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Review: NVIDIA (eVGA) GeForce GTS 250 1GB: much ado about nothing?

by Tarinder Sandhu on 3 March 2009, 08:00 3.2

Tags: GeForce GTS 250 Superclocked 1GB, EVGA, NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), PC

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Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 1,680x1,050 4xAA 16xAF
eVGA GeForce GTS 250 SC 1GBSapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MBXFX Radeon HD 4870 XXX 1GBInno3D GeForce GTX 260 896MBScan GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MBSapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB
73.3764.783.592.1372.581.85


Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 1,920x1,200 4xAA 16xAF
eVGA GeForce GTS 250 SC 1GBSapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MBXFX Radeon HD 4870 XXX 1GBInno3D GeForce GTX 260 896MBScan GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MBSapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB
58.954.4371.276.1758.1769


Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (high-end) 2,560x1,600 4xAA 16xAF
eVGA GeForce GTS 250 SC 1GBSapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MBXFX Radeon HD 4870 XXX 1GBInno3D GeForce GTX 260 896MBScan GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MBSapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB
36.6734.1345.9748.6736.244.25


The performance theme has been consistent over the two games thus far, insofar as the eVGA GeForce GTS 250 SC 1GB is a touch faster than a reference GeForce 9800 GTX and Radeon HD 4850 512MB, but gives way, just, to a Radeon HD 4870 512MB and the other two high-end cards.