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ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT |
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Value and Conclusion
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| 9.0 | With a price of only $79 for the XT version and even less for the Pro version, the HD 2400 XT is sitting in a niche that is mainly reserved for office PCs. However, it does include advanced features like DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0 which are probably not going to be used a lot in this performance class. On the other hand if you are in the market for a new card the price difference between X1300 and 2400 XT is so small that you can just get the 2400 XT for the additional features at almost no extra cost. Unfortunately for AMD, NVIDIA GeForce 8 products offer more performance for just a little bit of extra money. Users of media PC systems will love this card because it comes with the UVD HD video accleration feature that greatly reduces CPU load when decoding HD-DVD and Bluray movies. Being able to have HDMI + HDCP + Audio all over one cable makes the card even more useful for HTPCs. The temperature controlled fan is a welcome feature to keep the annoying fan noise down. |
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