|  | | AMD Launches Radeon HD 2600 and 2400 Series | 
AMD today announced the arrival of the ATI Radeon HD 2600 and ATI Radeon HD 2400 series, the mid-range and entry-level graphics processors in the ATI Radeon HD 2000 series. These next-generation graphics processing units (GPU) bring premium support for Windows Vista with feature-rich DirectX 10 graphics, and built-in multimedia functions for an immersive HD video experience on the PC.
Ranging from USD $89-$149 (SEP) for the ATI Radeon HD 2600 series and USD $50-$85 (SEP) for the ATI Radeon HD 2400 series2, the new graphics solutions deliver compelling performance and image quality at an unbelievable price point. The ATI Radeon HD 2600 and ATI Radeon 2400 series have enjoyed broad customer adoption and are designed into a significant number of major OEM mainstream and value DirectX 10 PCs to be shipped in 2H07.
The ATI Radeon HD 2600 and ATI Radeon HD 2400 series deliver remarkable gaming performance and maximize the HD visual effects within Windows Vista and DirectX 10. The powerful second-generation unified shader architecture introduces the era of immersive HD gaming, delivering an ideal balance of high performance, advanced visual effects and breathtaking realism for both the casual and avid gamer. Gamers wanting more horsepower will discover that both series feature native ATI CrossFire™ technology, allowing for a wider variety of multi-GPU configurations. Reviews: BCCHardware, ExtremeTech, Hartware, Hexus, HotHardware, TechPowerUp #1 and TechPowerup #2.
Press Release
Last edited by Regeneration; June 28th, 2007 at 08:53 AM..
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ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 and ATI Radeon™ 2400 AGP cards will not support DirectX® 10 at launch. AMD plans for a driver update in the future to enable DirectX 10 support in these AGP cards.
| wtf ?????
thy dident make driver that will support dx10 lol
amd/ati programers sux | | | | I’m reading through all these reviews and still find it hard to believe! Even the X1950PRO faster then 2600XT. Both GPUs are very disappointing in most of the benchmarks. I could barely find reviews, only a very small amount of sites has one (AMD crappy marketing). This launch already proved my letter so far. This is a very sad day for the consumers and open market. Someone should wake ATI/AMD up. Looks like we are stuck with Nvidia at this point. Congratulations AMD, you killed the ATI Radeon brand. |
Last edited by Regeneration; June 28th, 2007 at 09:13 AM..
| Quote | | | | | I guess I was right in the other thread, when I said the 2600 wouldnt compete with the 8600GTS, but I had no idea it would barely compete with the 8600GT at best, I'm highly disapointed with ATI right now! | | | | | | Quote:
wtf ?????
thy dident make driver that will support dx10 lol
amd/ati programers sux
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ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 and ATI Radeon™ 2400 AGP cards will not support DirectX® 10 at launch. AMD plans for a driver update in the future to enable DirectX 10 support in these AGP cards.
| That's just the AGP version. | | | | For both Ati and nVidia i have the same feeling , bad feelings. Or they rush new GPU to market , unfinished , without software support , and try to fix it after its already on the market. Or we see cards like this wont worth even read revie about , performing bad.
nVidia is in lead for now , when it comes to lame shit , but i see Ati is geting closer to the leader. From what i seen the last good card for people with not huge wallets was X1950PRO. |
Last edited by nCaine; June 28th, 2007 at 08:50 PM..
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Originally Posted by nCaine  From what i seen the last good card for people with not huge wallets was X1950PRO. | you are right, i feel sorry about ati's 2xxx series i had big espectations, and now.. to bad. I hope that they will get their act toghether. | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Regeneration I’m reading through all these reviews and still find it hard to believe! Even the X1950PRO faster then 2600XT. Both GPUs are very disappointing in most of the benchmarks. I could barely find reviews, only a very small amount of sites has one (AMD crappy marketing). This launch already proved my letter so far. This is a very sad day for the consumers and open market. Someone should wake ATI/AMD up. Looks like we are stuck with Nvidia at this point. Congratulations AMD, you killed the ATI Radeon brand. | No, ATI killed the Radeon brand, the R6xx series was well into development before AMD purchased them. | | | | Mid market is the place wher real money is to be made, and both companies shuld care about it more , that try to win the 3DMark contest pffff .
PS. Actualy was nVidia fanboy to be honest . Mostly of my last 3 cards history
MSI Geforce 2Ti Pro Ultra Vivo - whit was awsome card at time i buyed it.
Gigabyte 9600 Pro Ultra - probable bigest misstake i made ever buy some HW. The only thing was that it was it was DX9 card. But the price/power ratio in this case was terible.
Gigabyte 6600 GT AGP - and this one i got at lower price that the 9600 proU (some time later , but in similar time frame after showing on the market) And the price/power in this case was awsome.
But now after all that crap from nV ....... |
Last edited by nCaine; June 28th, 2007 at 09:07 PM..
| Quote | | | | | I thought the mid-range was where the money was at? Seems ATI fail to agree. these are very disappointing times in the GPU market, ATI offer little or no resistence. The 2600 is a complete joke - and I thought the 8600 series was bad. ATI better get back to the drawing board and do something big - otherwise at this rate...... | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by squall_leonhart No, ATI killed the Radeon brand, the R6xx series was well into development before AMD purchased them. | Yep you are right Squall but I think you meant AMD killed the Radeon brand 
Not impressed here folks at all .......... | | | | no, i meant what i said.
the R600 was far into the R&D cycle, well before AMD purchased them.
this failure rests on the heads of the Lack of foresight from the R600 Development team. | | | | AMD is not blameless but they can't be blamed for R600. | | | | true, AMD aren't blameless, if they had known better, they should've scrapped the R600 and taken a bit more to redevelop the core. | | | | If they use the next 6 months to improve the drivers they might just have a bargain.
The performance just varies too much. Specially with AF/AA. Company of heroes benchmark | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Unixlord If they use the next 6 months to improve the drivers they might just have a bargain.
The performance just varies too much. Specially with AF/AA. Company of heroes benchmark | Yeah your right waste another 6 months on drivers which will improve R600  , or rather give up on R600 as a failure and begin work on in earnest on a competitive succesor.  | | | | I agree with all of the posts above since my last one  | | | | | | ATI has no high-end products to offer. The HD 2900XT is a bit slower then the 8800 GTS - and more expensive. I’d expect them at least to aim high in the midrange, and yet again they failed. With the R600, I truly understand, but this time, this is unforgiven. They need to win in at least one range, but so far they are losing in both high-end and mainstream.
I’m planning on upgrading my X1950XTX and I’m going to buy 8800 GTS or Xbox. PC gaming is dead at this moment, and I don’t like the fact that we have to upgrade every year just to play some big title (Crysis for example). I’d probably go with E6600 and 8800 GTS or Xbox 360, not sure at this point, but I’m surely sick of upgrading every year to play some title. | |
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