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PRO. Shatter the chains that bind you to the confining dimensions of traditional PC screens step outside the ordinary and into the extraordinary world of big screen HD content playback provided with the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO. Possess next generation hardware that promises immersive high definition gaming for Windows Vista and DirectX 10 to run the hottest titles of today and tomorrow. Specifications Chipset HD 2600 PRO Chipset Features 128-bit Studio-Precision Computation AMD Xilleon HDTV Encoder ATi 3Dc+ ATI Avivo High-Definition MPEG-2 Hardware Acceleration Microsoft DirectX 10 OpenGL 2.0 Shader Model 4.0 Memory 512MB Memory Bit Rate 128 Bit Memory Type GDDR2 Pipelines/Stream Process 120 Interface AGP 4x/8x
A review by tartupets on Sapphire RADEON HD 2600PRO May 21st, 2008
Author's product rating:
Speed
Fast
Stability
Stable
Ease of Installation
Good - quick to install
Picture Quality
Satisfactory
Value For Money
Excellent
Advantages:
alot of features and power
Disadvantages:
lack of analog output
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro is the perfect graphics adapter for the budget gamer. This card is in my system consisting of Gigabyte M52L-S3 with the AMD Athlon 64 3500+ and with 2 GB of DDR2 singelchannel RAM.
In this setting, I have the standard 256 mb shared to 512 mb, with the top of 1 GB.
This card is very fast. In my processor review, the fps shown for these games are done with this card.
Only drawback is the lack of analog output. There are two HDMI outputs and a s-video, so you can hook up 2 HD TV sets.
I tested it with two 32" HD screens and the card played a 2K film without any lag and distortion.
Currently, I have a 19" widescreen LCD on it and it runs anything smooth and undistorted.
My only problem is with 128 bit memory interface. As I use solid edge and other editing programs, this is not as smooth and fast as expected, but nether the less, it can do everything else.
In the end, after testing it in actual conditions, I can rest assured, that this graphics card is very solid.
Advantages: Huge VGA ram, Runs vista aero smoothly Disadvantages: NOT a gamers card, but will handle light gaming
This is a good Card for Vista because of its 512mb of VGA ram. I was taken by surprise when games woudnt run that much faster than on the card that this card was designed to replace (x1600pro) so I am slightly disappointed, but keeping in mind this is a budget/value card, this isnt soo bad.
Was very easy to install and drivers are very nice to work with. VERY quiet after a weeks of use, people will experience a high noise output for the first weeks ... ...this is only because the thermal compound under the cooler needs to settle to make the cooling fan and heatsink as efficient as its going to be. After a week of use(not constant use), the fluctuating fan settles down (perminently) and remains very quiet and only noticable at start up.
HD 3850 should be considered over this card!!! ...
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Great card Review ofSapphire RADEON HD 2600PROby
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Advantages: Single slot design, Great over clock ability, no external power requirements Disadvantages: Easily gets hot, No game bundle
...gets dropped. As with other Sapphire cards, this card came with superb over clocking performance. A few things that I should note is, along with great over clocking capability, this card generates quite a heat and came with no bonus game bundle. The lack of game bundle could be a bit frustrating for some people, although it doesn't matter with me. ...
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Advantages: Fast FSB and support for DDR2 at 1066MHz Disadvantages: Only IDE support for one HDD and one CD-DVD drive
...I swapped to this from a slightly older Asrock 775i65GV, because the Asrock had only an AGP slot and no PCI-E - which I wanted for a decent graphics card. I also wanted a P35 based board for future upgrade to a quad core and in the meantime to use my existing 3.00 GHz P4 dual core. The board supports 64 bit processors, which Linux makes use of, but XP Pro doesn't.
There are 5 SATA connections, but only one IDE so there is only support for one HDD and one CD-DVD drive.
I got a SapphireRadeonHD2600Pro to go with it and now all my games run smoothly with every option turned on, including Next Gen and full screen anti-aliasing (VSYNC only slows it down and I don't need it with the DVI digital input anyway). Tomb Raider Legend looks really good, but takes too long for good game-play at maximum resolution.
The BIOS can...
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Graphics Processor / Vendor: ATI Radeon HD 2600PRO
Core Clock Speed: 600 MHz
RAMDAC Clock Speed: 400 MHz
Video Memory Installed: 512 MB, 256 MB
Technology: DDR2 SDRAM 128-bit
Memory Clock Speed: 1 GHz
Features: ATI CrossFire Technology, Avivo Technology, ATI CrossFire Technology, Avivo HD Technology
Video output
Max Resolution (external): 2560 x 1600
API Supported: OpenGL 2.0, DirectX 10
Max Monitors Supported: 2
TV Interface: HDTV out
Digital Video Standard: Digital Visual Interface (DVI), High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), Digital Visual Interface (DVI)
HDCP compatible: Yes
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Manufacturer's product description
Dare to take the next evolutionary step in HD gaming? Shock your senses with gaming so realistic you may want to leave a trail of bread crumbs to find your way back to reality. Experience DirectX 10 gaming and HD media PC features with the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO. Shatter the chains that bind you to the confining dimensions of traditional PC screens, step outside the ordinary and into the extraordinary world of big screen HD content playback with HDMI support, provided with the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO. Possess next generation hardware that promises immersive high definition gaming for Windows Vista and DirectX 10, while allowing for easy CrossFire multi-GPU upgradeability, to run the hottest titles of today and tomorrow. Delivering a fully loaded HD feature-set including support for ATI Avivo HD, HDMI connect ability, HD Audio and Blu-ray / HD DVD decoding via Universal Video Decoding technology, the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO far surpasses the extreme demands of the performance hungry Media PC. The Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 PRO with its impressive hardware offerings such as: the much anticipated ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO GPU, 128-bit memory interface, and PCI Express native support will empower even the casual user to experience big screen HD gaming on a budget and provide the rendering muscle to drive the feature rich Windows Vista 3D environment.
The Radeon 2XXXX series of cards have been largely publicised. ATI showing that it can still produce market leading high end graphic cards. Cards that would give their archrival, Nvida a run for their money. And they also had an ace up their sleeve. ATI more
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