Radeon HD 2600 XT vs. GeForce 8600 GT

Test Setup:

Graphics Cards:

• Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB GDDR4 - operating at 800/2200MHz using Catalyst 7.7 WHQL
  
• Asus EN8600GT 256MB - operating at 540/1180/1400MHz using Forceware 162.22 WHQL
  
• Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB - operating at 675/1450/2000MHz using Forceware 162.22 WHQL
  
• ATI Radeon X1950 XT 256MB - operating at 621/1800MHz using Catalyst 7.7 WHQL
  
• ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB - operating at 580/1400MHz using Catalyst 7.7 WHQL
  
• Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS 256MB - operating at 450/1320MHz using Forceware 162.22 WHQL
  
• ATI Radeon X1650 XT 256MB - operating at 575/1350MHz using Catalyst 7.7 WHQL
  
• Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT 256MB - operating at 560/1400MHz using Forceware 162.22 WHQL

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 (operating at 1.86GHz - 7x266); Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (Intel P965 Express); 2 x 1GB OCZ FlexXLC PC2-6400C4 (operating in dual channel at DDR2-800 with 4-4-4-12 timings); Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 200GB SATA hard drive; OCZ GameXtreme 700W PSU; Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit; Intel Chipset Software version 8.3.0.1013 WHQL.

Games Tested:

We used the following versions of the games listed to evaluate the performance of these video cards:

• Company of Heroes, version 1.7.0
  
• Supreme Commander, build 3223
  
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, version 1.2
  
• F.E.A.R., version 1.08
  
• Call Of Duty 2, version 1.2
  
• Prey, version 1.3