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Release Period	-	Jun-2007

Radeon HD 2600 XT Review

Radeon HD 2600 XT is a middle-class GPU based on the 65nm variant of the second unified shader architecture, R600.
It's based on the RV630 Core and offers 120 Shader Processing Units, 8 TMUs and 4 ROPs a 128-bit memory interface of standard GDDR3. The central unit runs at 800MHz and the memory clock runs at up to 700MHz.
Its performance is quite superior to Radeon HD 2600 Pro due to being much higher clocked and featuring GDDR3 (thus allowing extra memory bandwidth). A GDDR4 version, which allows even more bandwidth, is also available and should be slightly faster.
Today's games are only playable at unattractive resolutions and using low (on some) or medium (maybe) presets and DirectX 11 games aren't supported.
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Radeon HD 2600 XT Performance Specification

Core Speed

Architecture

Memory

Memory Speed

Memory Bus

Memory Type

Memory Bandwidth

Technology

TMUs

Texture Rate

ROPs

Pixel Rate

Shader
Processing Units

Direct X

Shader

Open GL

Resolution (WxH)

Max Power

PSU

GPU Details

800 MHz

RV630

256 MB

700 MHz

128 Bit

GDDR3

22.4GB/sec

65nm

6.4 GTexel/s

3.2 GPixel/s

120

DX 10

4.0

3.1

2560x1600

45 Watts

400 Watt & 25 Amps

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Dedicated

Integrated

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

Best CPU Match

Best RAM Match

Best Screen Size

GPU Upgrade

Approved

GD Value

GD RATING

GPU Features

No the Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics card is NOT a laptop and notebook GPU

Yes the Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics card can run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Yes the Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics card is a dedicated GPU

No the Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics card is NOT an integrated GPU

Core 2 Duo E4400 2.0GHz

3 GB

1024 x 768

Radeon HD 4870

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7.3

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