Hd2600

[Bubbafat]

Question on a video card. How good is the HD2600? saw it for $99.99 on sale and wonderd how good it was.

[PCXL-Fan]

Not sure if you are looking at the XT or Pro version but the XT performs slightly less than the 8600GT and the pro performs slightly better than the 8500gt. In my opinion for the cost its a good deal.
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[Bubbafat]

Havnt looked at those sites yet, but is it generally better than what i got. I was looknig at Hd2600 Pro.

Edit: if you cant see in sig(gotta fix) i have a radeonX1800XT

[fried_egg]

i doubt anyone could read your sig

[Bubbafat]

Idk from what i can tell my card is better, at least looking at the ratings.

[fried_egg]

it probably is. the hd2600 is a pretty weak card.

[PCXL-Fan]

I might be wrong but I think they might be fairly equal in performance or the 1800XT might be even slightly better. The X1800XT is although a generation earlier, its of the '800' class from a plus its an XT not a pro. While the 2600pro although a generation newer it's a '600' class gpu which are inferior to 800s.

I know a 6800gt can out perform a 8500gt any day of the week. Only exception is 6800gt isn't dx10 compatible only dx9 compatable

[fried_egg]

what do you expect for 99 bucks

[Bubbafat]

Well mine was only 130ish.

[makotech222]

haha bestbuy? its a 512 mb card which is pretty good however, good for high resolutions

[fivefeet8]

Originally Posted by makotech222

haha bestbuy? its a 512 mb card which is pretty good however, good for high resolutions

If you're talking about the x2600pro, it's 512 megs isn't going to give it much even at higher resolutions. It's still on a 128 bit memory bus and it's fillrates are very limited by it's 4 ROPs. As to the OP. Don't make that trade. Your x1800xt is far faster than the x2600pro.