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Key Differences
In short — Radeon HD 7970 outperforms GeForce GTS 250 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon HD 7970 is 1023 days newer than GeForce GTS 250.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
- Consumes up to 40% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 150 vs 250 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Performs up to 12% better in Saints Row than GeForce GTS 250 - 48 vs 43 FPS
- Up to 200% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 - 3 vs 1 GB
Saints Row
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
FPS
48
100%
Value, $/FPS
$3.65/FPS
100%
Price, $
$175
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce GTS 250
Desktop • Mar 4th, 2009
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 4th, 2009 | Release Date | Dec 22nd, 2011 |
| GeForce 200 | Generation | Southern Islands |
$199 | MSRP | $549 |
| 2x DVI | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 1 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| GDDR3 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 64.51 GB/s | Bandwidth | 264 GB/s |
| 675 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 925 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
| 1008 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1375 MHz |
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