Radeon HD2400 XT
The 2400 XT is the least expensive of the new ATI cards - it's even cheaper than the GeForce 8500 GT. As such, you shouldn't expect much in the way of features or performance.
Pros
- Quiet operation, fast clock and memory speeds, 40 stream processors
Cons
- Only has a 64-bit memory bus, sluggish performance
Bottom Line
If all you want is a card that'll make a nice job of displaying video, the 2400 XT is a pretty solid bet. It's quite pretty and, best of all, extremely quiet. However, it isn't even able to match the slightly lacklustre performance of the 8500 GT.
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Price
$ 109.00 (AUD)
But, the specifications aren't as modest as you'd expect. As the 2400 XT was built on a 0.065-micron manufacturing process, the 700MHz core and memory clocks are generous - the 8500 can manage figures of 500MHz and 450MHz only. There are also 24 more stream processors - 40 in all - which ought to give the XT an advantage when lots of shaders are required.
However, a 64bit memory interface tends to curtail the speed somewhat. Indeed, the resulting memory bandwidth of 11.2GBps is the lowest we've seen on a new card in quite a while. In our games tests, the XT struggled to keep on terms with the 8500. It managed marginally higher scores in Company of Heroes, but was defeated by around 5-to-8fps (frames per second) in FEAR. And in Stalker, it could overhaul the GT only at a resolution of 1600x1200 - and then by a single frame. You aren't going to want to play tomorrow's games with this card.
If all you want is a card that'll make a nice job of displaying video, the 2400 XT is a pretty solid bet. It's quite pretty and, best of all, extremely quiet. However, it isn't even able to match the slightly lacklustre performance of the 8500 GT.
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