is the 250gts a good choice?

hey guys my cousin wants to buy a new graphic card but he asked me witch one witch card would be a good pick for him his bugdet is around 200 and hes running with a asus intel mobo 6700 quad would the xfx 250gts be a good pick or the xfx 9800 gtx+ or the xfx 4850 or the his iceq4 4850 those where the 4 he asked me to pick out of but i dont know witch one i should recomenod to him he plays games like farcry2 crysis cod4 tf2 css wow those are the main games he plays he says he wants at least high graphic on those x4aa+

I wouldn't get a 9800GTX+ as a GTS250 is just a re-released version of the 9800. Both cards (GTS250 and 4850) are similar in performance, but with the GTS250 being a newer revision of cards, I think it would be the better choice.

i think the GTS250 is the better buy, while this card & the 9800GTX+ look pretty similar on paper, the 250 seems to have the edge, newer revision & its been tweaked for better throughput at higher res.....

& its got a shorter PCB....

the 4850 is also a ''good budget buy'', if you dont mind playing ''driver Russian roulette''




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Check the stats of some 9800 & 250 cards. I was considering getting the gts250, but the 9800gtx+ had higher ram,core & shader clocks so i bought that instead.

no no no no no no......... get the 4870 its only a little over $200
XFX Radeon HD 4870 Video Card - 1024MB GDDR5, PCI Express 2.0 x16, CrossFireX Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV HD487AZDFC at TigerDirect.com

XFX Radeon HD 4870 XXX Edition Video Card - 512MB GDDR5, PCI Express 2.0 x16, CrossFireX Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV HD487AYDDC at TigerDirect.com
much better card

I currently run a 8800GTS OC 512meg GDDR3 from BFG, would this 4870 be a good upgrade from my current card? I have been reading anywhere and everywhere I can to try and find out because I don't want to waste money on a new card for a 2-4% increase in performance.


This is my exact card: Newegg.com - BFG Tech BFGE88512GTOCE GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

well i went from the same bfg 8800gts 512 to a 9800gtx+, my lowest fps in crysis with the 9800 was double that of the 8800, also runs about 20 degrees cooler. Thats at least the same step from the 8800 to a 4870 id say.

Charts, benchmarks Gaming Graphics Charts Q3/2008, Crysis v1.21

The problem with that benchmark is that it does not show you which units are using what DDR version of ram. I have read a lot of articles indicating that a card with 512Megs of DDR5 will greatly out perform a card with 1gig of DDR3, how accurate is it, who knows!! Opinions are like ******** everyone has one, but its hard to get a subjective opinion on many hardware devices other than benchmarks, but again without complete descriptions of each card its harder for me to pick one.

My logic tells me to pick a card with DDR5 but thats where I get stuck, trying to figure out WHICH card with DDR5 I should get over my current card. I like BFG they have never done me wrong on any of the 3 cards I have owned from them. But I am not blind to change if its going to be a better performing card "example ATi 4870".

fieseler said:

well i went from the same bfg 8800gts 512 to a 9800gtx+, my lowest fps in crysis with the 9800 was double that of the 8800, also runs about 20 degrees cooler. Thats at least the same step from the 8800 to a 4870 id say.

Charts, benchmarks Gaming Graphics Charts Q3/2008, Crysis v1.21

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Going from an 8800GTS 512, to a 9800GTX+ or GTS250 won't show any considerate improvement. They're all virtually the same card.

And saying "double fps" is quite inaccurate to compare them. That link shows the GTS 512 at 13fps and the 9800GTX+ at 19fps. That's far from double.

What about going from my 8800GT to this: Newegg.com - EVGA 01G-P3-1281-AR GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

Read a lot of good reviews on it.

Element said:

What about going from my 8800GT to this: Newegg.com - EVGA 01G-P3-1281-AR GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

Read a lot of good reviews on it.

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That would be a very good upgrade. Read a lot of good stuff about the 285 as well, or just even going from an 8800GT to a GTX260 would be a great choice as well.

I want something that is going to last me at least 1 yr, this 8800GT I got last year around april so its almost a year old and it works perfect but I like new toys!

Then I'd say a GTX260 or 285. Personally I'm waiting to upgrade from my two 8800GTS 512s when DX11 cards start showing.

hm.......... well i still say the 4870.....