1gb nvidia geforce gts 250 pci express

[Sylar0]

See above is this a good graphics card what should it run and what should it run well?

[+shift. MVC]

Anything a 9800GTX+ can run.

I recommend taking a look at this round-up:

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardw...arkle-evga.html

Do note that the test system uses an i7 920 so your frame rates may not be the same as theirs.

[Sylar0]

Wow I though it was a good graphics card it sounds rubbish!

[Sylar0]

Anyone? double post

[Richard Hammond]

It is rubbish its just a rebranded 9800GTX+ the real next generation hardware starts with the GTX260.

[Sylar0]

Oh g8 :( was about to buy a pc based around it... back to the drawing board for me

[soldier1st]

i run a 9500GT 1GB and it runs good.

[Sylar0]

Shift or anyone where does the 9800GTX stand is there a list of processors. To Richard I dont know the 9800GTX is that the 9800GT? And 9500GT soldier what will it run well??? And please i really need help I am about ready to spew buying a PC totally im "insert words that would get me banned".

[Ambroos]

JoshW02, I'm sure if you tell us where you live and what your budget would be, and what you would like to do with your pc we can give you a better view of what is interesting for you!

[Sylar0]

Been getting information for months mate and wanted a new gaming pc for windows 7 launch. no OS needed an intel i5 would be nice with 8gb ddr3+ making sure the mother bord has intel vt support for between 600 and 700 ?. Uses gaming

[TokiToki]

What games do you play?

Here is a good page to study.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-g...ard,2404-7.html

A bunch of benchmarks.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/graphics-cards,1.html

Edited October 10, 2009 by TokiToki

[Sylar0]

Again Benchmarks tell me nothing I need to know X graphics card will run X game at X settings. My whole gaming PC idea is falling apart totally since I cant keep the rest of the spec I want and up the graphics.

[shc-boomer]

Are you rebuilding a whole PC? Or just upgrading?

Listing the rest of the specs will give a much better idea of what is going on in a whole.

[RAID 0]

GTX 275 or ATi 5870. The 5870 is almost as good as the GTX 295 in most games, in some... the 5870 beats the GTX 295. The ATi card also uses less power. It's the best single GPU card out right now.

[Sylar0]

Processor (CPU)

Intel? Core?i5 Processor i5-750 (2.66GHz) 8MB Cache

Free Item

FREE Operation FlashPoint D.R. Game (RRP: ?49.99) with any Intel? Core? i5/i7 CPU!

Memory (RAM)

8GB CORSAIR XMS3 DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY!

Motherboard

GIGABYTE GA-P55M-UD2: DDR3, SATA II, 2 PCI, 1 PCI-Ex

Operating System

NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED

USB Options

4 PORT USB 2.0 INTERNAL PCI CARD (TOTAL: 12 USB 2.0 PORTS!)

Memory - 1st Hard Disk

500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk

NONE

RAID (HDD 1 & 2)

NONE

1st CD/DVD Drive

22x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ?R/?RW/RAM

2nd CD/DVD Drive

NONE

Graphics Card

1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTS250 PCI EXPRESS

2nd Graphics Card

NONE

Sound Card

ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities

WIRELESS N 300Mbps PCI CARD (?16)

Modem

NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Floppy Disk Drive

NONE

Memory Card Reader

INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)

Case

STYLISH PIANO BLACK FUSION CASE inc. 2 FRONT USB

Power Supply & Case Cooling

450W Quiet Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (?25)

Processor Cooling

STANDARD CPU COOLER

Firewire & Video Editing

2 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE PORTS (1 onboard, 1 at back panel)

TV Card

NONE

Monitor

NONE

2nd Monitor

NONE

GeForce 3D Vision

NONE

DVI Cable

NONE

Keyboard & Mouse

NONE

Mouse

NONE

Speakers

NONE

Webcam

NONE

Headsets (VOIP)

NONE

Surge Protection

NONE

Printer

NONE

Anti-Virus

NONE

Office Software

NONE

External Hard Drive

NONE

Home Installation

NONE

Warranty

1 Year Return-to-Base incl 1st Month Free Collect & Return

Delivery

STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time

Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days

Quantity

1

I am buying a whole new PC at first I only wanted to spend ?500 then it shot to ?600 and now ?655 and the graphics card is apparently not up to the job. PS want it for gaming (spore, ra3, wow, Mirrors edge, the sims 3 and windows 7 xp mode virutalisation.

[shc-boomer]

Might want to bump it up to the GTX260 Core 216, very good budget card that or the 4870.

[Sylar0]

Bumping the card would also bump the price to ?693! I only want to send 5 to 6 hundred max. And the 4870 to ?673 I did want to stay with Nivida however and i still have no solid anwser as to what these cards would do in end user terms.

[mrmomoman]

For the money I would pick up the 260+ overclocked. It's pretty impressive for the money. But make sure you have a 575W power supply and a few extra connectors :)

I just picked up the 295 and its a beast. I had the 260+ and was happy but I wanted to see how much better this one was and its leaps and bounds. I don't play games that often but I work in 2650x1600 in Dual Monitor Mode and thought I would play Crysis on it. It's pretty impressive. Not sure if I would go for the SLI configuration on it. I am happy that I have the room to do it as the cards are getting massive anymore.

I like ATI as well but over the last couple of years I have moved towards Nvidia and have stayed with them since.

Good luck. As some have also recommended the GTX 260(overclocked) is a very capable card for the money.

[Sylar0]

Still all very expenive its a shame wanted to enjoy the 7 launch in style.

[TokiToki]

Again Benchmarks tell me nothing I need to know X graphics card will run X game at X settings. My whole gaming PC idea is falling apart totally since I cant keep the rest of the spec I want and up the graphics.

So basically you don't understand how to use the benchmarks and table. You didn't even know how well a 9500GT performed vs a GTS 250. The whole idea of me giving you the links to the table was to educate you on the general tier's of video cards based on their performance, and the benchmarks help show you performance numbers under various conditions so you can make wise decisions of $/Performance between the various cards. It would suck to find out you spent $50 more on a card that may only bring you for example only ~3FPS more :rofl: . Certainly the games that are benchmarked are not the same ones you play, but somebody has to standardize it somewhat to create some meaningful comparisons.

And you didn't even tell us what resolution your monitor is. :pinch: You want us to help you figure out how X graphic card will run X game and X settings without giving us that information :no:

[Sylar0]

Sorry lol I havnt got the monitor yet!

[Sylar0]

Ok ive decided finally that I will not be getting a GTS250 or below so its from the GTX260 and above has anyone got the GTX260 or above and what can you run on in and what can you run at high settings? etc

[mrmomoman]

Ok ive decided finally that I will not be getting a GTS250 or below so its from the GTX260 and above has anyone got the GTX260 or above and what can you run on in and what can you run at high settings? etc

You have to be specific about high settings..

A) What resolution is native to your monitor? I have Dual 30's and they max at 2560x1600. Once you get over the 1900x1200 resolutions you are talking about some serious horsepower to run full boat on any good game title.

If you can obtain it locally and have a 15/30 day return policy get the card and see if it would work for you.