Source: Tom's hardware UK – Keywords: Geforce, Radeon, Budget
Categories: Graphics
MSI Radeon HD 2400 Pro Noise Free Edition
Like the HIS card, MSI’s Radeon HD 2400 Pro comes equipped with 256 MB of DDR2 memory. The card takes another 256 MB from the system’s memory, so that the Catalyst driver reports a total of 512 MB thanks to Hyper-Memory.
In the cumulative performance, the MSI board racks up 333.1 fps, while the HIS card only reaches 303.3 fps. The Nvidia card meanwhile outpaces both at 351.3 fps.
With FSAA disabled, Dark Messiah and Doom 3 run smoothly. To play at higher resolutions, you have to reduce the quality level quite a bit in the games’ video options menus. Like the 8400 GS, the 2400 Pro lacks the processing power to render shader-heavy games like Oblivion at playable frame rates. The two chips perform about the same in such games.
The power consumption is on par with that of the Geforce 8400 GS. Under 3D load, the test system drew 6 Watts more than with the Nvidia card. MSI chooses a passive cooling solution in the shape of a large heatsink for its Radeon card. In relation to the circuit board, the cooler looks very massive, comparatively large (dual-slot solution), and heavy. The lack of a fan is completely unnoticeable, as the card reaches only 45°C in 2D mode and 56°C under 3D load. Even with little to now extra case ventilation temperatures are unlikely to get much higher. Overclocking using the AMD/ATI drivers is not possible, as the Overdrive section is deactivated in the Catalyst 7.9 driver suite.
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Im a bit lost for words really i had come to expect more from you guys.
How come i started reading a review about entry level cards yet when we get to the benchmarks we have the full Nvidea range on display including a 8800gts.Its just rediculous.The title clearly says DX10 on a budget so how is a 8800gts relevant?
I can understand having the 8600gts in the benchmarks but why no review ?is it by chance that the MSI card isnt really a 8600GTS as it dosent even have a referance chip and the pcb is different?
Even if im wrong on that and you havent used the T2D256E-HD-OC as i suspect you have from the results then why on earth is the 2600XT running 7.6 drivers and the PRO 7.9.
You cant possably hope to conduct a fair and unbiased set of tests if you are not using the same drivers.
There are so many holes in this im wondering if you havent taken the Nvidea dollar as it sems so biased towards them and there products.
Really Really dissapointed
Mactronix
Mactronix, I dont think that they are suggesting that a 8800GTS is a budget segment card. Instead i believe that they are using this card as a 'benchmark' to show how the budget segment shape up to mainstream. This way you can see the performance gap between 8600, 8400, and 2400, 2600 and how they relate to the 8800GTS. This will hepl people decide wether it is worth them investing a little more money. This is reinforced by the fact that they didnt include it in the 'look at performing cards' and at all in the conclusion either.
While i understand what you are saying it dosent bear out simply because they havent included the 2900 in the benchmarks and if they were trying to compare to the mainstreem then surley it should have been there?
Mactronix
While I do not assume to know everything PC related, this card has been a dissapointment in that no matter what config I try it does not boot to bios when using the DVI cables with LCD monitors.. No matter what I try I can not access BIOS and it will give a blank screen and then open Windows 30 seconds later. However when I use the VGA cables it boots to boot screen and I am able to get into bios.. Any ideas? I have tried different monitors and cables and the results are the same. I really dont want to have to use two converters when I have 2 dvi monitors and the outlets for them std. Feel like this should not even be an issue on such a modern board