Zotac GeForce GTS 250 vs Asus Radeon HD 4850

[Saaz]

For my Intel Processor which is of core i7 series, i don't have enough cash left for a gtx 260, but luckly Nvidia heard my call and have came up with gts 250 video card. Most of my friends said that its a "revised 9800GTX" but i think a lot differences can be find between these two video cards. Please help me in this situation as what to buy between gts 250 or Hd 4850.

Please provide some views regarding this

[Marthaz]

GTS 250 is shaping up to be a worthy replacement for the 9800GTX, as you mentioned, it does have some great benefits. However, with the Core i7, you'll be completely GPU bottlenecked with a G92. Surely there is some way to play with the numbers to make a GTX 260 possible, like CC said, post up your list and let's see what we can do

[ApPy10]

These new cards are all set to impress the gamers with an array of functionalities such as compatibility with DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.1 and technologies like NVIDIA CUDA and PhysX. They come with 128 high-speed programmable stream processors that let you configure screaming-fast 3D gaming performance and high-speed GDDR3 memory technology.

“Gamers are always looking for the best performance for their money. With the new ZOTAC GeForce GTS 250 series, we’re delivering a graphics card that offers breathtaking performance with loads of technology,” said Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTAC International. Taking the performance to a higher altitude is the Zotac GeForce GTS 250 AMP! Edition with a tuned and tweaked GeForce GTS 250 graphics processor, a remarkable 0.8-nanosecond GDDR3 video memory and it also offers the performance edge required for 3D titles as well as applications along with additional overclocking.

[Team Leader]

The Radeon HD 4850 features a core clock frequency of just 625MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 2000MHz DDR. This is lower than a previous generation Radeon HD 3870, however just like it the 4850 uses a 256-bit memory bus! The Radeon HD 4850 is actually the third fastest product in the new 4000 series. The Radeon HD 4850 is comprised of a staggering 800 (160x5) SPUs, 40 TAUs and 16 ROPs

[kiLLer]

The Zotac GeForce GTS 250 series enhances your everyday applications with the CUDA technology accompanied by 128 stream processors. Thus, all the supported applications can take advantage of the GTS 250 series to enhance image and video editing and computing and video processing. With the PhysX technology, the environmental interaction and visual effects in games get even more realistic.

The Zotac GeForce GTS 250 series also bundles up a real-time strategy game XIII Century with the cards. With an extended 5 years of warranty, the Geforce GTS 250 AMP Edition! is priced at Rs.10555, the Geforce GTS 250 1 GB at Rs.9999, while the Geforce GTS 250 512 MB will cost you Rs.8899.