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    whats are ATI HD 2xxx series cards like?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by shinakuma9, Oct 25, 2007.

  1. shinakuma9

    shinakuma9 Notebook Deity

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    ive seen these cards quite a few times in asus and toshiba notebooks
    says:

    # ATI Mobility Radeon� HD2600:
    # Video memory: 256MB dedicated VRAM
    # Up to 1024MB with Hypermemory

    ive never heard of these cards before, how do they perform while gaming?

    e.g new games (bioshock/moh:a/ut3 ect)
     
    shinakuma9, Oct 25, 2007
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Their pretty much equivalent to the nvidia 8 series. Just like the x1600 was somewhat around the go7600, the HD2600 is around the 8600gt.

    If you browse around the gaming forum, you will see several threads about the new ATI cards and how the perform both in games and vs. the nvidia cards.
     
    adinu, Oct 25, 2007
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  3. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    We have reviews of two notebooks that have the HD2600. They are the HP HDX and the HP 8510p notebooks...if you look up those reviews you can get somewhat of an idea of how they perform. Feel free to ask the reviewers questions.
     
    Greg, Oct 25, 2007
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  4. gilo

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    Note those are reported to have DDR3 while there is a DDR2 as well .

    Info is hard to find , read somewhere the 8600GT has a slight edge over the 2600 thanks to more efficent units .

    Would consider the 2600 as part of a "well packed" notebook as the 8600GT isn't that hot either .
     
    gilo, Oct 25, 2007
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  5. Crimsonman

    Crimsonman Ex NBR member :cry:

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    actually, the 8600 has an edge because of less underclocking and drivers.
     
    Crimsonman, Oct 25, 2007
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    Also note that the HP HDX has an HD2600XT, which is a different card than the HD2600.
     
    odin243, Oct 26, 2007
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