#877 - HIS HD 2600Pro Iceq Turbo X 256MB DDR3 Video Card

[ilovehell03]

i do have an 8x agp type of this video card which was manufactured by visiontek

[halladere]

2600 PRO Speeds:

GPU: 700 MHZ

MEM: 1.4 Ghz

2600 XT:

GPU 830 Mhz

MEM: 1.8 Ghz

... i have the XT... not a high end card!

[Kourtakias]

I got a 2600XT by Connect3d and sucks! At least HIS has great cooling, mine came with 60mm fan and no mem sinks! And remember, this is a PRO!

[jammingbrad]

What are the minimum power supply requirements for this card. I have been trying to find the right card with out having to buy a new power supply. I currently own a 250 watt power supply, will that be enough?

[oppomano]

dude this card pulls like 60 watts, get a 400 watt psu, and this DOESN'T need 6 pin pci-e connector. and if u have a 250, u prob have a store bought comp, dont bother upgrading it, just stick with ur current comp for a year THEN, build a completely new one ur self, and put a RV800 core card in there with the new 32nm Intel chips, which will come out in a year or so anyways.

[rambow70]

how high on geforce scale is that graphics card

[rambow70]

how hight is it on geforce scale im not fimilier with ati is it about 7300 or 8600

[macc300]

im not familiar with your spelling

[Gin132456]

he means what nvidia card would it be compared too.

[willschollar]

tht card looks kind of cheap

[FireRupee]

I now have greater respect for Radeon. They're still not my favorite, though.

[shiftymeister]

I thougth it's a 512mb card.

[LongHuII]

Which motherboard would be best with that card?

[sephironlord]

Thank god they found a way to rig up Direct X 10 to make it work with XP just Google it not hard to find.

[oppomano]

i was wondering if the hd 3200 that's w/ the 780g chipset is better than this

[fresno93703]

this dude think he is smart with pc stuff. manh add 20 more bucks you get your self a better card than that. like a Geforce 8600GT

[vernong1992]

"this dude think he is smart with pc stuff. manh add 20 more bucks you get your self a better card than that. like a Geforce 8600GT"

you think you're so smart, you can get an 8800gs for the same price now

[mysty0]

hey clever boy...

I have an XFX 8800GT XXX 670mhz Alpha Dawg I purchased to satisfy my curiosity about what everyone was raving about about...

Its a piece of crap!! and no its not my particular card coz i bought 2 for SLI and sold 1 and I have other friends who have bought the same card since against my advice

So Yeah, the 2nd one is up for sale now and have put my 2900XT back in which pwns it and yes I have a 3870 too which my 2900 also pwns

But point being 3870 > 8800GT

[illmagnified]

Does this dude give his recommendations to every product? Kick ass this- Great product that- basically it does not let me trust his review and recommendations for anything because every product gets some kind of award from him...weak dude..weak...

[Blorguehad]

I have the AGP version of this card. It is really awesome. Going to put another year or so of use into my aging Mobo. I don't think I'd buy it for PCI-E though because there are much better ones out there for generally the same price.

[RapidReactionP]

first impression i got was that.that card look sick!

[drumthrasher109]

i have a powercolor 2600pro 512m o/ced quite a bit...AA on older games suck it makes things choppy and AA makes the lines look blurry.

[psycofloyd]

The pro is decent but the XT runs circles around it. The extra 30 bucks are worth it.

[vangstaz]

This is a nice card! But im going for the NVIDIA 8800 GTX.

[aleksankazakov]

8800GTX is not a good solution for money. Get 8800GTS new! not the old one thenew that one with 128 str pocessors IT smokes 8800GTX when ot is overclocked . It priced 100 buck less than GTX. Or if you want a real performance in the next month Nvidia 9800GTX will come out! thats right 9800GTX!

[vangstaz]

There's a new Card coming out? Ima check it out soon!

[drifter198807]

they test all these games at absolutely insane resolutions, are they TRYING to make them unplayable or what? i say give results for common gaming resolutions because that's what people are going to use on it (like 1024X768 and 1280 X1024)

[Sm3gH3adx]

lol 2402 in 3dmark06! i get atleast 3300 with my 7600gt, e6300, 1gb ram

[tvotty]

if you read abit harder itis not on Defult, its with 1600x1200 Resolution and 4xAA and 8xAF ;) stadard is 0xAA and 0xAF and 1280x1024 :)

[Hrakleus]

A friend of mine has this card and its SSSOOOOO being "killed" by my HD3870!!(but I paid a bit more)

[masterchief3k]

Duh

2600 is low end, the 3870 even beats the 2900 XT. and still uses less power, try overclocking it!!

[Hrakleus]

Overclocking it!?! There ABSOLUTELY NO need to overclock an HD3870 at least for my resolution (1280x1024) although now that you mention it... maybe I will just have EVERY filter on at its limit... YEAH THANKS!!! I'll use RivaTuner maybe...

