ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT 256MB

Result - 3DMark06 Pro

Result - 3DMark06 Pro

Between the two newcomers, the GeForce 8500 GT scored higher in 3DMark06 Pro, with an initial lead of 5 to 7% that increased to around 20% once anti-aliasing was enabled. It was not the most auspicious of starts from the Radeon HD 2400 XT, though it was at least better or equal to the Radeon X1300 XT (aka Radeon X1600 PRO). The sharp decline in the scores of the Radeon HD 2400 XT when anti-aliasing was enabled is noteworthy and points to the 64-bit memory bus as a likely weakness. The Radeon HD 2400 XT may be using faster DDR3 memory compared to the GeForce 8500 GT but this is of limited utility when confronted with the bottleneck caused by the limited memory bus width.