon HD 2000 series could honestly keep up with their competitors from NVIDIA was under Rainbow Six: Vegas. The 2600 XT did give a good showing against the 8600 GTS under Oblivion and Prey as well, but that's about as much as we can say there.
The numbers were so disappointing that we actually went back and retested everything from the beginning a second time to make sure we didn't have something wrong. Especially impressive is how poorly the new cards perform under Battlefield 2 with and without 4xAA enabled.
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Le Québécois - Thursday, June 28, 2007 - link
I was replying to that. There is no REAL review or even preview from DX10 (game that have been developed from the start for it) now. I know very well that you will need a very good Video card to play Crysis in its full glory.
gigahertz20 - Thursday, June 28, 2007 - link
If these cards suck that bad in DX9 they are bound to suck even harder in DX10. Don't give me this...OH they will do better in DX10....pffff. I'm going to hold off and buy a DX10 card once the games come out, that way I will know what performs the best and buy then the Geforce 8900 series will be out this Q3 making the prices drop even further the the 8800 line.TA152H - Thursday, June 28, 2007 - link
You're obviously not very bright, I never said they'd perform better or worse. I said it makes more sense to wait until the results are in before passing judgment. Don't put words in my mouth.PrinceGaz - Thursday, June 28, 2007 - link
First post! :)nameisfake - Sunday, July 1, 2007 - link
I have to agree but disagree about these cards.I agree that they will suck for gaming.
But, I think they can be fantastic in the right application.
I would love a 2600pro in a family pc.
1. Gets rid of onboard ram sucking video
2. 128mbit path to its own onboard ram
3. Hardware built in to offload multimedia from the cpu
4. Low power requirements
5. Cheap
6. Drop to low res and an occasional game will function
A person may want a very fast modern pc but not be a gamer.
These cards are great for that small market and oems.
My 2cents
DigitalFreak - Thursday, June 28, 2007 - link
Dude, that shit died years ago...