[masterchief3k]

Seriously, try overclocking it, 55nm overclocks like a beast, make sure the rest of your system is good throughout, though.

[Hrakleus]

I got to 859/2580 from 777/2252

And on Crysis GPU benchmark 64Bit Directx10 Very High 1280x1024 I got 16Fps avarage from 14

And on High i got 27 from 25 :\

and on Low i got 70 from 64 :) (but the visuals sucked) any thats a fine fps cause you DON'T fly around the island at light speed all the time in the game...

[lollipop2kewl]

The 3870 does not beat the 2900Xt.

The 2900Xt stomps out the 3870.

[masterchief3k]

Wrong. 3870 is about the SAME or up to ~5% better then the 2900XT. Check out the benchmarks on anandtech.

[Hrakleus]

Maybe but its 5% better and 34% cheaper :)

[xLordJeevesx]

The 3870 also uses less power.

[Tecato22]

The 2900XT with 1 GB RAM should be as good as 3870.

[webjthefirst]

But it will be louder

[SquierBullet92]

the fan is soooo quieton this card.

[Tecato22]

It is more about if you the 2900XT with 512 MB RAM og 1 GB.

[Tecato22]

Please listen people. There are actually three versions og 2900XT. First one which is the standard version has 512 GDDR3 and 1650MHz speed. I would compare that one with 8800GTS 320 GDDR3. And then the Second which has 1 GB GDDR4 and same speed as the first. I would compare that whith 8800GTS 640 GDDR3 and 3870. And the third has 1 GDDR4 and speed of 2000MHz. I would compare that with a OC version of 3870 and this card is also very close to 8800GT.

Just thinking of that ATI has improved drivers

[kniaugaudiskis]

Those 3 cards you mentioned are all very similar in performance because memory clock affects it really poorly. After I jumped from 1200MHz on mem to 1800MHz, I gained only about ~6 - 7% of performance.

[Tecato22]

Maybe you are right. But the card with 1024 MB GDDR4 and 2000MHz is as good as 8800GT with the 8.6 Catalyst drivers.

[claytonraymond2004]

What is the difference between DirectX 9 and 10??....In the split I saw absolutely no difference.

[masterchief3k]

The TILES were 3D ZOMG!!! SOOOO AWESOME!! /sarcasm DX10 is a joke as of now, i think of it as a SLIGHT upgrade from DX9. On paper, it is like 10x more efficient and all, but really.... come on.

[Sm3gH3adx]

not much except for maybe water and fire effects, for example in Bioshock there's a big difference between dx10 water and dx 9 water

[Hrakleus]

Yes there is.... I have noticed it too...

[XxShephardxX]

lol 14 fps for fear. lmao

[MADDKNOCKER]

What is a good video card for video editing

[bayandsl]

that video card installer has include directx 10?

[AWPwnageTV]

im a hardcore gamer, this card is PERF.`

[beere911]

hes been on holiday, tanige lol

[hbkkl]

Those vids is very useful man when you will buy a new v card thaks really

[generalx5]

I just bought one of these. Not as bad as he says....My OC core 2 and water cooling, PC8500 ram helps boost its performance. I just like it cuz it can be OC and directX 10. other than that, im a lite gamer.

[mmorales09]

i think this graphics card is shit... its hella slow...and yea its gay

[jarheadts]

lol 14fps!

[vanos94]

can i found the agp version of radeon hd 2600 pro?

[CRAKIZGOOD]

after AMD bought ATI its going down hill

[Meyohe]

@CRAKIZGOOD after 3 years you can see it isnt like that :D

[0Lateralus0]

Search his videos. There are some nVidia vids in there.

[dbajram93]

because he's from canada, and also ati is in canada.great review though.

[haakont1992]

I'm guessing it's because ATI is one of his sponsors and nVidia is not. Don't know for sure though...

[StreetGlowMusashi]

Great reviews! Thank you. :)

[anglepegasi]

gameman you're cool! cant wait to work so i can buy cool graphic card you reviewing! and loads of game too

[kiikasi]

OH! It gives me alralblagab to! wow! Check 6:50 to know what im talking about....

[XxDeadOnTheInsidexX]

More like a-rall-al-la-gab.  Lol =)

[joeb0]

Did you review the HIS Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 AGP 8x?

[UndyingGhost]

Sapphire HD 2600XT GDDR4 is the best if you want to buy this card trust me...card is much better tha 8600GT/GTS and much more options...ATI is finally get what he want and when 7.10drivers come..card will be faste all HD 2000series!!!

[lollipop2kewl]

With the new line of ATi cards.. you want the XT model for gaming, or the PRO model for hi-definition playback. Example: The 2600XT core clock is 800MHZ where as the 2600Pro is 600Mhz. Dont bother with an overclocked Pro because the XT is still faster(This card's clock is 650Mhz) YOu can get an XT for around 50$ more.

