NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

800
Place in performance rating
not rated
7.68
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Tesla
Architecture
Tesla
G92B
Code name
no data
Desktop
Type
no data
4 March 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
17 April 2007 (14 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$117 (0.6x MSRP)
Price now
$3.19
0.23
Value for money
no data
G92B
GPU code name
G84
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

128
Pipelines
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738 MHz
Core clock speed
540 MHz
754 million
Transistor count
no data
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
47.2 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
4.320
387.1 gflops
Floating-point performance
38.08 gflops
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
128
CUDA cores
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128
Pipelines / CUDA cores
16
754 million
Number of transistors
289 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
47 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
Length
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6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
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SLI options
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4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Height
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
DDR2
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1100 MHz
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
70.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS, the size and number of monitors.

Two Dual Link DVI
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
+
Multi monitor support
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2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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S/PDIF
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
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+
CUDA
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
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3.0
OpenGL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 or NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Finer manufacturing process technology (55 nm vs 80 nm)

More memory bandwidth (70.4 GB/s vs 12.8 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

90.2% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($3.19 vs $117 (0.6x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 1 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 or NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS .

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 versus NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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