Would this be classed as upgrade

[farlow2012]

currently have a nvida gefore 9300 256mb graphics card in the set up in my sig

ive just brought a Radeon HD2600 PRO 512MB Graphics Card off a friend

any better?

 

[cmndr_andi]

Based on this the HD 2600 should be a fair bit faster.

 

[farlow2012]

my current one has a heat sink and it actually burn to touch it , so never overclocked that one,

could i slighty oc this one?and is it worth the £15 i payed?

 

[cmndr_andi]

Looking here, then I would say that you should be able to overclock it a bit.

As for value, I would say it isn't great value since you can get a DX11 HD 5450 for £17 and that is faster than the HD 2600 pro in that passmark test - while also being brand new and coming with a 3 year warranty.

 

[farlow2012]

Looking here, then I would say that you should be able to overclock it a bit.

As for value, I would say it isn't great value since you can get a DX11 HD 5450 for £17 and that is faster than the HD 2600 pro in that passmark test - while also being brand new and coming with a 3 year warranty.

£20.90 in total ....i did look at one simular but i thought the one i brought would be good as had built in fan/heatsink so keep cool

and compared to mine i was hoping for a noticable difference

 

[farlow2012]

also my motherboard has something called crossfire dont know much about it but doesnt it make it improve me new cards perfomance?

 

[cmndr_andi]

Ah yes, well keep posting and you will have free delivery before you know it

As for the heatsink on the HD 5450 - as it uses a 40nm process (compared to the 65nm used on the 9300 and HD 2600) so it won't overheat even without a fan - so you wouldn't have any issues with overheating.

The HD 2600 should certainly be a step up from the 9300 in terms of performance, may I ask what you use this PC for?

Crossfire is a technology which allows you to run two graphics cards of the same family in the same motherboard and gain an increase in performance (for games). Some AMD motherboards also support "hybrid crossfire" which allows the onboard GPU to run in crossfire with an AMD/ATI graphics card - however the boards and GPU combinations that work are very small.

 

[farlow2012]

i play older games really need for speed underground /most wanted / have not tryed and newer games as i was scared it fry the 9300 lol

but i would like to play call of duty games maybe low - med setting was hopeing the 2600 graphics card be ok ?

found this on the site you linked

We managed to raise the default frequencies of 695.25/1386 to 796.5/1584 without having to resort to additional cooling. Re-running Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory at 1280x1024 HDR...

so hopefully i can oc it a little

to give you an idea how **** the 9300 is i only get a max of 5fps on 800 x 600 using geeks 3d fun mark 1.10.0

 

[cmndr_andi]

i play older games really need for speed underground /most wanted / have not tryed and newer games as i was scared it fry the 9300 lol

but i would like to play call of duty games maybe low - med setting was hopeing the 2600 graphics card be ok ?

It really depends on the resolution you are playing at.

As I mentioned, the HD 2600 pro is slightly slower than the HD 5450. Since the 5450 is much newer then there are a lot more benchmarks available using newish games.

This review for example shows the HD 5450 doing pretty OK with MW2 at 1280x800 and lowest setting, so the HD 2600 pro should perform similarly.

 

[farlow2012]

It really depends on the resolution you are playing at.

As I mentioned, the HD 2600 pro is slightly slower than the HD 5450. Since the 5450 is much newer then there are a lot more benchmarks available using newish games.

This review for example shows the HD 5450 doing pretty OK with MW2 at 1280x800 and lowest setting, so the HD 2600 pro should perform similarly.

ok well ill see how i get on it only got to last a month or 2 till i can afford to get something decent

 

[farlow2012]

any other opinions on this card? and improvments i might see