ATI WinBoost vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT X2

VS

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Mach (1992−1997)
GPU code nameRV630Mach64
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date26 July 2007 (17 years ago)1 November 1995 (29 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$229

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores120no data
Core clock speed800 MHz40 MHz
Number of transistors390 million1 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm600 nm
Texture fill rate6.400no data
Floating-point processing power0.192 TFLOPSno data
ROPs41
TMUs8no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCI
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3EDO
Maximum RAM amount512 MB2 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz40 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s320.0 MB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors4x DVI, 1x S-Video1x VGA

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.0 (10_0)N/A
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.3N/A
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 July 2007 1 November 1995
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 2 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 600 nm

ATI HD 2600 XT X2 has an age advantage of 11 years, a 25500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 823.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 2600 XT X2 and WinBoost. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT X2
Radeon HD 2600 XT X2
ATI WinBoost
WinBoost

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


1 2 votes

Rate Radeon HD 2600 XT X2 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

No user ratings yet.

Rate WinBoost on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.