10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

DirectX 10 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

How many years will the GeForce GTS 250 graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTS 250 in your PC? You should definitely consider replacing this GeForce GTS 250 graphics card, if it is still in your gaming PC.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTS 250? If you want an upgrade suggestion for the GeForce GTS 250 then a good choice would be RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB as this is better than 716 of the top 1000 most demanding game requirements with 496% better performance as well. Alternatively we would suggest getting a R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 8, as it can run 0 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 103% increased graphics performance.

FPS System Benchmark

Game

Red Dead Redemption 2

The GeForce GTS 250 was released on 04 Mar 2009

Nvidia PC game performance check GeForce GTS 250

GPU

Architecture

Tesla G92-428-B1

Process

55nm

TMUs

Texture Rate

47 GTexel/s

ROPs

Pixel Rate

12 GPixel/s

Shader Processing Units
(CUDA Cores)

Ray Tracing

Tensor Cores

Release Price

$199

Compatibility

Direct X

DX 10

Shader

4.0

Open GL

3.0

Resolution (WxH)

2560 x 1600

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

1024MB

Memory Speed

1100MHz

Memory Bus

256bit

Memory Type

GDDR3

Memory Bandwidth

70.4GB/sec

L2 Cache

Display Connectors

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

DisplayPort Connection

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

738 MHz

Power

Max Power

150 Watts

PSU

450 Watt & 32 Amps

Power Connector

2x 6-pin

Recommended Hardware

Best CPU Match

Core 2 Duo E7500 2.93GHz

Best RAM Match

6 GB

Best Resolution

1600 x 900

GPU Upgrade

GD Official

GD RATING

Approved

GeForce GTS 250 Game Requirement Analysis

Overview
GeForce GTS 250 is a Fast-Middle-Class Graphics Card based on the first revision of the Tesla Architecture.

Architecture
Tesla was NVIDIA's First Unified Shader Architecture.

GPU
It equips a GPU Codenamed G92-428-B1 which has 8 Stream Multiprocessors activated and thus offers 128 Shader Processing Units, 64 TMUs and 16 ROPs. The Central Unit is clocked at 738MHz.

Memory
The GPU accesses a 1GB frame buffer of GDDR3, through a 256-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is adequate. The Memory Clock Operates at 1100MHz.

Features
DirectX 10.0 Support (10.0 Hardware Default) and support for SLI, NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology, Dual-stream Hardware Acceleration, PhysX, CUDA, HybridPower and other technologies.

Cooling Solution
The Cooling Solution consists of a Single-Fan.

Power Consumption
With a rated board TDP of 150W, it requires at least a 450W PSU and it requires at least two 6-pin available connectors.

Performance
Gaming benchmarks put its performance around of a Radeon HD 4770, meaning it is much faster than Radeon HD 4850.

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Variants

Nvidia GeForce GTS 250

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