Zotac GTS250 'AMP' 1GB PCIe Graphics card
Gaming Benchmarks Continued
Published: 27th May 2009 | Source: Zotac | Price: £145.99 |
Crysis is without doubt one of the most visually stunning and hardware-challenging games to date. By using CrysisBench - a tool developed independently of Crysis - we performed a total of 5 timedemo benchmarks using a GPU-intensive pre-recorded demo. To ensure the most accurate results, the highest and lowest benchmark scores were then removed and an average calculated from the remaining three.
Oblivion from Bethseda is now an 'old' game by today's standards, but is still one of the most visually taxing games out there. The benchmark was run in the wilderness with all settings set to the maximum possible. Bloom was used in preference to HDR. The test was run five times with the average FPS then being deduced.
Ubisoft has developed a new engine specifically for Far Cry 2, called Dunia, meaning "world", "earth" or "living" in Parsi. The engine takes advantage of multi-core processors as well as multiple processors and supports DirectX 9 as well as DirectX 10. Running the Far Cry 2 benchmark tool the test was run 5 times with the highest and lowest scores being omitted and the average calculated from the remaining 3.
Results Analysis
Surprisingly, the HD4870 outperformed the GTS250 AMP in Crysis with even the HD4850 giving it a run for it's money until the resolutions and filters were increased. Far Cry 2 again placed the GTS250 in between the HD4870 and 4850 cards while Oblivion saw the GTS250 AMP put in it's best performance of the day. stomping over most of the competition bar the high end NVidia cards and the formidable dual GPU setups.
Let's move on to the conclusion...
Most Recent Comments
Gah! You should've also compared it too a 9800GT (or whatever it's successor was 
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Blue PCB? Sucketh to the max!
)Blue PCB? Sucketh to the max!
dont think i'l be buyin 1 of these 
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Originally Posted by name='zak4994'
Gah! You should've also compared it too a 9800GT (or whatever it's successor was
)Blue PCB? Sucketh to the max! |
Damn sorry m8, I only have an MX440 and a Voodoo, will those do?
Contrary to popular belief I don't get to keep equipment from previous reviews to draw on when needed, I can only go on results that have the same base setup. Sadly the 9800 reviews were done on an inferior setup and thus cannot be compared.
Such an awkward card to find into the mash.
I was quite alarmed when u said the cooler was quiet ! (although not too effective)
That's a first isn't it ? A quiet stock cooler in the GT200 range ?
As to the 'AMP' release - honestly, 12mhz ? why ?
Great reviewage.
I was quite alarmed when u said the cooler was quiet ! (although not too effective)
That's a first isn't it ? A quiet stock cooler in the GT200 range ?
As to the 'AMP' release - honestly, 12mhz ? why ?
Great reviewage.
Cheers Rasta.
When i say 'not effective', it is, it's just not as effective as the ATI coolers. Then again it isn't anywhere near as loud so I guess thats the trade off!
The overclock, is minor because there is very little headroom to begin with I guess.
When i say 'not effective', it is, it's just not as effective as the ATI coolers. Then again it isn't anywhere near as loud so I guess thats the trade off!
The overclock, is minor because there is very little headroom to begin with I guess.
Publish price - £145.99 but the novatech link says otherwise - http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?ZOT-250
Blue PCB is win!
Blue PCB is win!
seems oddGraphics Drivers: Supplied by Sapphire
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Originally Posted by name='PeterStoba'
Publish price - £145.99 but the novatech link says otherwise - http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?ZOT-250
Blue PCB is win! seems odd |
Great review w3bbo.
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Originally Posted by name='Mul.'
That's the 512mb version I'm afraid. You can actually find GTS 250 512mb cards with reference clocks for as little as £85. I personally feel that £145 is a lot for the 1GB version, even with an overclock applied from factory. Looking at the novatech website itself, it's possible to buy a ref clock 1GB GTS 250 for £105. Plus, the HD 4870 1GB has been appearing for around £130 these days and should have a higher margin for an overclock.
Great review w3bbo. |
The 512mb cards are good for £90ish, I've used one and they are very good performers.
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Originally Posted by name='PeterStoba'
Publish price - £145.99 but the novatech link says otherwise - http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?ZOT-250
Blue PCB is win! seems odd |
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Originally Posted by name='Mul.'
That's the 512mb version I'm afraid. You can actually find GTS 250 512mb cards with reference clocks for as little as £85. I personally feel that £145 is a lot for the 1GB version, even with an overclock applied from factory. Looking at the novatech website itself, it's possible to buy a ref clock 1GB GTS 250 for £105. Plus, the HD 4870 1GB has been appearing for around £130 these days and should have a higher margin for an overclock.
Great review w3bbo. |
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Originally Posted by name='PeterStoba'
My bad, I just assume the link would be correct.
The 512mb cards are good for £90ish, I've used one and they are very good performers. |
Looks at 512m card .....
Looks at w3bbo's monitor ....
Looks at 512m card .....
Looks at w3bbo's monitor ....
.. that's just unfair !
Looks at w3bbo's monitor ....
Looks at 512m card .....
Looks at w3bbo's monitor ....
.. that's just unfair !
Lol, it's BECAUSE I have such a large screen I know these things . That said even a 24" screen will show decreases in speed with a 512mb card vs 1GB.
I'm not for minute saying 512mb cards are a steaming pile of dog do, clearly they are not, but if you game at anything above 22" it pays to invest in a card with a little more memory imo.
. That said even a 24" screen will show decreases in speed with a 512mb card vs 1GB.I'm not for minute saying 512mb cards are a steaming pile of dog do, clearly they are not, but if you game at anything above 22" it pays to invest in a card with a little more memory imo.
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