Got my GTS 250 today

[Jeff7181]

So my GTS 250 arrived today. I got the Superclocked EVGA version from newegg. There are probably better choices if you're looking for the best gaming performance for your dollar.

The main reason I bought it was because of the low power consumption. If I moved up to a GTX260 I would have needed a new power supply. With the GTS 250 I was able to keep my Earthwatts 500 that came in my Sonata II case without stressing it. Judging from the benchmarks here on AT, my Superclocked version is probably about even with the GTS 250.

The size is also another plus... I got the 1 GB card so it has the smaller PCB, which is equal in size to my 8800GT's PCB. I'm happy with my purchase considering I can recover at least 1/3 of the cost by selling my 8800GT.

I may do some benchmarks later, but I never benchmarked my 8800GT so I don't have anything to compare it to personally. I played Fallout 3 for a few minutes after installing it and the difference is noticeable at 1920x1200 with 4xAA and 8xAF and HDR.

 

[roid450]

Very nice :thumbsup:

 

[aatf510]

Just FYI, you Antec 500w can handle one GTX 260 with ease.

 

[Leyawiin]

Originally posted by: toattett
Just FYI, you Antec 500w can handle one GTX 260 with ease.

Kind of a moot point.

 

[TidusZ]

Originally posted by: Leyawiin

Originally posted by: toattett
Just FYI, you Antec 500w can handle one GTX 260 with ease.

Kind of a moot point.

It's true though.

 

[Leyawiin]

Originally posted by: TidusZ

Originally posted by: Leyawiin

Originally posted by: toattett
Just FYI, you Antec 500w can handle one GTX 260 with ease.

Kind of a moot point.

It's true though.

I know, but it doesn't matter now. Once the money is spent I try not to be the turd in the punchbowl. I limit my comments to "congrats, you have a great whatever!". Some people never learn that diplomatic skill.

BTW O.P., no B.S, I think you made a great choice. I'd be happy to own one of those.

 

[Soulkeeper]

did you get the 512 or 1024 version ?
I'm considering the same thing

 

[error8]

That isn't much of an upgrade, going from 8800 GT to gts 250. It's just a slight bump in performance over what you had, but not something amazing. Most of the time I'll bet you won't even notice the difference.

 

[roid450]

Originally posted by: error8
That isn't much of an upgrade, going from 8800 GT to gts 250. It's just a slight bump in performance over what you had, but not something amazing. Most of the time I'll bet you won't even notice the difference.

True. ^^ 8800-9800-GTS250= same shit basically

and Soulkeeper, he stated he got the 1gb version in the OP

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: Leyawiin

Originally posted by: TidusZ

Originally posted by: Leyawiin

Originally posted by: toattett
Just FYI, you Antec 500w can handle one GTX 260 with ease.

Kind of a moot point.

It's true though.

I know, but it doesn't matter now. Once the money is spent I try not to be the turd in the punchbowl. I limit my comments to "congrats, you have a great whatever!". Some people never learn that diplomatic skill.

BTW O.P., no B.S, I think you made a great choice. I'd be happy to own one of those.

so instead we should gloss over the fact that a mistake might have been made that could then be learned from or perhaps even corrected?

Originally posted by: roid450

Originally posted by: error8
That isn't much of an upgrade, going from 8800 GT to gts 250. It's just a slight bump in performance over what you had, but not something amazing. Most of the time I'll bet you won't even notice the difference.

True. ^^ 8800-9800-GTS250= same shit basically

and Soulkeeper, he stated he got the 1gb version in the OP

I dunno, he mentioned 1920x1200, so it might actually make enough of a difference at that resolution, however I would tend to agree on the whole. Recovering only 1/3 of the cost by selling off the 8800GT doesn't really paint this as that great of an upgrade.

 

[error8]

It's probably a bit too late and useless now, but GTX 260 c216 would have truly been an upgrade, over 8800 GT. No offense OP.

 

[Keysplayr]

Well, there are a good number of products, in between 8800GT and GTS250.
Here we go:

8800GT < 8800GTS512 (+/-10%) < 9800GTX (+/-10%) < 9800GTX+ (+/-5%) < GTS250 (=/> 9800GTX+). Each one faster than the next with the GTS250 being equal or greater than 9800GTX+, with several enhancements.
1GB, smaller PCB, lower power consumption.

So, from an 8800GT, I think the OP did ok with his choice. GTX260 would have been my choice, but If the OP is happy, that is all that matters.

 

[MarcVenice]

Lol keys, a 9800gtx = 8800gts 512mb !!! The 9800gtx+ is just a speedbump of the 9800gtx. The GTS250 = 9800gtx+. We can only pray the 1gb is going to make a difference at 1920*1200, otherwise he just wasted a whole lotta money. Games won't suddenly become playable with a gts250, if they weren't playable with a 8800gt (that could have been overclocked).

 

[nosfe]

keys, i don't think you know what +/- means, or are you telling us that a 8800gt is between 25% slower and 25% faster than the gts 250? care to show benchmarks where a gts 250 is slower than a 8800gt?

 

[Qbah]

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Lol keys, a 9800gtx = 8800gts 512mb !!! The 9800gtx+ is just a speedbump of the 9800gtx. The GTS250 = 9800gtx+. We can only pray the 1gb is going to make a difference at 1920*1200, otherwise he just wasted a whole lotta money. Games won't suddenly become playable with a gts250, if they weren't playable with a 8800gt (that could have been overclocked).

