NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250: A Rebadged 9800 GTX+
by Derek Wilson on March 3, 2009 3:00 AM EST- Posted in
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FarCry 2 Performance
While the 4850 does lead the GTS 250 by a significant margine, the GTS 250 1GB edges out the 4850. As on board RAM seems to make a difference here, we'd like to see what happens with the 4850 1GB. This one again would be better suited to 1280x1024 or slightly reduced settings.
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Left 4 Dead Performance
The Radeon 4850 leads the GTS 250 in this benchmark, and it even edges out the 1GB variant at and below 1920x1200. Interestingly, all these cards remain playable at 2560x1600, but the Radeon 4850 drops to the bottom in performance at this resolution. With the minimal difference we see other variations in RAM make, it doesn't seem like the 1GB 4850 would fare any better. Of course, you never know until you try, so we won't make any definitive statements here.
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Race Driver GRID Performance
Across the board in this benchmark the Radeon 4850 leads both the GTS 250. The GTS 250 1GB catches up at 2560x1600 though. It does seem, however, that SLI scales better in this benchmark, and the GTS 250 1GB in SLI might post some decent numbers at 2560x1600 as well.
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SiliconDoc - Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - link
That's nice, the 4870 512 top core DDR5 ati best they have for core and memeory speed can beat the 2 year old renamed a thousand times Nvidia g92b. Gosh what a GREAT CARD(err... MEMORY ONLY) ati has there... what "awesome technology".... what "efficient core!!! ( WRONG! IT'S ALL THE DDDR5 MEMORY ! THAT'S WHY THE 4850 IS THE SAME CORE WITH DDR3 AND IS UNDER THE GTS250 (g92b / reworked stale ol tired core that ATI has just barely matched ! )Don't feed me any crap anymore - ANYONE about "the great ati core ! " --
It is the same as the g92b (4850) unless you slap DDR5 on it.
I can hardly wait - or rather I certainly HOPE nvidia slaps DDR5 on that "rebranded piece of crap g80/g92/g92b " !
My golly, it would be GREAT to see the ten thousand jaws of the red rooster propaganda boys DROP TO THE FLOOR when it matches and spanks the 4870 ...
PLEASE NVIDIA ! PLEASE DO IT ! DO IT NOW !
Hrel - Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - link
why isn't the HD48701Gb in this review? I just noticed that.Totally - Thursday, March 5, 2009 - link
Why isn't the GTX 285 in this review? I just noticed that.Hrel - Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - link
my guess would be cause it's an overpriced piece of crap that is matched in many cases by the HD4870 1GB.DerekWilson - Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - link
4870 is ~$175 right now, which is much more than the $130 for the GTS 250. It would hold an advantage over the GTS 250 1GB if the end user is willing to spend the extra cash.Jansen - Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - link
Ahem...http://www.dailytech.com/Radeon+4870+Gets+50+Price...">http://www.dailytech.com/Radeon+4870+Ge...4850+Wil...
SiliconDoc - Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - link
Did you read the follow on link that was out quite a while ago where the ati board partners told ati to "go shove it!" - because ati wanted the board partners to "take a lot of the loss" and only offered a partial "reimbursement" for the lower price scheme they cooked up ?BOY I HOPE YOU DO.....
So, ati wanted it's board partners to TAKE A LOSS - while the little red fans slopped up the savings and praised ati "for almost destrpying nvidia, again!" - yes.... very, very underhanded and evil.
Well, the board partners told them to go blow.
And the price stayed the same, in fact it went up at our fave egg with the usually the very lowest prices around widely known.
So, so much for that for now.
The day will come eventually... unless inflation from the monetary crisis whips us all.
Roland00 - Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - link
several news sites that aren't Anandtech are saying there is a 4870 price drop coming this week to $149.99 for the 512mb version.It isn't true yet, but if it is ATI is much faster for dollar spent.
Matt Campbell - Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - link
There are several models at Newegg now that are falling below $165, and one Powercolor that is $149.99 after mail in rebate. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...Competition is making for a great market right now for gamers :)
Roland00 - Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - link
Currently Newegg has the Asus 4870 512mb model for184.99-50 dollar promo code=134.99 with a 30 dollar rebate on top of that (104.99 after rebate).
The problem is as very soon as they posted this deal they sold out. Deal is good till the 8th but are they going to get anymore in by then?