From: goldy on
On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:42:58 +0100, Benjamin Gawert <bgawert(a)gmx.de>
wrote:

>Am 30.03.2010 21:05, * goldy:
>> I Have A New Sapphire Radeon HD 2600XT 256MB DDR4 I Never Used, Do You
>> Think It Would Be A Equal In Performance To The X1900.
>
>You originally wrote:
>"I Use Windows XP And Other Applications Like Excel And Word. Also Do
>Some Video Editing But That's About It , No Games."
>
>None of these applications are demanding enough to make any difference
>on any card made since the last 10 years or so, unless "video editing"
>means using one of the very few programs which come with some useful GPU
>support.
>
>If I remember right the 2600XT uses more power than your X1900, in which
>case you better keep your current card.
>
>Or you can sell both cards on ebay and get a entry level card like a
>Radeon 4300 series which draws even less power and could be passively
>cooled.
>
>Ben