We recently saw Palit announce that they would be offering their GeForce GTS 250 in three forms, 512MB, 1GB and the model we have today, 2GB. We have to say, this amount of memory sounds quite excessive for a graphics board that barely makes it into the higher end spectrum of the market. As games become more intensive there is no doubt that more memory is going to be handy. The problem is that the gains are best seen at the highest resolution. So while this doesn't sound like a bad thing, the problem you have is that instead of getting a minimum twenty frames, you might end up with a minimum of twentytwo. And as such extra frame buffer is great but has a rather limited impact. - TweakTown

Palit GeForce GTS 250 2GB Video Card Style Preview

What this ultimately means is that while we do see an increase in performance, it doesn't make a difference to your overall gaming experience as the minimum is still too low. Palit has decided to mix it up a bit and add a new box design for the GeForce GTS 250. Of course, Frobot is still present and takes up a large portion of the box. Across the top we have the Palit logo while across the bottom we have some more logos. In the bottom right corner we have a sticker that lets us know some of the major details on the card like the model, amount of memory it comes with and some of the main features including dual link DVI and so on.

Now on the back of the box we have some more details of the features that are implemented in the graphics card. We also see a bit of information on PhysX and GPU accelerated video transcoding. Looking at the card for the first time, we can see that Palit has opted for its own cooler design that we haven't seen before. Towards the center of the card we can see the fan and behind that we can see the aluminum heatsinks. And if you look carefully you can also see the copper heatpipes that are also present. We can see the rest of the card is covered. It's worth noting though, that this is only a cover as not connected to anything else.

Palit has decided to bump the core and shader just slightly. We can see that the core is at 745MHz, while the shader is up to 1848MHz speeds. Palit hasn't done anything with the memory clocks though. The 2GB of GDDR3 memory carries the stock 2200MHz effective clock that we saw on our Galaxy GeForce GTS 250 we looked at recently. The first thing we have to talk about is the amount of memory. Does the 2GB of memory make a difference? Not really, what we can say though, it's not going to affect the card from selling. It doesn't matter what you say, some people think that more memory is better.

And while it's not really a bad thing, it is going to hit the hip pocket a bit harder. We can see across the board performance is consistently up when compared to the Galaxy card, but this is probably due more so to the fact that Palit has taken the time to round up the clocks. While we wouldn't personally recommend the 2GB model of the card, we would highly recommend the Palit GeForce GTS 250 on a whole. Their 512MB version is going to cost you less and will offer almost identical performance. We understand that it doesn't sound quite as cool as saying we have a graphics card with 2GB of memory, but it does sound good.

Though the smart shopper will know that you could have saved some money by buying one with less. We ultimately have a good board that performs well and offers some good features. And while 2GB of memory won't be for everyone, if you do want a huge amount then it's a great card. On the other hand, if you're looking for a GeForce GTS 250 for less, you're better off buying the 1GB version or even a 512MB one if you want to save even more dollars.