Asus 2600XT and 2600Pro - ATI mid range performance
Synthetic Benchmarks - 3DMark
Published: 17th August 2007 | Source: Asus | Price: |
Author: Matt Kemp
Source: Asus
Benchmarking - 3DMark
I used the popular gaming benchmarks made by Futuremark to bench all of the cards. I used 3DMark 03, 05 and 06. All benches were performed at stock speeds for this section. I ran all benchmarks from the stock settings as well as 1680 x 1050 (2 x AA).
3DMark 03
First we start with 3DMark03. This is a benchmark that relies heavily on DirectX 8 features. This will give an indication of how the card will run on games that rely on DX 8.
The 3DMark03 really shows up performance of the cards here both at high and low resolution.
3DMark05
I ran 3DMark05. This benchmark requires some more features of DirectX 9 and gets slightly more taxing on the cards.
Again 3DMark05 shows that the ATI cards are slower than their nVidia counterparts by a margin.
3DMark06
3DMark06 is the latest in the benchmarking tests from Futuremark. It has a lot of DirectX 9.0c features such as HDR and use of Shader model 3.0. This benchmark is very taxing for the cards and also includes quite a harsh CPU benchmark. Seeing as this was run with the exact same CPU this was not an issue.
Again 3DMark06 sees the ATI cards down on their luck scoring consistently lower than the nVidia equivalents.
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The first thing I thought was, Ouch...
That's a nice review kemp, and i'm pretty surprised by it.
That's a nice review kemp, and i'm pretty surprised by it.
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Originally Posted by name='MikeEnIke'
The first thing I thought was, Ouch...
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Surprised at the performance?
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poor AMD lolThey suck hard.
Shame really.
Edit: I'd just like to add this came as no supise considering this whole 2900 fiasco. This generation of gfx card ahs been a failure for AMD.
Shame really.
Edit: I'd just like to add this came as no supise considering this whole 2900 fiasco. This generation of gfx card ahs been a failure for AMD.
When the words Bad, Shame and Awful are in a review it cant be good.
Lol ok gonna have to read this review just for kicks now :P
thats depressing tbh
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When the words Bad, Shame and Awful are in a review it cant be good.
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No one is mentioning the fact that the 2600 is available in AGP and the 8600 is not. I dont use AGP but if you go to Valves system information page you will see that close to 40% of all the people using Valve still use a video card plugged into an AGP slot.
The fact that the 2600 comes in AGP is a HUGE advantage that Nvidia is simply overlooking.
The fact that the 2600 comes in AGP is a HUGE advantage that Nvidia is simply overlooking.
Honestly? I'd prefer an older DX9 card over the 2600 series
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Tell us what you think. ATI not done enough on this gen or are we overstating the case?