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ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Review

Our review of the new mid-range graphics card from AMD/ATI, Radeon HD 2600 XT. Let’s see how it compares to GeForce 8600 GT and other competitors from NVIDIA. Check it out.

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3DMark03

Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Reference Model
  • 3. Main Specifications
  • 4. How We Tested
  • 5. 3DMark03
  • 6. 3DMark06
  • 7. Quake 4
  • 8. F.E.A.R.
  • 9. Far Cry
  • 10. Battlefield 2142
  • 11. Conclusions

3DMark03 simulates DirectX 8 and 9 games. Even though this program may be considered “old”, we ran it to see how the tested video cards perform on older games. Since we are comparing mid-range cards, we decided to run this program in two resolutions, 1024×768 (which is considered low for today’s standards and thus providing a simulation for low resolution) and 1600×1200 (which provides a simulation for high resolution). At each resolution we simulated two scenarios, first with no image quality enhancements enabled (this scenario we called “low”) and then with anti-aliasing set at 4x and anisotropic filtering set at 4x (this scenario we called “high”). The results you check below. All video cards listed below were running with the default clock rates defined by the chip manufacturer.

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Review 

3DMark03 Professional Edition 3.6.0 – 1024×768 Score Difference
GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB (MSI) 18236 26.54%
Radeon X1950 Pro 256 MB (PowerColor) 18175 26.12%
GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB (MSI) 15741 9.23%
GeForce 7600 GT 256 MB (XFX) 14487 0.53%
Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB (AMD) 14411  
Radeon X1650 XT 256 MB (HIS) 13663 5.47%
Radeon X1650 Pro 256 MB (HIS) 10574 36.29%
Radeon X1600 XT 256 MB (HIS) 10271 40.31%
GeForce 6600 GT 128 MB (NVIDIA) 9557 50.79%
Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB (AMD) 9278 55.32%
GeForce 7600 GS 256 MB (XFX) 8984 60.41%
Radeon X1300 XT 256 MB GDDR3 (HIS) 8935 61.29%
GeForce 8500 GT 256 MB (MSI) 8124 77.39%
GeForce 7300 GT 256 MB (Zogis) 7359 95.83%
Radeon X1300 Pro 256 MB (ATI) 6385 125.70%
Radeon HD 2400 XT 128 MB (AMD) 5953 142.08%
GeForce 6600 128 MB (Albatron) 5593 157.66%
GeForce 6200 128-bit 128 MB (Leadtek) 4179 244.84%

 ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Review

3DMark03 Professional Edition 3.6.0 – 1600×1200 Score Difference
Radeon X1950 Pro 256 MB (PowerColor) 11222 52.64%
GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB (MSI) 10538 43.34%
GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB (MSI) 8797 19.65%
GeForce 7600 GT 256 MB (XFX) 8450 14.93%
Radeon X1650 XT 256 MB (HIS) 7556 2.77%
Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB (AMD) 7352  
Radeon X1650 Pro 256 MB (HIS) 5429 35.42%
Radeon X1600 XT 256 MB (HIS) 5385 36.53%
GeForce 6600 GT 128 MB (NVIDIA) 5255 39.90%
GeForce 7600 GS 256 MB (XFX) 5086 44.55%
Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB (AMD) 4718 55.83%
Radeon X1300 XT 256 MB GDDR3 (HIS) 4497 63.49%
GeForce 8500 GT 256 MB (MSI) 4313 70.46%
GeForce 7300 GT 256 MB (Zogis) 4011 83.30%
Radeon HD 2400 XT 128 MB (AMD) 3009 144.33%
GeForce 6600 128 MB (Albatron) 2915 152.21%
Radeon X1300 Pro 256 MB (ATI) 2712 171.09%
GeForce 6200 128-bit 128 MB (Leadtek) 2076 254.14%

 ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Review

3DMark03 Professional Edition 3.6.0 – 1024×768 – AAx4, AFx4 Score Difference
Radeon X1950 Pro 256 MB (PowerColor) 11262 85.63%
GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB (MSI) 10742 77.06%
GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB (MSI) 9119 50.30%
GeForce 7600 GT 256 MB (XFX) 7980 31.53%
Radeon X1650 XT 256 MB (HIS) 7602 25.30%
Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB (AMD) 6067  
Radeon X1650 Pro 256 MB (HIS) 5592 8.49%
Radeon X1600 XT 256 MB (HIS) 5396 12.44%
GeForce 8500 GT 256 MB (MSI) 4873 24.50%
GeForce 6600 GT 128 MB (NVIDIA) 4844 25.25%
GeForce 7600 GS 256 MB (XFX) 4635 30.90%
Radeon X1300 XT 256 MB GDDR3 (HIS) 4605 31.75%
GeForce 7300 GT 256 MB (Zogis) 3894 55.80%
Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB (AMD) 3704 63.80%
Radeon X1300 Pro 256 MB (ATI) 3376 79.71%
Radeon HD 2400 XT 128 MB (AMD) 2699 124.79%
GeForce 6600 128 MB (Albatron) 2617 131.83%
GeForce 6200 128-bit 128 MB (Leadtek) 1745 247.68%

 ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Review

3DMark03 Professional Edition 3.6.0 – 1600×1200 – AAx4, AFx4 Score Difference
Radeon X1950 Pro 256 MB (PowerColor) 6472 105.53%
GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB (MSI) 5612 78.22%
GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB (MSI) 4639 47.32%
GeForce 7600 GT 256 MB (XFX) 4276 35.79%
Radeon X1650 XT 256 MB (HIS) 4110 30.52%
Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB (AMD) 3149  
Radeon X1650 Pro 256 MB (HIS) 2714 16.03%
Radeon X1600 XT 256 MB (HIS) 2691 17.02%
GeForce 7600 GS 256 MB (XFX) 2320 35.73%
GeForce 6600 GT 128 MB (NVIDIA) 2237 40.77%
Radeon X1300 XT 256 MB GDDR3 (HIS) 2217 42.04%
GeForce 8500 GT 256 MB (MSI) 2162 45.65%
GeForce 7300 GT 256 MB (Zogis) 1917 64.27%
Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB (AMD) 1903 65.48%
Radeon HD 2400 XT 128 MB (AMD) 1362 131.20%
GeForce 6600 128 MB (Albatron) 1212 159.82%
Radeon X1300 Pro 256 MB (ATI) 1038 203.37%
GeForce 6200 128-bit 128 MB (Leadtek) 837 276.22%

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