Introduction

What time is it? It’s Tool Time! Remember that popular TV show that starred Tim Allen? Although it was a sitcom which followed an accident prone man and his family and their struggles of everyday life, Tim, the Tool Man, Taylor always seemed to bring his love for tools, and tweaking them, into the spotlight. Why did Tim tweak his tools? To perform tasks quicker and manage the time performing the task of that tool easier. We all use tools and use them frequently; these tools aren’t hammers or drills, but everyday items that we would not consider being a tool at all. Take, for instance, a knife that you cut your food with, it’s a tool but unless someone reminds you of that, you would not normally think of it in that manner.

By now you're asking, what does this have to do with computers? My answer is - a great amount. One tool that we take for granted, when it comes to our computers, is a video card. Sure, we may purchase the latest and greatest because it performs well and we can game in HD at acceptable frame rates. Do we really dedicate it for purposes other than gaming? Many of us may not. NVIDIA is renaming one of their video tools (9800 GTX+ Series) and changing some features, so lets take a look on how the new EVGA GeForce GTS 250 Superclocked Edition works, not only in gaming but as a piece of computing hardware. (IE: Tool)

The EVGA GeForce GTS 250 Superclocked 1GB DDR3 video card has a core clock of 771MHz, memory clock of 2246MHz and a shader clock of 1890MHz. The EVGA GeForce GTS 250 and the GeForce 9800 GTX+ Series are both common and different - some changes have been made and I will explain these differences later in this review. Let’s start by taking a look at the new EVGA GeForce GTS 250 Superclocked Edition 1GB DDR3.