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| Sapphire HD2400XT and HD2600XT Graphics Cards Review | ||||||||
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Results:
FutureMark PCMark Vantage:
| Sapphire HD2400XT | Sapphire HD2600XT |
| Gaming Suite | Gaming Suite |
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Gaming 1: GPU gaming 6.79 FPS Gaming 2: HDD - gaming 7.85 MB/s Gaming 3: CPU gaming 5434.03 Operations/s Data decompression 705.44 MB/s Gaming 4 : GPU gaming 6.69 FPS CPU gaming 6593.32 Operations/s HDD - gaming 7.35 MB/s |
Gaming 1: GPU gaming 14.27 FPS Gaming 2: HDD - gaming 7.79 MB/s Gaming 3: CPU gaming 5631.01 Operations/s Data decompression 683.32 MB/s Gaming 4: GPU gaming 13.83 FPS CPU gaming 6039.49 Operations/s HDD - gaming 7.68 MB/s |
| TV and Movies Suite | TV and Movies Suite |
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TV and Movies 1: Video transcoding - VC-1 to VC-1 0.4 MB/s Video playback - VC-1 HD DVD with HD content 29.62 FPS TV and Movies 2: Video transcoding - VC-1 to VC-1 0.56 MB/s Video playback - MPEG-2 HDTV 51.8 FPS TV and Movies 3: HDD - Windows Media Center 39.15 MB/s TV and Movies 4: Video transcoding - VC-1 to WMV9 2.01 MB/s Video playback - MPEG-2 Blu-ray 23.49 FPS |
TV and Movies 1: Video transcoding - VC-1 to VC-1 0.4 MB/s Video playback - VC-1 HD DVD with HD content 29.65 FPS TV and Movies 2: Video transcoding - VC-1 to VC-1 0.56 MB/s Video playback - MPEG-2 HDTV 43.62 FPS TV and Movies 3: HDD - Windows Media Center 34.82 MB/s TV and Movies 4: Video transcoding - VC-1 to WMV9 2.01 MB/s Video playback - MPEG-2 Blu-ray 23.48 FPS |
Games:
Conclusion:
Whether you want a sub $100 budget card or a sub $200 mid-range card, either one of these will be a good choice. Both cards performed well and with the new PCMark Vantage benchmark tests, you can see the Frames Per Second in the gaming GPU test. The XD2600XT doubled the FPS over the XD2400XT in gaming, but in the video playback and transcoding, results are almost identical. Each card comes with a DVI to HDMI adapter and this makes either card ideal for a home entertainment setup.
So, if you want a silent HTPC setup go with the Sapphire HD2400XT or if you want a mid-range gaming card, then go with the Sapphire HD2600XT. Either one of these cards will work just fine in the intended setup. I would like to once again thank Sapphire for sending out these graphics cards for VH to review.
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