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Why is the Palit Version of the GTS 250 different???!!!!

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hestermofet   10-07-2009 at 12:19:53 PM

Ive seen other GTS 250's and most only have 1 6pin power connecter rather than the two 6 pin the Palit model has

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dirtmountain   10-07-2009 at 01:57:38 PM

it's probably an old 65nm chip and an old renamed 9800GTX+ to a GTS250.

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outlw6669   10-07-2009 at 02:05:59 PM

The GTS 250 is another re-brand of the 8800GTS 512Mb/9800GTX(+) and can use both the G92a (65nm) and G92b (55nm) chips.
As the G92b variant requires less power, these cards only require 1 PCIe 6 pin connector where as the G92a based cards requires two.
Performance is identical between the two although the G92b based cards may overclock further.

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meodowla   10-07-2009 at 02:56:50 PM

outlw6669 wrote :

The GTS 250 is another re-brand of the 8800GTS 512Mb/9800GTX(+) and can use both the G92a (65nm) and G92b (55nm) chips.
As the G92b variant requires less power, these cards only require 1 PCIe 6 pin connector where as the G92a based cards requires two.
Performance is identical between the two although the G92b based cards may overclock further.



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randomizer   10-07-2009 at 03:17:03 PM

The Palit card he's referring to uses a completely different PCB to the reference board. From reviews it appears as though it has 2 PCIe connectors "just because," as it is using G92b.

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outlw6669   10-07-2009 at 03:23:27 PM

If it is using the G92b, I would speculate that the two PCIe power plugs are to make sure there is no shortage of power for extreme overclocking.

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