Thursday, November 26th 2009

SPARKLE Launches World's First GeForce GTS 250 Graphics Card with Low Profile Design

SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd., the professional VGA card manufacturer and supplier, today introduced the SPARKLE GeForce GTS250 Low Profile Graphics Card, the world's first low profile graphics card based on GeForce GTS250 graphics chip, providing powerful 3D performance and amazing home theater experience to HTPC enthusiasts.

Consummately designed low profile, the PCB height of the SPARKLE GeForce GTS250 Low Profile Graphics Card is 6 cm,only half the height of ordinary Graphics Card with full profile design, which makes the SPARKLE GeForce GTS250 Low Profile Graphics Card to be the best partners for HTPC. HTPC enthusiasts don't need to worry about the inconvenience caused by narrow space HTPC chassis and full profile designed graphics cards. With low profile design, the SPARKLE GeForce GTS250 Low Profile Graphics Card not only can easily meet the HD video playback and DX10 gaming demand from HTPC users, but also can easily satisfy the requirements from SSF, mini-chassis and industry PCs which demand compact and practical graphics card.
1024MB/512MB Large-Capacity GDDR3 Memory
Today's game, such as Crysis, Alone in the Dark 5, Stalker: clear sky, they normally use a large number of bump texture, transparent texture to describe faces of characters and render realistic gaming scenes, so these games put higher demands on the capacities of video memory. The SPARKLE GeForce GTS250 Low Profile Graphics Card comes with incredible large 1024MB/512MB and high speed GDDR3 video memory can let mainstream users pass the 3D Mark Vantage High Test which strictly demand at least 512MB video memory. Meet the needs of a large number of 3D games, allowing the gamers to enjoy the pleasure brought by 3D games.

Single 6pin Power Supply
Today's GTS250 series graphics card is equipped dual 6pin power supply to run 3D games and HD movies. By strong RD team, SPARKLE GTS250 Low Profile graphics cards decrease the power consumption and it's only occupy 1 single 6pin power supply .With environmental protection conception inside, this eco-friendly function will dramatically reduce power consumption and heat emissions, effectively against global warming and manage to do energy conservation.

Native HDMI Support
In order to keep pace with HD tideway, the SPARKLE GeForce GTS250 Low Profile Graphics Card feature native HDMI support on PCB. Now the SPARKLE GeForce GTS250 Low Profile Graphics Cards passed the rigorous HDMI ATC certification tests in High-Definition Media Interface Authorized testing center, they can deliver vivid HD gaming audio and video through one single cable, provide more convenience to pc games and video enthusiasts to play games or watch HD videos on their HD TV.

All Solid Capacitors
Equipped all solid capacitors with lower power loss, provide more stable and longer product lifespan.

Cooling System
Exquisitely made cooling fans, which have quiet and high performance thermal compound . Specially equipped heat sink to cool the MOS circuit and memory to bring the most comprehensive cooling solution to ensure optimal thermal dissipation even after years of use.

2nd Generation Pure Video HD
High-definition video decoder and post-processor completely offload the CPU load and delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video and accurate color for movies and video.

Full Microsoft DirectX 10 Support
DirectX 10 GPU with full Shader Model 4.0 support,delivers unparalleled levels of graphics realism and film-quality effects.

NVIDIA PhysX
GeForce GPU support for NVIDIA PhysX technology, enabling a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience with GeForce.

NVIDIA CUDA Technology
CUDA technology unlocks the power of the GPU's processor cores to accelerate the most demanding system tasks such as video transcoding delivering up to 7x performance over traditional CPUs.
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51 Comments on SPARKLE Launches World's First GeForce GTS 250 Graphics Card with Low Profile Design

#26
Weer
It's low-profile.. but it takes two slots?
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#27
Jaffakeik
I wonder if i can use CUDA for gaming or only for game designing?
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#28
Unregistered
hmmm, i didn't understand, i tough, HTPC didn't have powerfull PSU to begin with? so why they use 6 PIN?
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#29
Silverel
wahdangunhmmm, i didn't understand, i tough, HTPC didn't have powerfull PSU to begin with? so why they use 6 PIN?
Which is why I was wondering about the 5k series. IIRC the 5750 and 5770 only draw about 100w at max load. Those should be able to run fine on a pci-e 2.0 slot.
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#30
Tartaros
wahdangunhmmm, i didn't understand, i tough, HTPC didn't have powerfull PSU to begin with? so why they use 6 PIN?
That depends on the psu. Also there are converters for pcie from hdd connectors. I have a htpc and I use a common psu, the case didn't come with it.

The card is sexy :D
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#31
Roph
Hasn't there been a low pr ofile 8800GT/9800GT before? Which is just the same thing? Or am I remembering wrong? :wtf:
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#32
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
the standards for add in cards are from back when PC's lay on their backs, before the cases went upright.


If a motherboard lies flat on its back, the direction "up" is height (PCI bracket), the direction sideways (such as covering multiple slots) is width, and "length" would be the dimension from one of the of board to another, in the direction the PCI slots go (since the PCI brackets are at the 'back' and the user is at the 'front')


seriously, i find arguments like this utterly stupid... just cause two people agree doesn't make it right. it makes them both wrong.


