HD 2600 Pro

Is there anything terrible about this card? Its in my price range. I dont want to play Crysis or anything, but I do want to play Half-Life 2 and Battlefield 2142...I`ll upgrade it later, but I dont want to spend to much...since I`ll just upgrade in a few months.HD 2600 Pro
get x1950pro instead. If your option are those 2 games. ;)HD 2600 Pro
What makes that one better? The specs for the 2600 appear to be better.....Or is the 1950 just better for those two games? Or what?
X1950Pro is a great dx9 value card, 2600Pro has dx10 but you will not be able to play in dx10 to much game anyway
So I should just get a DX9 card for now...since I`ll upgrade sometime this fall?
[QUOTE=''jfkunrendered'']So I should just get a DX9 card for now...since I`ll upgrade sometime this fall?[/QUOTE]If you want Dx10 go for 8800GTS at ast if not a good dx9 like x1950Pro is the best choice for you. Those two games that you specifyed are dx9 games so...
So...you cant use a DX10 card with a DX9 game?
You can use the DX10 card in a DX9 game, you just won't get DX10 technology.
yea you can
Well the mid-end DX10 cards arent too powerfull but supposedly DX10 games are supposed to be more optimized but yes a DX10 card will work with DX9 - 1 games
Dude, even an X1650 XT can outperform the 2600/8600 series.Since you're not looking at DX10, I recommend going for a good DX9 mainstream card (X1650 XT, 7600GT, X1900 GT, X1950 GT and X1950 PRO).
[QUOTE=''Wesker776'']Dude, even an X1650 XT can outperform the 2600/8600 series.Since you're not looking at DX10, I recommend going for a good DX9 mainstream card (X1650 XT, 7600GT, X1900 GT, X1950 GT and X1950 PRO).[/QUOTE]



I dont think so... From what ive seen the 8600GTS and HD 2600XT beat the 7600GT and X1650XT
[QUOTE=''LouieV13''][QUOTE=''Wesker776'']Dude, even an X1650 XT can outperform the 2600/8600 series.Since you're not looking at DX10, I recommend going for a good DX9 mainstream card (X1650 XT, 7600GT, X1900 GT, X1950 GT and X1950 PRO).[/QUOTE] I dont think so... From what ive seen the 8600GTS and HD 2600XT beat the 7600GT and X1650XT[/QUOTE]http://www.trustedreviews.com/graphics/review/2007/07/16/ATI-Radeon-HD-2600-XT-2600-Pro-and-2400-XT/p1 I was a bit close, but still, the 8600/2600 are pretty underwhelming.
I like this review better,http://xtreview.com/review203.htmIt shows the 8600 performing at about the same level as a 7950 or 1950
Wesker776,trustedreviews? try anandtech or xbitlabs,their reviews show that the 8600GTS kills the X1650XT.
[QUOTE=''Wesker776''][QUOTE=''LouieV13''][QUOTE=''Wesker776'']Dude, even an X1650 XT can outperform the 2600/8600 series.Since you're not looking at DX10, I recommend going for a good DX9 mainstream card (X1650 XT, 7600GT, X1900 GT, X1950 GT and X1950 PRO).[/QUOTE] I dont think so... From what ive seen the 8600GTS and HD 2600XT beat the 7600GT and X1650XT[/QUOTE]http://www.trustedreviews.com/graphics/review/2007/07/16/ATI-Radeon-HD-2600-XT-2600-Pro-and-2400-XT/p1I was a bit close, but still, the 8600/2600 are pretty underwhelming.[/QUOTE]wtf? i play css at 1680 by 1050 with all those settings on and i get 40+ fps with my 7600gs 512mb:?
So I should just get the X1650XT for now?
mind that it has no SM 3.0
[QUOTE=''Shegevara'']mind that it has no SM 3.0[/QUOTE]



What card? all Nvidia 6k and up and AMD X1k and up have it...
sorry my bad. It has SM 3.0. But it has poor preformance for the price