WHAT THE FREACK IS A GTX 250?!

[fjc1998]

I read on CPU magazine that they had a gtx 250 as a dedicted physics proccesor.What is a gtx 250? I never heard of it.

 

[OvrClkr]

I think you mean GTS 250 :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130468

 

[dndhatcher]

Its basically a repackaged 9800 GTX, which is basically a repackaged 8800 class card.

 

[Maziar]

+1^

GTS 250 has 128 stream processors like 9800GTX/8800GTX

 

[jitpublisher]

or the 8800GTS G92 cards.
It's simply nVida's way of rebranding the same thing over and over with a minor change here and there, and selling as a "new" next generation product, of course at new next generation prices as well.

 

[OvrClkr]

Not really, you can get a GTS 250 for less than 120.00$ More or less the same price as a 9800GTX... But the 250 uses less power and performs better....

Look at the 8800 Ultra... they still sell for 350.00$+ on e-bay.....

 

[Maziar]

Well the performance difference isn't much but yes it uses less power,for under $120 it looks a good choice

 

[fjc1998]

no i mean it gtx 250 it says on it

 

[djcoolmasterx]

Then they got it wrong then.

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/product_geforce_gts_250_uk.html

Nvidia call it the GTS250

 

[dndhatcher]

need a link or something. I only find GPUs called GTX 250.

 

[djcoolmasterx]

Once again: http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gts_250_us.html

 

[vpsaline]

its nothing like a 8800 gtx

 

[OvrClkr]

Anything wrong with having a GTS 250?

 

[fjc1998]

actually a gts 250 is basicallya 8800gts .A gts 250 runs cooler wich is better. But you could get a 8800gts for $90.A GTS 250 for $120+.

 

[OvrClkr]

The 250 is a re-badged 9800GTX not a 8800GTS....The 8800GTS was a 640MB 320bit DDR3 with 96 SP's while the 250 is a 512MB or 1GB 256bit DDR3 with 128 SP's .....

So they are basically 2 very different cards......

EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130071

EVGA 512-P3-1151-TR GeForce GTS 250 Superclocked Edition 512MB 256-bit GDDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130467

 

[Maziar]

GTS 250 has 128 SPs like 8800GTX,8800ULTRA,8800GTS 512 and 9800GTX

8800GTS has 3 models,one is 320MB with 96 SP's,one is 640MB with 96 SP's and finally the 8800GTS 512 which has 128 SP's

 

[OvrClkr]

True, but even if they do have the same amount of SP's there are still other factors to consider.... The specs on both cards are not identical, here is an example :

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-8800-gts-512-mb,1743-2.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gts-250,2172-2.html

You can say that they are based off the same architecture, but they do not perform the same in any way.....

 

[Maziar]

Yup i agree,i was just saying they have 128 SP's because number of stream processors are very important but there are other important factors like Memory clock etc(as u said though )

 

[OvrClkr]

Hopefully the new 3XX series won't follow in the same direction..... Would be nice to see NEW hardware......

 

[Maziar]

yeah i hope too

 

[fjc1998]

you guys basically sabotaged my thread 😉.Cary on

 

[djcoolmasterx]

Sabotaged? We answered your question.

 

[OvrClkr]

hehe, semi-sabotage... we answered the question already....

 

[Maziar]

Yeah we answered u didn't we ?

 

[fjc1998]

yep u did bust it was just a joke🙁