NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

GeForce GTS 250 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 4 March 2009. At the time of release, the videocard cost $199. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G92B.

Core clock speed - 1836 MHz. Texture fill rate - 47.2 billion / sec. Pipelines - 128. Floating-point performance - 387.1 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 55 nm. Transistors count - 754 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 150 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1100 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 70.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
597
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
56
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3108 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3108.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3351 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3351.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 597
PassMark - G2D Mark 56
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3108 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3108.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3351 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3351.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla
Code name G92B
Launch date 4 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 1048
Price now $114.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 9.91

Technical info

Core clock speed 1836 MHz
CUDA cores 128
Floating-point performance 387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 128
Texture fill rate 47.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt
Transistor count 754 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 2x DVI, Two Dual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0
OpenGL 3.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI