Any idea what one might expect from an RX2600PRO-T2D256Z (AGP) relative to a 8600. At €200 this looks like a nice upgrade.
http://www.heise.de/computex/bilderstrecke/99/4
Sorry if mentioning AGP has given you an aneurysm.
Uhh thats overpriced, 200euro too much for this card, hd2600pro coming with ddr2memory (some AIB will use gddr3 memory on hd2600pro, but for 200euro this cards never has any chance to sell), 1950gt agp will kill this card and much cheaper, can't do dx10 but who cares now?
HD2xxx cards sound and HDTV features not really a user magnet, when from 100 user 5 care about this in first place.
Performance rumors not suggest any good for AMD, months later and the gddr4 version still can't beat or slightly can beat the 8600gts, who cares when its has a better price/performance ratio than the 8600gts when 8600gts already has bad performance in some games at 1280x1024 resoluton, and most of the users who buy midrange cards has tft monitors with this native resolution.
I think nv and amd playing a bad joke with users right now, they are try sell low performance in midrange price range with the magic word "directx10"
Here is my quess what this cards worth (we se no real reviews yet, i place my quess for performance rumors and some early mostly 3dmark test, so take this with a grain of salt): hd2400pro-xt 256mb (64bit,ddr2) ~60-65euro, hd2600pro (128bit,ddr2) 256mb 85euro, hd2600xt (128bit,gddr3) 256-512mb 115-125euro, hd2600xt (128bit,gddr4) 256-512mb 135-155 euro.
Some AIB's will make cards whats not following the reference, like HIS hd2600pro with gddr3 memory, and powercolor "worst joke ever card" the hd2400xt 64bit with gddr3 memory.
X1950gt/X1950pro still the best performance/price deal now in this range, and this not change in the summer, maybe we see some real midrange performance card for the back to school season, hopefully AMD can release a performance cards in time, and not miss the money bag again