[niiidar]

lol :D First time I have seen a product that's not kickass XD

[darkmp40]

i'd really like you to do the MSI 2600xt which is what i got i would like you to do one of those if you could.

[supnoobdud]

HOLLY SHIT ITS PCI

[PulletSurprise]

PCI-e...

[RipperLord]

wow an ATi in blue now... :P

[PulletSurprise]

It's actually not an ATI card, it's HIS.

The only thing ATI is the GPU and RAM controller.

[RipperLord]

thats what I meant.

An ATi can that comes in blue

[TigerDirectBlog]

Great video!

[slaveknight]

wow u reply on someones review.. lolz

[jp198780]

would this be better than a 6800XT PCI-E?

[Foxontherun2]

onboard is better then a 6800xt lol

[CharlietoKind]

cool

[piszczello]

still, nvidia has better product line-up than ati.

[Meowbay]

I agree, overall I have much better experiences using NVidia cards (and software). By the way, I'm amazed they still have cooling fans, Rodney. I pick my cards based on silent/passive cooling, there are many out there now.

[shrinathmukund1991]

u could have reviewed the 2900 xt :D

instead of the 2600 pro :(

[3DGAMEMAN]

I already have ;) +1 ;)

[lMcPhuckl]

He has.

[Killa2327]

Quick installation guide? You put the damn card in the slot...it doesn't get much easier than that, lol

[infango]

:) :) :) :)

[InfiniteZr0]

Then you have to activate it in the bios, update the drivers. And probably clean out any old drivers.

There's also setting up crossfire.

It's ok, you just didn't know. Meaning the guide would be perfect for you

[Killa2327]

Activate it in the bios? Do you have any idea what the hell your talking about?

[Adnan959]

Rodney = ATI Fanboi XD j.k

Great review as always dude, keep up the great work.

[isdonisgood]

why is he a ATI fan? or is he just sponsered by it?

[Foxontherun2]

he would be a fan of windows ME if they paid him to say it. lol

[Karmapolice1982]

it's almost the same specs as my old xfx 8600gt XXX except mine runs at 620/1600

[Foxontherun2]

he reviewd the crappy 2600. it only a score of 2400 in 3dmark06. i have the 2600xt 512mb, which is wayyy better. gets a score of 5500 in 3dmark06 and has a 830mhz core clock and 1.86 mhz ram. and only cost 180$, he should have reviewd mine.

[vafthrutnir]

2900 or 8800 or nothing....simply put

[piszczello]

yeah the difference is that 2900xtx cant compete even with 8800gts. sad but true.

[vafthrutnir]

Even though it can't theres no reason why you shouldn't get it over the 2600.

[piszczello]

yeah true.

but why get ati in the first place? :P

[vafthrutnir]

Heh, yeah I haven't used ATI since the mid-late 90s.

[PulletSurprise]

There is no 2900XTX, only the 2900XT, which performs better than the 8800GTS (both the 320MB and 640 MB versions) in many applications.

Show me some benchmarks that prove me wrong and I'll apologize.

[Foxontherun2]

yea the 2900 blows the 8800 away in 3dmark, plus there cheaper. the 8800 came out over a year ago, its old news, there already designing the 9 series for 2008. and even the 9 series wont be as powerful as the 2900.

[piszczello]

if your talking about G92, then it wont be a series 9 card. it is 8800GT or something similiar - either way it wont be as powerful as 8800gtx or gts

[bryanthe71]

my ass

[L3m0n4d3233]

sweet

[golem72002]

Love to see him get the MSI 512Mb GDDR4 2600Xt.

[supbro12]

All of these midrange cards like the 2600 and Nvidia's 8500/8600 suck ass. My 7800GT blows these away...

[koko56]

not the 8600's...

[Foxontherun2]

ya know whats funny, the 2400 blows your card away in dx10 games and it only costs like 30$ lol. enjoy dx9

[PulletSurprise]

Good luck "enjoying" any DX10 games with mid-range card like the 8600 series at a reasonable detail level and framerate.

[piszczello]

i think 8600gt would perform on just about 7800gt's level.

but 8500 sucks ass.

and radeon 2400 is even worse

[trhisdone]

People send him this stuff. Start up a popular hardware review site and they will send you stuff for free to review.

[KingPain14]

lol, the man has money, maybe he likes to buy a new monitor every week to catch up with the technology?

[Harrie55]

AHHAHA WOW

[MasterOfAllBass]

it sucks balls

[RenegadeFury]

I love HIS coolers

[besnico]

like always

[itsazy]

brilliant review :D

[sometube123]

2nd ! Nice review.

[BrianJensen]

is it just me or do u have a new monitor every show

[donmoobie]

lol seriously