ASUS EAH2600PRO Graphic Card Review
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The Appearance
ASUS EAH2600PRO is a standard red-PCB based graphic card with a gold colored circular heatsink, a signature heatsink found on many of ASUS’ products. It’s also labelled with the “ASUS GAMING SERIES” sticker.
The Bundle
- DVI to VGA adapter
- HDTV-out cable
- Asus Utilities & Driver
Card Details
Here’s a summarized detail of the card.
| GPU | HD2600Pro |
| GPU Code Name | RV630 |
| Memory Type | DDR2 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 128-bit |
| Memory Capacity | 256MB |
More details at the official product page
Test Setup
The computer setup used for this review.
| Processor | Intel E2140 Overclocked @ 3.2ghz |
| RAM | 2x 1GB Kingston DDR2 667 @ DDR2 800 |
| Motherboard | ASUS P5K-E |
| Cooler | Xigmatek HDT-S963 |
| Monitor | 20″ Dell Ultra-sharp Wide-screen LCD |
| Operating System | Windows XP (SP2) |
| Driver Version | Catalyst 7.11 |
3Dmark06
Graphic Detail : Default.
| Core / Memory | Score |
| 600 / 500 | 3598 |
| 700 / 575 | 4110 |
Lost Planet : Extreme Condition
Graphic Detail : Default
| Core / Memory | Resolution | Snow (Average) | Cave (Average) |
| 600 / 500 | 1680 x 1050 | 9.1 | 12.9 |
| 600 / 500 | 1024 x 768 | 18.7 | 25.7 |
| 700 / 575 | 1680 x 1050 | 10.7 | 14.8 |
| 700 / 575 | 1024 x 768 | 21.7 | 29.3 |
F.E.A.R.
Graphic Detail : Maximum
| Core / Memory | Resolution | Average |
| 600 / 500 | 1680 x 1050 | 11 |
| 600 / 500 | 1024 x 768 | 16 |
| 700 / 575 | 1680 x 1050 | 13 |
| 700 / 575 | 1024 x 768 | 22 |
World In Conflict
Graphic Detail : Medium
| Core / Memory | Resolution | Average |
| 600 / 500 | 1680 x 1050 | 19 |
| 600 / 500 | 1024 x 768 | 35 |
| 700 / 575 | 1680 x 1050 | 20 |
| 700 / 575 | 1024 x 768 | 38 |
Company Of Heroes : Opposing Fronts
Graphic Detail : Custom
| Core / Memory | Resolution | Average |
| 600 / 500 | 1680 x 1050 | 33.1 |
| 600 / 500 | 1024 x 768 | 56.3 |
| 700 / 575 | 1680 x 1050 | 38.1 |
| 700 / 575 | 1024 x 768 | 57.8 |
As for the temperature, it runs at around 41°C on idle and 54°C, 57°C on load if overclocked. Idle temperatures remain the same.
Conclusion
The perfect solution for budget computer gaming. What I liked about this unit is the neat looking heatsink. Performance-wise, it’s a little slower than any HD2600XT based graphic card BUT hey, that’s what you get when you decide to pay less for a graphic card. 
Nevertheless, you are assured you are able to play the latest games today on this card as long as you don’t mind the lack of eye-candy.
December 25th, 2007 at 12:59 am
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January 11th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Liz…
Every once in a while I come across a blog where I waste a whole afternoon reading all the back-posts.I don’t know whether to thank you…or curse you….