richba5tard Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 102 euro for a card with 256mb GDDR4 at 1100mhz, and a RV610 core at 800mhz. Only downside is 128bit memory bus, but the clockspeed should make up for it. Is this a new budgetkiller card? Anyone seen reviews? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richba5tard Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 First results seem very good for a 100 euro card! Stock e6700 w/EIST ON / 4x512MB PC6400 / Gigabyte DQ6 / 256MB HD2600XT DDR3 @ 700/800 / MSI 8.38 RC2 Drivers (based on 7.5?) 3DMark05 @ 1024x768: 9494 3DMark05 @ 1280x1024: 7753 3DMark06 @ 1024x768: 5307 ( SM2.0/3.0/CPU : 1754/2496/2111) 3DMark06 @ 1280x1024: 4342 (SM2.0/3.0/CPU : 1480/1890/2106) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richba5tard Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 benchmarks are useless? ssssssshhhhh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richba5tard Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 It beats the 8600GT by a healthy margin in most games! Very interesting imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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richba5tard Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 I don't get it. I just read the Anandtech article, which is probably the most devestating for the X24/2600's, and I don't agree with their conclusion at all. It does have a small lead (or even very healthy lead in the 2 games i play: oblivion and supreme commander) above the 8600GT, and it costs approx 25% less!! Why the fudge is every review site bashing the X2600XT if it's cheaper, consumes less energy and is faster than the nvidia counterpart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richba5tard Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 Okay, you're right that both the 8600GT as the X2600XT are not a great improvement in performance compared to last gen. I probably like them anyway because they're both cheap and silent... to of my soft spots. I'd be a hard choice if you want to spend 100 - 120 euros right now on a new videocard. A 7600GT, a 8600GT, a X2600XT or a X1950Pro... I think the X1950Pro would be the best option, but I'd probably go for the X2600XT anyway because it runs Oblivion better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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