The HD 2400 & HD 2600 series is now

Posted By: Steve McBarnes - 11:17:36 Thu, June 28, 2007

The mid-range cards from ATI/AMD are finally here. According to this reference HD 2600 XT and HD 2600 Pro review from ExtremeTech the price points for these cards will be:

HD 2600 XT: $119–$149
HD 2600 Pro: $89–$99
HD 2400 XT: $75–$85
HD 2400 Pro: $50–$55

I do not see any of these cards at Newegg yet, but I have a hunch that they may appear later today. I should also let you know that I have changed the release dates of the HD 2400 and HD 2600 series from 6-30 to 6-28, which means you can now rate these cards using our star rating system.

I will be adding reviews and cards as I find them today, and if I find sites that are selling them, I will link them here for you.

Guru3D has their own review up and they have a more detailed pricing list:

HD 2600 XT Gemini (CrossFire on 1 card): $189–$249
HD 2600 XT GDDR4: $149
HD 2600 XT GDDR3: $129
HD 2600 Pro: $89–$99
HD 2400 XT: $79–$89
HD 2400 Pro: $59–$69

Hot Hardware HD 2400 XT, HD 2600 Pro, HD 2600 XT review
AnandTech HD 2400 XT, HD 2600 Pro, HD 2600 XT review
FiringSquad HD 2600 Pro, HD 2600 XT review
Hexus HD 2400 XT. HD 2600 XT review
PC Perspective HD 2400 XT. HD 2600 XT review
Neoseeker PowerColor HD 2600 XT review

Reference HD 2600 XT

8 Comments

Thursday, June 28, 2007 12:23:39 PM

Eric
n00b

As per the Guru3D review the 2600XT wont even be faster then a 8600GT Defenetly buying a 8600GTS now that I see how the 2600XT performs.

Thursday, June 28, 2007 1:24:50 PM

Mike
GPUReview Founder

Performance looks lackluster at best. And the pricing, though pretty cheap, is not cheap enough to convince me to recommend any of these cards over their competition from nVidia. I actually thought ATi would capitalize here since nVidia kinda did a crappy job with the 8600s, but nope.

Thursday, June 28, 2007 2:31:28 PM

Radiator
Senior Member

So much for the mainstream cards saving ATI .
Kinda reminds me of what happened when nVidia introduced the FX series... all the cards sucked .
Right now , the only card , that can actually compete with it's nvidia counterpart is the HD 2900 XT .
I was expecting more performance from the HD 2000 cards ... but no .
I guess , if I'm getting a new PC , I'm going to have to wait for the next generation of cards to come out .
The HD 2600 XT looked good to me at first ... but it could barely could compete with the GT , if even that .
I wonder how it'll perform in DX10 . ( Crysis & Bioshock )

Thursday, June 28, 2007 5:57:21 PM

EKR
guest

Eric -- Why buy a 8600 GTS when you can get mush better DX9 performance for LESS MONEY? No one can know how any of the current DX10 cards will *really* perform in... well, DX10 applications!

Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:10:33 PM

anonymous
guest

I said it before and i'm gonna say it again....skip this generation of DX10 cards and wait one more year.

Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:51:32 PM

Eric
n00b

Well im gonna wait till the end of the year to buy a new card so ill have enough time to think it over but sofar i dont like the new ati midrange. Best thing for me to do would be to buy a 8800gts but thats not a possibility for me because I can only fit single slot graphic cards in my system so yea.

Friday, June 29, 2007 12:29:11 AM

anonymousD
guest

and the 2600xt sucks :D lol..them dudes were right a while ago..didnt want to believe it suked that much.
dan

Friday, June 29, 2007 2:59:26 PM

Radiator
Senior Member

Hmm... perhaps it's the same thing as with the HD 2900 XT... crappy drivers at first. Perhaps new drivers will make some difference... but with such a low number of ROPs and texture units , it can't get you much performance anyway .

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