PNY XLR8 GTS 250 1024 MB PCI-Express 2.0 VGA + DVI Graphics Card VCGGTS2501XPB

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 9.5 x 3 inches ; 1.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001UHYRAG
• Item model number: VCGGTS2501XPB
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 17, 2009

Product Description

Immerse yourself in full NVIDIA PhysX gaming and bring your games to life with massively destructible environments and ultra-realistic physical interaction in games such as Mirror¿s Edge by Electronic Arts Inc. With full support for NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision experience over 350 games in stereoscopic 3D* and give your eyes something to talk about. *Stereoscopic 3D requires an NVIDIA 3D Vision kit consisting of wireless GeForce 3D Vision glasses, emitter and a 3D Vision-Ready display. Product Specifications Bus Technology: PCI Express 2.0 Memory Amount: 1024MB DDR3 Memory Interface: 256-bit Memory Bandwidth (GB/s.): 70.4 Fill Rate (billion pixels/sec.): 47.2 Shader Clock (MHz): 1836 MHz Core Clock (MHz): 738 MHz Memory Frequency (effective): 2200 MHz Stream Processors: 128 Key Features NVIDIA Unified Architecture Full Microsoft DirectX 10 support NVIDIA PhysX technology NVIDIA CUDA technology 3-way NVIDIA SLI technology NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology PCI Express 2.0 support Two dual-link DVI outputs Dual-link HDCP Capable OpenGL 3.0 support Minimum System Requirements PCI Express or PCI Express 2.0-compliant motherboard with one dual-width x16 graphics slot One 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connector Minimum 450W or greater system power supply (with a minimum 12V current rating of 24A)*** Intel Pentium 4, AMD Anthon XP class processor or higher 100MB of available hard disk space 512MB system memory (2GB recommended) Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows XP Operating System (32 or 64-bit) CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive Included in the box NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1024MB Graphics Card Quick Installation Guide Installation CD, which includes: - Detailed installation guide - NVIDIA ForceWare Drivers - Microsoft DirectX 9.0c - NVIDIA GeForce Demos - PNY and NVIDIA Desktop Wallpapers One DVI-to-VGA adapter One DVI-to-HDMI adapter One internal HDMI audio cable HD Breakout Pod

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice card - glad I got it!, December 18, 2009

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Eric Portenier "Homer Jay" (San Francisco) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PNY XLR8 GTS 250 1024 MB PCI-Express 2.0 VGA + DVI Graphics Card VCGGTS2501XPB (Personal Computers)

The GTS250 1GB card isn't the "latest and greatest" that Nvidia has on the market these days, but for the price, it was a great upgrade choice from my 512MB EVGA Nvidia 8600gts card. The card is very big and requires at LEAST a 450W power supply, so be aware that if you get this card, you may have to upgrade your PS as well. I went with a 550W power supply, and it is working well. You should also know that it is a double-wide card, so if you have other add-on cards in your PC, you may need to do some additional card moves to make this fit in your case.

As for the performance, honestly, I am very happy with the card. I do some gaming every now and then, and things like Left4Dead2, Modern Warfare 2, and recently even DragonAge:Origins run very well on my machine, thanks to this card. The processor is a AMD x2 5600+ with 3GB of Ram, and this card is a great addition to make these games run well on my machine. I have been able to max out the settings on L4D2 and MW2, and *almost* max out Dragonage:Origins. When I try to do highest settings in DA:O I get some choppy frame rates, but at "high" it runs just fine. I think that if I was to upgrade my CPU and Memory, this would fix those issues.

One other thing that I noticed about this card after first installing it was that it ran not hot, but very warm. This could have been due to the mid-sized case I have, but I also needed to add another fan to the case in order to draw more cool air through after installing this card. I think this is normal for any modern card these days though... more cooling is always better.

All in all, I think that this is a very good card, and I would recommend it to others looking for an easy way to achieve better graphics for not a lot of money.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love It, June 12, 2010

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Edward M. Sasdelli (Newfield, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PNY XLR8 GTS 250 1024 MB PCI-Express 2.0 VGA + DVI Graphics Card VCGGTS2501XPB (Personal Computers)

I am not a techy but this card rocks. I play Call of Duty and Left for Dead 2 on an older computer and it was really jerky, I installed this card turned up all the game settings and it's like playing a different game. I love it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars nVidia does it again!, May 15, 2010

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Mr. Digital (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: PNY XLR8 GTS 250 1024 MB PCI-Express 2.0 VGA + DVI Graphics Card VCGGTS2501XPB (Personal Computers)

I bought this video card for a gaming computer that I was building. Along with the specs in my computer, this card was the icing on the cake! My games (such as Crysis, Bioshock, Portal (Steam), etc) run very smoothly. Even on max graphic settings, the games run with amazing detail without and glitches!

I've always been with nVidia, and by the looks of it, I will continue to be with nVidia for a while.

I recommend this product to anyone!