ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Review | Hardware Secrets

F.E.A.R. is a heavy game and we used its internal benchmarking module. We upgraded it to version 1.08 and since we are comparing mid-range cards, we decided to run this program in two resolutions, 1024x768 (simulating a low resolution) and 1600x1200 (simulating a high resolution). We set “computer settings” to “maximum” and then ran each resolution in two scenarios, first with “graphics card” set at “low” and then with this item set at “maximum”. Let’s take a look on the results, given in frames per second. All video cards listed below were running with the default clock rates defined by the chip manufacturer.

ATI Radeon HD 2600

F.E.A.R. 1.08 - 1024x768 - Low Quality Score Difference

Radeon X1950 Pro 256 MB (PowerColor) 398 40.14%

Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB (AMD) 284

Radeon X1650 XT 256 MB (HIS) 268 5.97%

GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB (MSI) 247 14.98%

GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB (MSI) 193 47.15%

GeForce 7600 GT 256 MB (XFX) 186 52.69%

Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB (AMD) 182 56.04%

Radeon X1650 Pro 256 MB (HIS) 167 70.06%

Radeon X1300 XT 256 MB GDDR3 (HIS) 139 104.32%

GeForce 7600 GS 256 MB (XFX) 121 134.71%

GeForce 6600 GT 128 MB (nVidia) 114 149.12%

Radeon HD 2400 XT 128 MB (AMD) 109 160.55%

GeForce 8500 GT 256 MB (MSI) 94 202.13%

GeForce 7300 GT 256 MB (Zogis) 83 242.17%

GeForce 6600 128 MB (Albatron) 66 330.30%

GeForce 6200 128-bit 128 MB (Leadtek) 38 647.37%

ATI Radeon HD 2600

F.E.A.R. 1.08 - 1600x1200 - Low Quality Score Difference

Radeon X1950 Pro 256 MB (PowerColor) 196 55.56%

Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB (AMD) 126

Radeon X1650 XT 256 MB (HIS) 123 2.44%

GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB (MSI) 115 9.57%

GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB (MSI) 89 41.57%

GeForce 7600 GT 256 MB (XFX) 89 41.57%

Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB (AMD) 83 51.81%

Radeon X1650 Pro 256 MB (HIS) 75 68.00%

Radeon X1300 XT 256 MB GDDR3 (HIS) 62 103.23%

GeForce 7600 GS 256 MB (XFX) 58 117.24%

GeForce 6600 GT 128 MB (nVidia) 54 133.33%

Radeon HD 2400 XT 128 MB (AMD) 49 157.14%

GeForce 8500 GT 256 MB (MSI) 42 200.00%

GeForce 7300 GT 256 MB (Zogis) 38 231.58%

GeForce 6600 128 MB (Albatron) 31 306.45%

GeForce 6200 128-bit 128 MB (Leadtek) 17 641.18%

ATI Radeon HD 2600

F.E.A.R. 1.08 - 1024x768 - Maximum Quality Score Difference

Radeon X1950 Pro 256 MB (PowerColor) 77 126.47%

GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB (MSI) 62 82.35%

GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB (MSI) 51 50.00%

Radeon X1650 XT 256 MB (HIS) 50 47.06%

GeForce 7600 GT 256 MB (XFX) 46 35.29%

Radeon X1650 Pro 256 MB (HIS) 40 17.65%

Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB (AMD) 34

Radeon X1300 XT 256 MB GDDR3 (HIS) 33 3.03%

GeForce 8500 GT 256 MB (MSI) 29 17.24%

GeForce 7600 GS 256 MB (XFX) 27 25.93%

GeForce 6600 128 MB (Albatron) 27 25.93%

GeForce 6600 GT 128 MB (nVidia) 26 30.77%

GeForce 7300 GT 256 MB (Zogis) 26 30.77%

Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB (AMD) 20 70.00%

Radeon HD 2400 XT 128 MB (AMD) 13 161.54%

GeForce 6200 128-bit 128 MB (Leadtek) 10 240.00%

ATI Radeon HD 2600

F.E.A.R. 1.08 - 1600x1200 - Maximum Quality Score Difference

Radeon X1950 Pro 256 MB (PowerColor) 37 131.25%

GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB (MSI) 26 62.50%

Radeon X1650 XT 256 MB (HIS) 24 50.00%

GeForce 7600 GT 256 MB (XFX) 23 43.75%

GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB (MSI) 22 37.50%

Radeon X1650 Pro 256 MB (HIS) 17 6.25%

Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB (AMD) 16

Radeon X1300 XT 256 MB GDDR3 (HIS) 14 14.29%

GeForce 6600 128 MB (Albatron) 13 23.08%

GeForce 7600 GS 256 MB (XFX) 12 33.33%

GeForce 7300 GT 256 MB (Zogis) 12 33.33%

GeForce 8500 GT 256 MB (MSI) 11 45.45%

GeForce 6600 GT 128 MB (nVidia) 11 45.45%

Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB (AMD) 9 77.78%

Radeon HD 2400 XT 128 MB (AMD) 6 166.67%

GeForce 6200 128-bit 128 MB (Leadtek) 4 300.00%