The mainstream graphics cards market is really heating up, with both nVidia's 9600GT and AMD/ATI's RV635 promising more frames at a lower price point.

It looks like the 8600GT will have a more than worthy successor but, can we say the same for the HD2600? Compared to the equally clocked version (the 2600XT), the answer may be "no". Even with a reduction in the fabrication process from 65 to 55nm, the new GPU gives very little in the performance area to justify the raise in power consumption.

Leaving aside the results for the HD 3670 256MB in Half Life 2 Episode 2 @ 1600x1200 without AA, which should be more driver related than anything else, the frame rates are very close to label the new product as a success. Power consumption could also be explained by the chip being an engineering sample, we leave the conclusions up to you before further results are published.

Link: ExpReview.

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