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Zotac GTS 250 AMP! review

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Our Score 2.5

Last reviewed: 2009-09-23September 23rd 2009

Price at launch £136.00
Product Type Graphic Card
Chipset Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chipset Model 250
Chipset Line GeForce
Chipset Series GTS
Maximum Resolution 2560 x 1600
Brand Name Zotac
Standard Memory 1 GB
Host Interface PCI Express 2.0 x16
Bus Width 256 bit
Multi-GPU Technology SLI
Green Compliant Yes
Green Compliance Certificate/Authority RoHS
RAMDAC Speed 400 MHz
Digital Signal Yes
Dual Link DVI Supported Yes
DVI Yes
Number of DVI Outputs 2
Height 260.0 mm
Memory Technology GDDR3 SDRAM
Length 337.0 mm
Manufacturer ZOTAC International
Memory Speed 2300 MHz
Product Model ZT-20102-10P
Product Name GeForce GTS 250 AMP Edition Graphics Card
Processor Speed 750 MHz
Manufacturer Part Number ZT-20102-10P
Manufacturer Website Address www.zotac.com
Marketing Information

Supercharge your gaming experience with the ZOTAC GeForce GTS 250 AMP! Edition, tuned and tweaked with higher engine, memory and shader clock speeds for unprecedented gaming performance. Powered by high-speed GDDR3 video memory, the ZOTAC GeForce GTS 250 AMP! Edition delivers unmatched performance and value.

Package Contents
  • GeForce GTS 250 AMP Edition Graphics Card
  • Driver Disk
  • User Manual
  • S/PDIF Audio Input Cable
  • 8-pin PCI Express Power Cable
  • DVI-to-VGA/D-Sub Adapter
  • DVI-to-HDMI Adapter
  • Thickness 68.0 mm
    Weight (Approximate) 907.0 g
    API Supported DirectX 10.0, OpenGL 2.1

    Product Summary

    GeForce GTS 250 AMP!

    Zotac GTS 250 AMP!

    Price at launch

    £136.00

    For

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    1GB frame buffer

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    Similar power to ATI Radeon HD4850

    Against

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    Terrible price/performance ratio

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