GeForce GTS 250 2GB

2GB VRAM. Documented release: March 2009.

THE RECORDED NUMBERS

GTS 250 2GB benchmark

Benchmark FPS at 1080p: 11 FPS
Our rating: 22.5 /100
250s we've tested: 1
Recorded benchmark rank: #219 of 257 variants

Historical total for this model.

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GPUSED’S TAKE

The verdict

Palit's 2GB GTS 250 put an eye-catching amount of memory on a GPU closely related to the older 9800 GTX. Contemporary testers treated it as an unusual board, while the familiar G92 core limited what that capacity could change.

GPUsed Legend Rating

3.5 /10

3.5 out of 10

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THE EXACT VERSION

Identity and release

Model: GeForce GTS 250 2GB
Memory: 2GB VRAM
Documented release: March 2009
Release event: first documented retail availability
Release scope: Palit GeForce GTS 250 2 GB in surveyed Akihabara shops, Japan

The March 2009 AKIBA PC Hotline first-hand shop survey identifies a Palit GeForce GTS 250 2 GB board among the released models; this is an observed physical product, not a memory size inferred from NVIDIA reference specifications.

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Profile sources

Reviewed 3 October 2026. The release date above uses the documented event and scope shown in this profile.

Source 1: akiba-pc.watch.impress.co.jp Release reference
Source 2: pcgameshardware.de
Source 3: techpowerup.com

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