September 4th, 2010
PNY XLR8 GTS 250 1024 MB PCI-Express 2.0 VGA + DVI Graphics Card VCGGTS2501XPB
- Full Microsoft DirectX 10 support
- NVIDIA CUDA technology support
- NVIDIA PhysX technology support
- NVIDIA 3-Way SLI technology support
- Microsoft Windows 7 support
Immerse yourself in full NVIDIA PhysX gaming and bring your games to life with massively destructible environments and ultra-realistic physical interaction in games such as Mirror¿s Edge by Electronic Arts Inc. With full support for NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision experience over 350 games in stereoscopic 3D* and give your eyes something to talk about. *Stereoscopic 3D requires an NVIDIA 3D Vision kit consisting of wireless GeForce 3D Vision glasses, emitter and a 3D Vision-Ready display. Product Specifications Bus Technology: PCI Express 2.0 Memory Amount: 1024MB DDR3 Memory Interface: 256-bit Memory Bandwidth (GB/s.): 70.4 Fill Rate (billion pixels/sec.): 47.2 Shader Clock (MHz): 1836 MHz Core Clock (MHz): 738 MHz Memory Frequency (effective): 2200 MHz Stream Processors: 128 Key Features NVIDIA Unified Architecture Full Microsoft DirectX 10 support NVIDIA PhysX technology NVIDIA CUDA technology 3-way NVIDIA SLI technology NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology PCI Express 2.0 support Two dual-link DVI outputs Dual-link HDCP Capable OpenGL 3.0 support Minimum System Requirements PCI Express or PCI Express 2.0-compliant motherboard with one dual-width x16 graphics slot One 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connector Minimum 450W or greater system power supply (with a minimum 12V current rating of 24A)*** Intel Pentium 4, AMD Anthon XP class processor or higher 100MB of available hard disk space 512MB system memory (2GB recommended) Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows XP Operating System (32 or 64-bit) CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive Included in the box NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1024MB Graphics Card Quick Installation Guide Installation CD, which includes: – Detailed installation guide – NVIDIA ForceWare Drivers – Microsoft DirectX 9.0c – NVIDIA GeForce Demos – PNY and NVIDIA Desktop Wallpapers One DVI-to-VGA adapter One DVI-to-HDMI adapter One internal HDMI audio cable HD Breakout Pod
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Review by Eric Portenier for PNY XLR8 GTS 250 1024 MB PCI-Express 2.0 VGA + DVI Graphics Card VCGGTS2501XPB
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The GTS250 1GB card isn’t the “latest and greatest” that Nvidia has on the market these days, but for the price, it was a great upgrade choice from my 512MB EVGA Nvidia 8600gts card. The card is very big and requires at LEAST a 450W power supply, so be aware that if you get this card, you may have to upgrade your PS as well. I went with a 550W power supply, and it is working well. You should also know that it is a double-wide card, so if you have other add-on cards in your PC, you may need to do some additional card moves to make this fit in your case.
As for the performance, honestly, I am very happy with the card. I do some gaming every now and then, and things like Left4Dead2, Modern Warfare 2, and recently even DragonAge:Origins run very well on my machine, thanks to this card. The processor is a AMD x2 5600+ with 3GB of Ram, and this card is a great addition to make these games run well on my machine. I have been able to max out the settings on L4D2 and MW2, and *almost* max out Dragonage:Origins. When I try to do highest settings in DA:O I get some choppy frame rates, but at “high” it runs just fine. I think that if I was to upgrade my CPU and Memory, this would fix those issues.
One other thing that I noticed about this card after first installing it was that it ran not hot, but very warm. This could have been due to the mid-sized case I have, but I also needed to add another fan to the case in order to draw more cool air through after installing this card. I think this is normal for any modern card these days though… more cooling is always better.
All in all, I think that this is a very good card, and I would recommend it to others looking for an easy way to achieve better graphics for not a lot of money.
Review by Edward M. Sasdelli for PNY XLR8 GTS 250 1024 MB PCI-Express 2.0 VGA + DVI Graphics Card VCGGTS2501XPB
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I am not a techy but this card rocks. I play Call of Duty and Left for Dead 2 on an older computer and it was really jerky, I installed this card turned up all the game settings and it’s like playing a different game. I love it.
Review by W. Stubbs for PNY XLR8 GTS 250 1024 MB PCI-Express 2.0 VGA + DVI Graphics Card VCGGTS2501XPB
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Perhaps not the latest nor greatest (nor nearly as expensive), but it performs very well on games like Battlefield 2142, F.E.A.R. 2, Far Cry 2 and others. It’s easy to install, with no extreme drain on your computer’s power supply.
I am very satisfied with it! When I upgraded from Windows Vista to Windows 7, the drivers for the video card were already in Windows 7.
The video card and especially Amazon.com are both Highly recommended!
Review by Mr. Digital for PNY XLR8 GTS 250 1024 MB PCI-Express 2.0 VGA + DVI Graphics Card VCGGTS2501XPB
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I bought this video card for a gaming computer that I was building. Along with the specs in my computer, this card was the icing on the cake! My games (such as Crysis, Bioshock, Portal (Steam), etc) run very smoothly. Even on max graphic settings, the games run with amazing detail without and glitches!
I’ve always been with nVidia, and by the looks of it, I will continue to be with nVidia for a while.
I recommend this product to anyone!
Review by Anthony M. Kreitzberg for PNY XLR8 GTS 250 1024 MB PCI-Express 2.0 VGA + DVI Graphics Card VCGGTS2501XPB
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My previous cards were a GFC7600gt-256ddr3 and a GFC8500gt-512 ddr2.
This card is on another planet. In 3D2006 it triples my score over the 7600.
COD5 at full graphics at 1280×1024 gets 40-60 fps on a busy server. Using FRAPS I can create detailed videos at 30fps full screen. At 135 bux, you can’t go wrong. Makes sure you have a good PSU with a pcie16 plug. (cpu is AMD6000+)
Test score 3D2006=10750.
Also: It’s a fat card, make sure you have room. (phat too)
Also Again: My 8500 idled at 47c, my 7600 at 43c. The 250, at 27% fan speed idles at 35c (room temps at22c, 72f)