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A closer look at the bargain gamers PNY Geforece 250 GTS Performance Edition
This test will take place over a period of two grueling weeks. During this test we will be using the most advanced benchmark apps not to mention the most intense graphics taxing games available today.
Basically, we are going to try to set this thing on fire and let our users know weather the bargain buy is even worth messing with. While most hardcore gamers say never slack on your video card, we intend to see if its possible. Check out the specs of the low priced bad boy.
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




Actual in game screen shots coming in part 2
Actual in game screen shots coming in part 2
Actual in game screen shots coming in part 2
Actual in game screen shots coming in part 2
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