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WHAT THE FREACK IS A GTX 250?!

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fjc1998   09-08-2009 at 06:23:54 AM

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. :pt1cable:

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OvrClkr   09-08-2009 at 06:54:12 AM
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I think you mean GTS 250 :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130468


Message edited by OvrClkr on 09-08-2009 at 06:55:35 AM
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dndhatcher   09-08-2009 at 07:22:20 AM
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Its basically a repackaged 9800 GTX, which is basically a repackaged 8800 class card.

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Maziar   09-08-2009 at 08:40:04 AM
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+1^

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

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jitpublisher   09-08-2009 at 08:10:44 PM
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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.

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OvrClkr   09-08-2009 at 08:21:46 PM
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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.....

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Maziar   09-09-2009 at 08:33:31 AM
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Well the performance difference isn't much but yes it uses less power,for under $120 it looks a good choice

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fjc1998   09-10-2009 at 05:15:03 AM
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no i mean it gtx 250 it says on it


Message edited by fjc1998 on 09-10-2009 at 05:15:35 AM
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djcoolmasterx   09-10-2009 at 05:37:29 AM
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Then they got it wrong then.

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/pro [...] 50_uk.html

Nvidia call it the GTS250


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dndhatcher   09-10-2009 at 05:41:14 AM
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need a link or something. I only find GPUs called GTX 250.

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vpsaline   09-10-2009 at 05:57:29 AM
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its nothing like a 8800 gtx

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OvrClkr   09-10-2009 at 06:30:35 AM
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Anything wrong with having a GTS 250?

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fjc1998   09-10-2009 at 06:51:32 AM
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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+.

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OvrClkr   09-10-2009 at 07:54:36 AM
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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/Prod [...] 6814130071

EVGA 512-P3-1151-TR GeForce GTS 250 Superclocked Edition 512MB 256-bit GDDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130467

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Maziar   09-10-2009 at 09:16:48 AM
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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

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OvrClkr   09-10-2009 at 04:54:10 PM
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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/review [...] 743-2.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 172-2.html

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

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Maziar   09-10-2009 at 06:39:23 PM
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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 :) )

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OvrClkr   09-10-2009 at 07:06:32 PM
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Hopefully the new 3XX series won't follow in the same direction..... Would be nice to see NEW hardware......

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Maziar   09-10-2009 at 07:51:10 PM
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yeah i hope too :)

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fjc1998   09-11-2009 at 03:01:04 AM
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you guys basically sabotaged my thread ;).Cary on

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djcoolmasterx   09-11-2009 at 05:35:07 AM
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Sabotaged? We answered your question.

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OvrClkr   09-11-2009 at 06:53:43 AM
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hehe, semi-sabotage... we answered the question already....

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Maziar   09-11-2009 at 05:22:56 PM
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Yeah we answered u didn't we ? :)

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fjc1998   09-12-2009 at 06:01:58 AM
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yep u did bust it was just a joke:(

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Maziar   09-12-2009 at 09:00:51 AM
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I know i just wanted u whether u get your answer or no :D

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meodowla   09-12-2009 at 12:22:30 PM
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Its not 9800GTX.. its a GTX+(Check die size)

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fjc1998   09-13-2009 at 08:03:49 AM
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yeh well i dont care

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