We have published a comparative review of AMD's ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT GDDR4 and Nvidia's GeForce 8600 GT and evaluated performance across three resolutions in six games against six other cards. Additionally, we've also tested HD video playback with both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs and evaluated power consumption. Neither the GeForce 8600 GT and Radeon HD 2600 XT GDDR4 deliver a good enough gaming experience to give the previous generation cards a run for their money in the variety of games we've tested here. Sadly, there's no compelling DirectX 10 content out there at the moment and that's a good enough reason to stay away from these cards for the time being. If you're on a tight budget and need to buy a graphics card for around 80 pounds today, we'd recommend looking at the Radeon X1950 Pro as it'll offer a consistently better gaming experience than the new mid-range cards from AMD and Nvidia. If AMD and Nvidia's promises of DirectX 10 content that performs well on mid-range hardware hold true, this may change in the future. However, we're unable to predict what might happen when in the future - at least on the performance front. Finally, if you're a movie buff, you'll probably find the new HD video acceleration features in both of these new GPUs cool -- we do too. Sadly though, the current 24-bit colour depth limitation in Windows means that your HD movie playback device is not only going to cost more than a set top box, but it's also not going to be able to match their feature set.
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