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ATi Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP
At A Glance
Manufacturer:ATi
Series:Radeon HD 2k
GPU:RV630 + Rialto
Release Date:2007-06-28
Interface:AGP 8X
Core Clock:800 MHz
Shader Clock:800 MHz
Memory Clock:1100 MHz (2200 DDR)
Memory Bandwidth:35.2 GB/sec
FLOPS:192 GFLOPS
Pixel Fill Rate:3200 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate:6400 MTexels/sec
Details
Noise Level:Moderate
Framebuffer:128,256,512 MB
Memory Type:GDDR4
Memory Bus Type:32x4 (128 bit)
DirectX Compliance:10.0
OpenGL Compliance:2.1
PS/VS Version:4.0/4.0
Process:65 nm
Shader Processors:120
Pipeline Layout:Super-scalar MADDx5
Texture Units:8
Raster Operators4
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Overall
8.6 (52 votes)

Performance
8.8 (50 votes)

Price
8.8 (30 votes)

Features
9.6 (24 votes)

Overclockability
8.6 (37 votes)

Silence
9.2 (32 votes)

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Price Name Core Mem Buswidth Memory Displays TV VIVO HD HDCP 2-Slot
Camera $86.99 R HIS Radeon HD 2600 XT 512MB GDDR3 800 700 128 bit 512 MB DL-DVI / DL-DVI y - y d -
Camera $99.99 R HIS HD 2600XT IceQ Turbo 512MB GDDR3 820 730 128 bit 512 MB DL-DVI / DL-DVI y - y d y
Camera Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT GDDR3 Silent 800 700 128 bit 128 MB DL-DVI / DL-DVI y - y d -
Camera Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT GDDR3 Silent 800 700 128 bit 256 MB DL-DVI / DL-DVI y - y d -
Camera Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT GDDR3 800 700 128 bit 512 MB DL-DVI / DL-DVI y - y d -
Camera Visiontek Radeon HD 2600 XT 512MB GDDR3 800 700 128 bit 512 MB DL-DVI / DL-DVI y - y d -
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2600 XT GDDR3 800 700 128 bit 256 MB DL-DVI / DL-DVI y - y d -
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2600 XT GDDR3 800 700 128 bit 512 MB DL-DVI / DL-DVI y - y d -
Camera HIS HD 2600XT IceQ Turbo 256MB GDDR3 820 730 128 bit 256 MB DL-DVI / DL-DVI y - y d y
Camera Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB GDDR3 800 700 128 bit 256 MB DL-DVI / DL-DVI y - y d -
Camera GeCube Radeon HD 2600 XT GDDR3 800 1100? 128 bit 256 MB DL-DVI / DL-DVI y - y d -
Camera GeCube Radeon HD 2600 XT 512MB GDDR3 800 1100? 128 bit 512 MB DL-DVI / DL-DVI y - y d -
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80 Comments
Friday, May 25, 2007 6:03:05 AM
anonymous
guest
god bless ati for releasing an agp version of its directx 10 GPUs hpoe nvidia will do the same
Friday, May 25, 2007 5:26:27 PM
anonymous
guest
ATI is generous to AGP users . Damn this is simply great news :) .
Saturday, May 26, 2007 6:16:30 AM
Andrey
guest
it's supouse to be with GDDR31400mhz.
Monday, May 28, 2007 4:13:18 AM
anonymous
guest
Lol... really?
Monday, May 28, 2007 11:40:29 AM
anonymous
guest
what the fast....2600xt or 1950xt ???
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 12:35:08 PM
anonymous
guest
I'd say the HD 2600 XT is roughly as fast as the XT if not slower . But it has DX10 , so if I were you , I'd go for the HD 2600 XT .
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 3:18:25 PM
anonymous
guest
would this card support DX 9.0c as well?
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:30:44 PM
David
guest
Finally something done right Amd.
Sunday, June 03, 2007 7:28:45 AM
anonymous
guest
Yes it would also support DirectX 9. There are no directX 10 games out yet so the Nvidia Geforce 8 Series would work on no games if they didn't support DirectX9. But I'm buying myself this one! ATI FTW!!
Monday, June 04, 2007 5:02:11 AM
anonymous
guest
direct x is always backward compatible so it will work so do yourself a favor and buy the latest videocard that support the latest direct x so you can play new and old games
Sunday, June 10, 2007 12:48:05 PM
Radiator
Senior Member
The HD 2600 XT is fairly slower than the X1950 XT , but it does have DX10 , so if you're planning on playing DX10 games , get the HD 2600 XT , if you don't want to install windows vista , then get the X1950 XT .
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 3:23:26 AM
anonymous
guest
Shame its only 128-bit. Why did AMD go from 512-bit to 128-bit and then 64-bit. They should have just scrapped 64 and gone 512, 256, 128.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007 6:24:12 AM
anonymous
guest
I have a 500 watt power supply.
It's enough for a 2600 XT and my processor is a Pentium 4 3.0GHz.
