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AMD Readies DirectX 10.1 for HD2400 & 2600

Soul Rider

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According to this article, AMD are upgrading the processors on their new 2400 and 2600 ranges to DirectX10.1, to support SM4.1 and will be fabbed on a 55nm process.

AMD Readies GPU Updates

The question I have now is, If I buy one of these new cards come january, would I still be able to crossfire it with my current 2600, as was my original plan?

All speculation to be posted below :)
 
DirectX10.1... My friend was worrying that 10.1 will make 10.0 redundant? Does it mean the current DX10 8800 series are going to be useless? :S
 
Can't believe they would just replace the 2400/2600 and not distinguish it with a different model number.

I expect they'll be 2500/2700. :)
 
gareth170 said:
crossfireing that card with your current 2600 won't work i think or it may work but as dx10 not dx10.1
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That's what I originally thought, but then I remembered that my X800GT could be used with an X850XT crossfire card. I was wondering if this was the same, and maybe the new card looked after SM4.1 work while offloading the lesser work to the other card.

Guess we'll have to wait until nearer the time.
 
Jihad said:
the 2600 is low end card so not really a big deal tbh.
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quoted for truth :p

Unless there are some improvements in performance during the tweak, then the 2600/2400 are pretty poor excuses for cards for anyone with a X1950pro or better to "upgrade" to.

Unless people are going to be running 2 in CF, then no one who wants to run new games at good settings will be buying one.
 
The benefit, as I see it, is that the smaller process will make these already cool-running, low-power-consuming cards even cooler. It seems like a good deal for a low-end gaming system or a system for everyday work.
 
i'm still not going to be surprised if the 4xaa edram dx 10.1 requirement won't turn out to be bogus, or be dropped. a lot of the new games and new engines have simply dropped support for "normal" hardware AA in favour of more software based higher IQ, more difficult AA to do. I can't see even further dedicated AA hardware, in a time when its being used less and less with every new game, is the way to go.

not to mention that cache/edram is a lot of transistors to add to low end cards, increasing die size/transistor count on a very low cost part seems ridiculous.
 
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