The 9800GTX had a 25MHz higher core, obviously 10% faster

I'd say the difference between a 8800GT and a GTS250 is not worth it. It's like 15%. That 500W would easily handle a GTX260 and the difference would be worth it then (imo).

Though if you feel the difference, good for you.

As a side note, the GTS250 cards are 20% more expensive here than 9800GTX+ (900DKK vs 1100DKK - 512MB version). Talk about ripping people off

 

[MarcVenice]

Ya I lied, I just noticed. 650mhz vs 675mhz. The memory on the 9800gtx+ is at 2200mhz though, and the 8800gts 512mb had to make do with the ram at 1940mhz. Shaderclocks are 1625 and 1688 mhz for the 8800gts 512mb and 9800gtx+ respectively. Anyways, it's not as good looking as keys paints it to be.

 

[error8]

I've had an 8800 GT v modded to 790/1980/1950 mhz (gpu/shader/memory) and it really came very close to a 9800gtx, so, probably just a small step behind a GTS 250. But I guess that not everyone is volt modding their cards.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Lol keys, a 9800gtx = 8800gts 512mb !!! The 9800gtx+ is just a speedbump of the 9800gtx. The GTS250 = 9800gtx+. We can only pray the 1gb is going to make a difference at 1920*1200, otherwise he just wasted a whole lotta money. Games won't suddenly become playable with a gts250, if they weren't playable with a 8800gt (that could have been overclocked).

Honestly Marc, which card is faster. 8800GTS512 stock or a 9800GTX/+ stock? I don't give a rats buttocks that they are exactly the same cores, but how they are clocked along with the memory it comes with.

It almost sounded like you were disputing the order of performance from lowest to highest amongst the cards I listed. Are you?

And don't start in with the overclocking, because each card can o/c respectively from it's stock starting point.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: nosfe
keys, i don't think you know what +/- means, or are you telling us that a 8800gt is between 25% slower and 25% faster than the gts 250? care to show benchmarks where a gts 250 is slower than a 8800gt?

Think about it nosfe. A little harder. It will come to you.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: error8
I've had an 8800 GT v modded to 790/1980/1950 mhz (gpu/shader/memory) and it really came very close to a 9800gtx, so, probably just a small step behind a GTS 250. But I guess that not everyone is volt modding their cards.

No guts no glory I guess. Me? Voltmodding isn't on my to do list. hehe.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Ya I lied, I just noticed. 650mhz vs 675mhz. The memory on the 9800gtx+ is at 2200mhz though, and the 8800gts 512mb had to make do with the ram at 1940mhz. Shaderclocks are 1625 and 1688 mhz for the 8800gts 512mb and 9800gtx+ respectively. Anyways, it's not as good looking as keys paints it to be.

Regardless of how I "painted" anything, the order of speed still stands.

 

[nosfe]

so if i think about it harder then a "+/-" transforms into a "~"? hmm, gotta try that sometime

those that don't consider this a good upgrade do so because they consider the difference as being too small to warrant
http://www.techspot.com/articl...performance/page4.html
is there a difference between a 8800gt and a gts250? sure, is it enough of a difference to warrant an upgrade? i'd say no

....don't bother next time i'll put a /joking in there so you don't take everything i say seriously

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: nosfe
so if i think about it harder then a "+/-" transforms into a "~"? hmm, gotta try that sometime

those that don't consider this a good upgrade do so because they consider the difference as being too small to warrant
http://www.techspot.com/articl...performance/page4.html
is there a difference between a 8800gt and a gts250? sure, is it enough of a difference to warrant an upgrade? i'd say no

I don't know what common sense resource you're tapping into dude, but why would I ever imply an 8800GT is 25% faster than a 9800GTX/GTS250? Whatever. I'll make sure to keep an eye on your future nitpicks. Yes, I agreed that the OP could have done better with a 260. What he has now is still a step up from an 8800GT. Worth it? Depends on the OP and if he is satisfied with it.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: nosfe
so if i think about it harder then a "+/-" transforms into a "~"? hmm, gotta try that sometime

those that don't consider this a good upgrade do so because they consider the difference as being too small to warrant
http://www.techspot.com/articl...performance/page4.html
is there a difference between a 8800gt and a gts250? sure, is it enough of a difference to warrant an upgrade? i'd say no

....don't bother next time i'll put a /joking in there so you don't take everything i say seriously

That would probably help out tremendously.

 

[MarcVenice]

The order can be disputed Keys, like I said, the 8800gts 512mb pretty much equals a 9800gtx, and the 9800gtx+ is just a little faster then a 9800gtx. You said +10% +10% +5%, that comes out to 127%, so according to you the 9800gtx+ would be 27% faster then a 8800gt. Which even you just said is not the case. So you probably painted the picture a little better then you intended too, or I misinterpretated

Either way, gts250 imo isn't a good investment compared to a 8800gt, if the 8800gt only covers 1/3th of the investment. And I think this is exactly why Nvidia renamed the card, which makes me a little sad. Boardpartners didn't convince Nvidia to NOT rebrand the 8800gt into a gts240 for nothing. In fact, the rebrand would have been bullocks, coz the clockspeed of 675mhz < then some oc-ed 9800gt's, that run at 700mhz. But, Nvidia just sold another videocard, to an apparently happy customer, who probably plays fallout 3 2/47, and since he noticed an improvement, all is good.