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Gigabyte HD 2600 Pro 512MB
Conclusion
Gigabyte is just going through the motions with this unimpressive card. This way they can go back to AMD and say, "We made your card." Putting a pretty heatsink on it doesn't make it go faster. Adding aluminum isn't what holds in more FPS. For a few hundred more pennies, you can get the XT, which also comes with Neverwinter Nights (you know, theoretically), two VGA adapters, and, er, no HDMI adapter. It's also passively-cooled and overclocked. Get it and be done with it. It's not that the Pro is a terrible platform, it's just not good. And there are better options across the board. Pros Passive, silent cooling Ultra durability Near-perfect video acceleration Insignificant power requirements-30 watts Cons Weak gaming performance XTs are in the same price bracket WTH, Gigabyte, where's the game?
Page 1: Introduction, The Card & Bundle
Page 2: Testing Methodology Page 3: Testing - HL2 Episode 1 Page 4: Testing - F.E.A.R. Page 5: Testing - Company of Heroes Page 6: Testing - Prey Page 7: Testing - Need for Speed Most Wanted Page 8: Testing - 3Dmark 06 & HQV Page 9: Performance Summary, Power & Noise, and Overclocking Page 10: Conclusion 
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2 User Comments 1 - Posted by
Crez
on May 19, 2008 - 7:58 am Noise "Seeing as how the video card doesn't have a fan, it shouldn't make any noise, but sometimes hardware makes electronic whines." It actually makes noise! Don`t know if its only the one I got, but it definitely makes a high pitch sound whenever scrolling windows or playing games. 2 - Posted by
Max Slowik
on May 19, 2008 - 9:06 pm Have you tried unplugging your speakers? Sometimes they pick up weird crosstalk or whatever electronics dudes call it. Also: that sucks, man, hate to hear that. It's probably covered by the warranty if it's driving you nuts. Add Comment To add a comment without being a member, you may omit the password field, but you must enter your name (or nickname) along with your comment. * Denotes required fields. |
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