such a big box for such a small card

i want benchs from it :)

I wonder what price point these will come in at? And yes benchies would be nice. :D

I thought I read somewhere that it would have GDDR4?

cya

Only 24 shaders? and only a 128-bit memory bus?

sounds kind of weak...was expecting more....

Heh. I love the hype created by the words and letters after 2600. Makes it sound like a really sweet card. :p

Reminds me of Little Giants, where the snotty (as in full of snot bubbles) kid was wrapped up in bubble wrap and pushed around like a pinball ball.

x2mA mPnsuch a big box for such a small card

It needs all that space for its ego :p

And to think we were disappointed in the 8600GTS, I will be intersteded to see how this card compares but it will be too late for me, I am having 2 8600GTS for SLi for me Birthday, they can be got cheap now in the UK for less than the price of a 7900GS if you know where to shop.

July?!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!


:shadedshu .

TheButcherNLI thought I read somewhere that it would have GDDR4?

cya

Even the 2900 only uses GDDR3 at the moment (if they release the XTX that should be GDDR4) so I wouldn't expect these to have anything more than GDDR3.

Jimmy 2004Even the 2900 only uses GDDR3 at the moment (if they release the XTX that should be GDDR4) so I wouldn't expect these to have anything more than GDDR3.

Yeah, but the specs say that the 2600xt is allowed to use gDDR4 and I would think that "ultimate" would have the card maxed out. Seems kinda weird, unless they release a HD 2600 xt Uber edition...:rockout:

If these people would release the 2400 and 2600 this month, I think ATI would see a very nice comeback in profits. Zero extra power connectors for possible 8600-raping performance? Hard to argue with that, unless you're an NVIDIA fanboy xD.

Some more pics would have been nice IMHO, big box, small card & 1 pic....

also as soembody did mention earlier, some benches would be nice

Well, I guess the AIB partners are getting them out as fast as they can. Still, ATI has enough to battle Nvidia's recent onslaught of midrange and lowrange cards and Im willing to bet they will perform nicely and probably be better than them. Remember, being late to the party, doesnt necessarily mean they are gonna lose. It means that these should be sweet cards and work very nicely. Honestly, you folks need to get off this launch date blues.

24?! Sapphire doesnt say anything about it! EDIT They do, what happened to 120 unified shaders?

looks WAY different to the sapphire... whats going on?!

on their site they say
Unified Superscalar Shader Architecture

* 120 stream processing units

Zubasaon their site they say
Unified Superscalar Shader Architecture

* 120 stream processing units

Probably:

24 Dedicated shaders, 120 Stream processors, which would REALLY kick ass.

tkpenaltyProbably:

24 Dedicated shaders, 120 Stream processors, which would REALLY kick ass.

Why? I am a bit lost, does the 2900XT not have more stream processors than the 8800 GTS and it does not even kick the 8800GTS's 640MB ass. I seem to recall it's not just about how many but also the speed they work and thats where the 8800's stength seems to be. I do think however that on paper at least the 2600XT should be more than a match for the 8600GTS but I think where ATi may be stronger is in DX10, well hopefully so, competition is good!

tkpenalty24?! Sapphire doesnt say anything about it! EDIT They do, what happened to 120 unified shaders?

looks WAY different to the sapphire... whats going on?!

I think whats going on here is that everyone is trying to copy HiS's 'DHES' cooling system....

FreedomEclipseI think whats going on here is that everyone is trying to copy HiS's 'DHES' cooling system....

The HIS coolers are just Arctic cooling silencers sure!

I don't think AC uses heatpipes. Either way I don't think that the quality of HIS coolers are all that great. Good design though.

All this shader bullcrap is confusing the fuck out of me (don't explain it please :p), from now on I'm basing my video card decisions on benchmarks and power consumption.

That card does looks smaller, perhaps quiet since it has heat riser tubes, may be a really good mid-range card.

erockerI don't think AC uses heatpipes. Either way I don't think that the quality of HIS coolers are all that great. Good design though.

Correct, AC's 'DHES' series coolers don't use heatpipes.

even tho there maybe some despute over the quality of DHES type coolers. even tho ATi (& some Nvidia 7900GS series cards) did run with a stock cooler of very very similar design. reviews & also others would always say that HiS's stock coolers were always better & more quiet then the coolers on other brands....

ontop of that Ive never heard anybody complain about the quality, reliablility or the effectiveness of the HiS DHES coolers. on the other hand where ATi & Nvidia sits I hear a lot of complaints made daily about their stock coolers. mainly complaints about it sounding like a helicopter assualt when the pc is booted up or when gaming.

this is a complete unbias post. Ive runa plethora of cards from many manufacturers all execpt for HiS which is a bit of a pain to get hold of where I live.

I run a GeCube x1800XT with an A.C X2 cooler. Ive run sapphires, 3d Prophets, PowerColour but even if i aint tried it first time. HiS always seems to get my vote. they just look much better in general also. my personal opinion anyway.

Zubasaon their site they say
Unified Superscalar Shader Architecture

* 120 stream processing units

Isn't the ATI R600 design based around 5 sets of 64 shaders to equal its 320 total.

Therefore the 24 x 5 = 120 stream processors for this card.

One thing that is bugging me though is the 128bit memory interface.

Considering the R600 has a full blown 512bit memory interface couldn't ATI have at least given the card a 256bit memory interface.