NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250: A Rebadged 9800 GTX+

Crysis Warhead Performance

Again NVIDIA leads, though our settings were a little aggressive for these parts which are just under playable at 1680x1050. 1280x1024 would have been a good target resolution for this game with these settings, or dropping the enthusiast shaders might also have helped out. But whatever way you slice it, the GTS 250 leads in both single and dual configurations (the latter actually remain playable through 1920x1200 as well).

1680x1050    1920x1200    2560x1600

Fallout 3 Performance

This one is pretty interesting even though our multiGPU options are system/LOD limited by the game at 1680x1050 and 1920x1200. It's clear that memory really helps in this test when resolution increases, as the 1GB GTS 250 improves on the 512MB by about 50%. At lower resolutions, the GTS 250 1GB just comes in ahead of the 512MB 4850 which just comes in ahead of the 512MB GTS 250. It looks like at 1680x1050 and lower the memory stops making a difference and all three of these cards just tie.

1680x1050    1920x1200    2560x1600