Wednesday, February 25th 2009
GeForce GTS 250 Inches Closer Launch
Does the card in the picture below look familiar to you? GeForce 8800 GTS-512? Well yes, but that's also what the GeForce GTS 250 is going to end up looking like. The 3+1 phase design on the 8800 GTS-512 allowed the 65 nm G92 GPU to be clocked at a reasonable 650 MHz, but come 55 nm G92b, and NVIDIA will look to use the same card design to accommodate the higher-clocked GPU which shares its clock-speeds and other machinery with the GeForce 9800 GTX+. The new card is going to use the upcoming CeBIT event as its launchpad. Think of it as 9800 GTX+ after liposuction.
The GeForce GTS 250 is expected to come with identical clock speeds to those of the 9800 GTX+. 738 MHz for the core, 1,836 MHz for the shaders, and 1,100 (2.20 GHz DDR) for the memory. Speaking of memory, NVIDIA's reference design is expected to come in 512 MB and 1 GB flavours, with partners being given the freedom to carve out their own designs. Some partners even seem to be contemplating 2 GB models. It comes with 128 stream processors. The 9 inch long PCB and cooler visually bear some resemblance with the GeForce 8800 GTS-512. Apparently NVIDIA feels the single 6-pin PCI-E power input is a spoon big enough to feed the card, something EVGA and Galaxy did months earlier, with its rated power consumption at 150W. The GTS 250 accelerator is NVIDIA's next card to plough the fertile sub-$200 market. NVIDIA will lift the NDA over this card on March 3, following which the cards will reach retail channels by March 10.
The GeForce GTS 250 is expected to come with identical clock speeds to those of the 9800 GTX+. 738 MHz for the core, 1,836 MHz for the shaders, and 1,100 (2.20 GHz DDR) for the memory. Speaking of memory, NVIDIA's reference design is expected to come in 512 MB and 1 GB flavours, with partners being given the freedom to carve out their own designs. Some partners even seem to be contemplating 2 GB models. It comes with 128 stream processors. The 9 inch long PCB and cooler visually bear some resemblance with the GeForce 8800 GTS-512. Apparently NVIDIA feels the single 6-pin PCI-E power input is a spoon big enough to feed the card, something EVGA and Galaxy did months earlier, with its rated power consumption at 150W. The GTS 250 accelerator is NVIDIA's next card to plough the fertile sub-$200 market. NVIDIA will lift the NDA over this card on March 3, following which the cards will reach retail channels by March 10.
54 Comments on GeForce GTS 250 Inches Closer Launch
MailMan, we're on better terms, but I still can't take your side until you change your views on market regulation. :laugh:
And newtekie, whether you honestly think this way or not, and you do a good job of debunking it, owning a AMD CPU with an ATI card and all... but sometimes your Nvidia fanboyism seems to be set to "11" on a scale from 1 to 10. :p
I mean, if we go by your logic, and assume the average consumer buys based solely on name alone, it is a wonder ATi managed to sell any video cards really. Their cards are only up into the 3-4000 series, nVidia is up into the 8-9000 series. The average consumer would never buy an ATi card if your logic was true.
*I know some do, but we have already gone over why they don't matter.
I understand Nvidia trying to come up with a common naming scheme, but why has it taken so long, and why are they making a big deal about it as if this is something new and better? They're setting themselves up for a class action lawsuit if the GTS250 comes out at a higher price then the 9800 GTX+.
Has anyone else found cards like the 9600GT, 8600GT, 9600XT, and so on funny? It's like saying the engine in your Yugo can go to 10K RPM instead of 8K. Always found it sad how much more those cards cost verses how much more performance they gave, and how many bought into the x6xx GT/XT badge.
Do I have a reason to hate Nvidia? Yes, I own Nforce3 motherboards with dual (not duel) core processors.Wanna bet? :roll:I'd love to hear from Best Buy, HP, or Dell customer service people...."but isn't the 9800GTX+ faster then the 4870, GTX260,280,285,295?????"