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HIS Radeon X1600 PRO IceQ Turbo PCI-E Review |
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Written by Zombie
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Wednesday, 17 May 2006 |
Bjorn3D shares a review on the HIS Radeon X1600 PRO IceQ Turbo PCIe video card. Today I am taking a look at a card for people who don't have a lot of money to spend on their video cards but still want to be able to get decent performance in games. The card in question is the HIS Radeon X1600 PRO IceQ Turbo with 128MB GDDR3 memory. With a low price, decent performance, low noise level and the ability to use it in CrossFire mode without any extra Master card on paper it sounds like an excellent product. The biggest draw-back with this version of the card is the 128MB video memory. HIS does have versions with more memory though that might be even more interesting.
 HIS Radeon X1600 PRO IceQ Turbo PCI-E Review
The Turbo in its name refers to the fact that HIS has already overclocked the Radeon X1600 PRO a bit from 500MHz to 587MHz for the GPU and from 780MHz to 1.38GHz for the memory. In fact this Radeon X1600 PRO runs at the same speeds as a Radeon X1600 XT. At a price of around $120 the HIS Radeon X1600 PRO IceQ Turbo is a cheap way to get more speed out of a mid-range PC. Compared to a similar price NVIDIA product like the GeForce 7600 GS the HIS Radeon X1600 PRO IceQ Turbo performs well although its limited 128MB memory hurts it when turning up the resolution and quality features.
That's one of the reasons I am a bit hesitant to recommend this card if you are planning to play games. HIS got a 256MB version to that also is priced similar and I feel that this would give you more bangs for the buck. The card would fit well into a HTPC though since it still supports both Avivo, dual link DVI and has a good and silent cooler. The last plus point is the fact that you can add another card in CrossFire without having to buy a CrossFire enabling master card. This means you can add a cheap Radeon X1600 PRO later instead of buying a brand new card.
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