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    HD2600 vs HD3650

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by KillWonder, Apr 28, 2008.

  1. KillWonder

    KillWonder Notebook Evangelist

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    Is tthere lots of difference between these two cards in speed and power consumption? Is it worth replacing a laptop with a hd2600 to a hd3650?
     
    KillWonder, Apr 28, 2008
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    I want to know the answer too. :)
     
    Kain, Apr 28, 2008
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    essentially, the hd3650 is a 55nm die shrink of the hd 2600 with added dx 10.1 support. because it is a die shrink, it will be more energy efficient and yeild marginally better performance.
     
    gaming_zedman, Apr 28, 2008
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    read the Toshiba A305 review here that may answer you this.

    I think while the new ATI is a great card for the money, it is not worth replacing the ATI HD2600 with it since the HD2600 is not a bad card at all.
     
    lappyforphotoshop, Apr 28, 2008
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  5. Llisters

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    Well from my research the HD 2600 scores around the 3800-4100 in 3dmark06
    And the HD3560 scores around 3300-3600 in 3dmark06

    I believe the specs for the 3560: 120 unified shaders and 128bit memory bus.

    The HD2600 specs: 120 unified shaders 128 bit memory bus...but higher core and memory speeds than 3560.

    Thats about all I know from my search. the 3560 does not look all that impressive to me.
     
    Llisters, Apr 28, 2008
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    Like gaming_zedman said, the HD 3650 is a die shrink of the HD 2600. Both have comparable performance to the 8600m GT or 9500m GS.
     
    Lithus, Apr 28, 2008
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    Sorry that was an error on my part. was researching the 2600XT not the regular 2600.
     
    Llisters, Apr 28, 2008
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    I don't know where you got those generalisations from. It's more like the 3650 gets 3800 and the 2600 gets 3300. In the Toshiba A305 review on this site, the DDR2 3650 got around 3800 points. I haven't used 3DMark06, but I think you'd be lucky to get 3300 points with a standard DDR2 2600.

    I think the 3650 will definately be an improvement. In the Toshiba laptops with DDR2, the 2600 was clocked at 500/400 default and the 3650 at 600/400. I'd like to see how a 2600 overclocked to 600/400 compares because the core speed of the 2600 easily overclocks to 600mhz from my experience and the specification is very similar otherwise. Even with my overclock to 600/500 it very rarely goes over 50 degrees whilst gaming.

    EDIT:
    Ok.
     
    Steven87, Apr 28, 2008
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