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. ... Read review
Advantages: alot of features and power Disadvantages: lack of analog output
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 ... ...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 ... more
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!!! ...
0602409 17.04.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Sapphire RADEON HD 2600PRO
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. ...
mastara 26.09.2007
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Processor / memory
Graphics Processor / Vendor
ATI Radeon HD 2600PRO, ATI Radeon HD 2600PRO HyperMemory up to 1GB
Clock Speed
600 MHz, 700 MHz
RAMDAC Clock Speed
400 MHz
Video Memory Installed
512 MB, 256 MB
Technology
DDR2 SDRAM 128-bit, GDDR3 SDRAM 128-bit
Memory Clock Speed
1 GHz, 1.4 GHz
Features
ATI CrossFire Technology, Avivo Technology, ATI CrossFire Technology, Avivo HD Technology, Avivo HD Technology
Max Allocated RAM Size
768 MB
Software / system requirements
OS Required
Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, Microsoft Windows Vista
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support Details
Limited warranty - 2 years
Service & Support
2 years warranty
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.