Roph: yes, in the green edition cards i beleive.

A card like this with a half height bracket (make one yourself if you have to!) would be damned sexy in an ITX LAN gaming machine.
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#33
Yukikaze
u2konlinewhy make a low profile design card and add a 6 pin to it?
Because low-profile doesn't automatically mean that it shouldn't have one ? There are plenty of even relatively low power or HTPC PSUs that have a 6-pin connector.
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#34
RejZoR
Low profile means that high end card occupies only one slot. What do you benefit from slimmer design if it still occupies several slots?
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#35
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
RejZoRLow profile means that high end card occupies only one slot. What do you benefit from slimmer design if it still occupies several slots?
no it doesnt. low profile is purely about the height of a card, so that it fits in low profile PC cases with half height PCI slots.

www.auzentech.com/site/products/x-fi_forte.php
click images - auzen clearly show the difference between a full height and a low profile

images of low profile PCI slots - note how the slots are roughly double the height of the standard connections at the rear of the case.






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#36
tkpenalty
I dont get why people like panther are arguing against an industry standard, which merely is superficial and doesn't change anything. Mind you guys, height is in its traditional sense in enterprise environments such as datacentres where the chassis lays flat, like those above.

You guys need to stick your heads into average-consumer-land or datacentres because thats where the majority of the shit happens.
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#37
Esse
pckolojiUnfortunately no low profile bracket in the box.
Are you sure? I know you're all questioning this but it says in the picture it comes with a low profile bracket.
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#38
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
EsseAre you sure? I know you're all questioning this but it says in the picture it comes with a low profile bracket.
its possible the review sample didnt for some reason, but retail does. the package contents can change.
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#39
wolf
Performance Enthusiast
Wow an article about a new card has turned into a full blown crazy-fest over what a low profile card is, suffice to say the mods are completely correct.

Still I think it would be nice to see more low profile, native pci-e 4x cards hit the market, dual slot or not isnt a big bother, but pci-e 4x will broaden the allure of such cards IMO.
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#40
RejZoR
I've never ever seen any so called "low profile" card with smaller bracket plate. They all had full size one, so that's no low profile for me.
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#41
Disparia
Are they not that popular over there?

I just checked about 50 of the 91 video cards tagged as low profile/low-profile ready at Newegg - they all came with low-profile brackets. Not surprising and I don't have to check them all to know that coming without one would be a rarity. Been building/upgrading computers for the companies I've worked at for 6+ years now. With the exception of the IT department, nearly every case is a desktop or slim tower. When upgrading a station to dual monitors, more often than not it'll need the addition of a low-profile video card.
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#42
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
Musselsits possible the review sample didnt for some reason, but retail does. the package contents can change.
Yup, that is most likely the case. With our own reviews, companies sometimes mess up with the bundle. There was lulz when someone bundled two CrossFire cables with a Radeon HD4870X2.

The picture in the news post says that the low-profile bracket is included in the package. So it will.
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#43
PP Mguire
Dude, this plus Zotac Atom 330 and Ion and 4gb DDR2 = win.
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#44
Zubasa
PP MguireDude, this plus Zotac Atom 330 and Ion and 4gb DDR2 = win.
Win if it doesn't require a 6-pin.
If you are going to pair one with the an Atom, you might as well get a 9600GT LP what doesn't need a 6-pin.
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#45
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
This is a GTS 250. You should be grateful that it makes use of just one connector. Normally GTS 250 (9800 GTX+) uses two connectors.
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#46
wolf
Performance Enthusiast
btarunrThis is a GTS 250. You should be grateful that it makes use of just one connector. Normally GTS 250 (9800 GTX+) uses two connectors.
Looks like the reference GTS250 on the NVIDIA website uses just one connector, but not all do, even so for a small form factor case a single pci-e 6 pin really isnt an issue, this with the Zotac atom 330 board wont draw too much between them, if there is no pci-e 6 pin you could just use a double molex adapter.

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#47
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
wolfLooks like the reference GTS250 on the NVIDIA website uses just one connector, but not all do, even so for a small form factor case a single pci-e 6 pin really isnt an issue, this with the Zotac atom 330 board wont draw too much between them, if there is no pci-e 6 pin you could just use a double molex adapter.

images.nvidia.com/products/geforce_gts_250/GeForce_GTS_250_med_f.png
GTS 250 is technically the same thing as 9800 GTX+. The reference design itself did some power budgeting. You can check out other manufacturers. One power connector is as far as GTS 250 can go.
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#48
wolf
Performance Enthusiast
Oh yeah no disagreement there, I had a 9800GTX so I know it and the + had 2 connectors, as do many non reference GTS250's, I couldn't fathom this GPU needing none at all, it would have to be Nvidias G92c (40nm) :p

would be nice however to see Sparkle make a low-pro GT240 with no power connector, maybe even single slot too.
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#49
Cheeseball
Not a Potato
I want one. :) Imagine they make a HD 5770 in LP, that would be awesome by itself. Best yet, they keep the L6788A. Ooh yeah. ;)
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#50
HalfAHertz
I'd like to see the temps on that. That cooler fan looks puny
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