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#XFX NVIDIA GEFORCE GTS 250 512MB PCI GRAPHICSCARD UPDATE#
#XFX NVIDIA GEFORCE GTS 250 512MB PCI GRAPHICSCARD FULL#
#XFX NVIDIA GEFORCE GTS 250 512MB PCI GRAPHICSCARD PLUS#

The detailed information about NVIDIA G8x/G9x unified architecture is provided in these articles: These articles predicted the current situation with GPU architectures, and confirmed many of our assumptions about future solutions.

DX.Next: The Nearest Future of Hardware Graphics Acceleration.

DX.Update - 3D Graphics Accelerators: Half a Step Forward.

Longhorn - Graphics Cards and Shaders for DirectX 10.

They describe various aspects of modern graphics cards and architectural peculiarities of products from NVIDIA and AMD. Before you read this article, you should study the baseline theoretical articles - DX Current, DX Next, and Longhorn. This architecture developed from G8x/G9x with some modifications. If you are not familiar with the architecture of G92, you can read about it in our baseline review. And the only differences from GeForce 9800 GTX(+) that matter to common users are lower power requirements and slightly decreased heat release. We already examined the G92 architecture, which is based on G80. You might have already figured out that the theoretical part of the GeForce GTS 250 review will be short. We shall analyze these features a tad later, as we have nothing to add about the new graphics card.

#XFX NVIDIA GEFORCE GTS 250 512MB PCI GRAPHICSCARD UPDATE#

So what's so special about this solution from NVIDIA, what can it offer to its users except for the third minor update of the same product (8800 GTS 512 - 9800 GTX - 9800 GTX+ - GTS 250)? Representatives of this company mention the following features (versus its competing product, not the old G92-based cards): Support for NVIDIA CUDA, NVIDIA PhysX, and NVIDIA 3D Vision, as well as "readiness" for Microsoft Windows 7. By the way, AMD has already responded to the price drop of NVIDIA GTS 250 by decreasing prices for RADEON HD 4850 and HD 4870.

#XFX NVIDIA GEFORCE GTS 250 512MB PCI GRAPHICSCARD PLUS#

Plus a price drop for more expensive products. The second reason is the impending Spring launch of competing Low-End solutions from AMD (below $100) and another overhauled product from NVIDIA for the same sector. So the GTS 250 is a good choice, offering a very good performance level sufficient for all multiplatform projects and most PC-exclusive games, and it's all for just $130-150. At such times people try to buy only bare necessities, or they slacken their appetites. The first one has already set our teeth on edge - the notorious world recession.

However, these are recommended prices for the North American market, prices in our parts will be noticeably higher for several months.ĭespite all our gibes, GeForce GTS 250 had a timely rollout for several reasons. What really matters is that a 512MB modification will now cost only $129, and a 1-GB card will be $149. It's not important to potential users how this card is called. That was in June 2008, when its price went down to $229.Īnd now the same card based on G92 (manufactured by the 55nm process technology) with a simplified PCB design (resembling the good old 8800 GTS 512) has been overhauled one more time. That year in summer it was overhauled again (slightly overclocked) into GeForce 9800 GTX+. The 9800 GTX was announced in February, 2008, with the recommended price of $299-$349. So we were surprised why change the good design for a small increase in frequencies. Then there appeared GeForce 9800 GTX - almost the same card, just a tad faster, plus a new PCB design. We wondered why it hadn't got its own name instead of confusing users with the diverse 8800 series. The first model based on the sterling G92 with all stream processors unlocked was GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB, released in late 2007 for the recommended price of $349-399. Let's retrace the history of all such "updates". So, GeForce GTS 250 is an update of the popular GeForce 9800 GTX+ that competes with RADEON HD 4850. It's "almost" because we skipped theoretical data, which haven't changed for a long time, and synthetic tests, which make no sense in this case.

#XFX NVIDIA GEFORCE GTS 250 512MB PCI GRAPHICSCARD FULL#

However, being model journalists, we have published almost a full article. Or "GeForce GTS 250 = GeForce 9800 GTX+ + 1GB", although this amendment changes nothing. Judging by the graphics card characteristics, this article might have fit into this one picture or a single line: "GeForce GTS 250 = GeForce 9800 GTX+".