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ECS GeForce GTS 250 1024MB review | test - Introduction

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/20/2009 02:00 PM [ ] 0 comment(s)

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Product: GeForce GTS 250 1024MB
Manufacturer: ECS Elitegroup
SKU code: -
Information: ECS
Street price: 159 USD

Aah yes, we here at Guru3D serve you videocard reviews as much as you like enjoying that lovely croissant early in the morning. Hey everyone and welcome to a new graphics card review here at Guru3D.com.

A couple of weeks ago NVIDIA made some small modification to it's mid-range line-up, in specific their GeForce 9800 GTX+ product. These design changes are related to PCB board design, power efficiency and bringing the overall cost of the product down. As a result the GeForce 9800 GTX+ had what you can call an extreme makeover. Same features, same performance .. yet less power consumption and NVIDIA was able to shave off roughly 25%~35% of the sales price, bringing the GeForce 9800 GTX+ from just over 200 USD, towards sub 150 USD. And that's not all, as at 150 USD you can even purchase models with 1024MB of videocard memory. Combined with proper, raw graphics power this will help you a little in the higher resolutions, DirectX 10 games and performance wise with higher anti-aliasing selections. All that is now labeled under the new product name, GeForce GTS 250.

This is already our 3rd or 4th GeForceGTS 250 review, and though most of you are shouting, 'dude, this is a respin product!' .. I can merely do anything else than confirm that, yes it's a tranny GeForce 9800 GTX+,  but that product all by itself under 150 USD is offering fine performance for the money you need to put down on that counter. As such we try to bring you at the very least a couple of reviews on the GTS 250 product as it really is an interesting positioned and performing graphics card.

Today the turn goes to the folks at ECS. Ever since the last year or two, they have been trying hard to get a grip in the e-tail and retail channel, and as a brand they are certainly growing. With a creative product design and marketing team they present us some fairly special designs and concepts. Today's product tested is not at all different. Though we'll stumble into a reference clocked product, there is very little little reference otherwise.

You'll see what I mean, just have a look at the product photo below, and then let's startup this review.

ECS GeForce GTS 250 1024MB

 




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