Thursday, June 28, 2007 3:21:53 PM
anonymous
guest
Was looking forward to side-grading for the UVD and dual DVI/HDMI with HDCP but the AA performance is oddly only 2/3 that of the X1650XT and 7600GT in BF2 @ 1280, for example. Without AA the three cards perform roughly the same. I wonder if that is a driver problem or a limitation of the hardware?
Sunday, July 01, 2007 12:35:04 PM
anonymous
guest
any idea where to buy one of these?
Sunday, July 08, 2007 9:01:35 AM
Radiator
Senior Member
They should have scrapped 64bit and 128bit , actually .
@2nd anonymous - driver problem , I'd say .
Friday, July 13, 2007 12:36:31 AM
Wild
guest
anyone know how well this compares to a Radeon X850xt pe agp card? yes i know is derived to DX 9.0 and this new one coming out is 10, but performance wise to battlefield 2142 what would you wager?
Saturday, July 14, 2007 8:58:09 AM
Radiator
Senior Member
Damn... the only AGP HD 2600 XT cards I've seen were at 800/1400 GDDR3 . WHY??? I'd think if there was any gain , it would not be big . But who knows what will happen with new drivers .
Damn , the AGP GDDR3 version has about the same memory bandwidth as the 8600 GT .
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 1:51:49 AM
anonymous
guest
So is this going to be released in my lifetime? What kind of ETA before 2600 agp cards start showing up at newegg?
Monday, July 23, 2007 1:58:28 PM
anonymous
guest
I have not seen this card anywhere, I have been checking on newegg every day......
Tuesday, July 24, 2007 2:39:31 PM
anonymous
guest
Same here. Nothing but crappy pci-e cards. You would think card makers don't want money. If I had a pci-e MB I'd get a 8600 or 8800 but since I'm not going to throw away a 2.8ghz dual xeon I need my agp.
Thursday, July 26, 2007 11:54:22 AM
Nvidiad00d
guest
Usually I'm a pretty avid Nvidia fan. However I need a DX10 AGP because I have 3.2 p4 that I'm just not ready to scrap yet. This card looks like my only option. I saw on the net that Nvidia might follow suit, has anything about those cards been placed here? And will this out preform a 6800 GT AGP? The review compare makes it look like it would, but I'm skeptical.
Thursday, July 26, 2007 10:31:49 PM
dvdivx
guest
Seen several reviews and assuming this part comes out at all then it's game performance is similar to a 8600gt assuming no AA. Apply AA and it goes to pot. For HD video it's better though. Good luck ever getting a modern NVidia card on AGP. For DX9 games a 7900 or radeon 1950 would kick it's ass.
Monday, July 30, 2007 7:39:19 PM
Waiting for this card
guest
You won't see a new nvidia card for AGP. I still have not been able to find this card anywhere. I thought the release date was last month..............
Thursday, August 02, 2007 10:33:36 PM
anonymous
guest
It was. I wonder if Newegg is even going to carry them or if this is a paper release. I agree that nvidia isn't going to release anything and this is the last and only dx10 card for AGP assuming it ever comes out.
Monday, August 06, 2007 11:49:32 AM
Dingo Dangi
guest
This is great. I hope there are benchmarks for it soon. I think it has the potential to be faster than the X1950XT once the drivers mature.
Tuesday, August 07, 2007 5:15:12 AM
anonymous
guest
hay guys i was wondering the version Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP where would u go to, to buy one of these i WANT ONE FOR MYSELF :'( if anyone could help that would be great.
Friday, August 10, 2007 12:02:30 PM
anonymous
guest
Circuit City has the VisionTek 2600 PRO AGP for 179.99. Not the XT version, sadly :( I'm waiting for the Sapphire 2600XT that is passively cooled!
Friday, August 10, 2007 11:20:45 PM
anonymous
guest
Guess newegg looses my money. Bestbuy already sold out of their stock.
Sunday, August 12, 2007 4:47:11 AM
anonymous
guest
$15 off $100 coupon codes are avaiable from Circuit City to make the prices more reasonable :)
Sunday, August 12, 2007 6:59:49 PM
anonymous
guest
Still waiting for a 512mb version of this card. Anyone seen it anywhere? DDR3/GDDR3 or better.
Monday, August 13, 2007 7:58:42 AM
Radiator
Senior Member
"This is great. I hope there are benchmarks for it soon. I think it has the potential to be faster than the X1950XT once the drivers mature."
Not with 8 TMUs and 4 ROPs .
Monday, August 13, 2007 1:46:57 PM
anonymous
guest
Only site even listing a 512mb card is computers4sure for $294. Looks like I will have to order there when it gets in stock unless someone stocks a 512 card cheaper.