The reality is that the price-level offers fabulous amount of value for money. As such I recommend the GeForce GTS 250 series very much.
Palit is .. well Palit and as such they had to come up with something original. The custom PCB, the really nice cooler, HDMI integrated all really fun and good stuff. The option to make 2048MB cards however is something that for you guys as an end user is not very important. In fact, you might as well get a 512MB version as the difference in-between 512MB and for example 1024MB already is really slim. Only in very framebuffer limited situations you would access and need the extra memory, it would help in the very highest resolutions and combined with complex AA settings, say over 8xAA. And fact is, the GPU itself is not powerful enough to handle that anyway.
Here's my thought on the memory configurations available: 512MB, very recommended, 1024MB .. if you want that little extra and 2048MB .. you just can't measure the results and thus benefits after 1024MB really, making this a bit of a gimmick. We do love the fact that there are manufacturers out there that go for that extra mile, and certainly appreciate a board with 2048 MB graphics memory, but make no mistake .. you do pay extra for it and the return of that investment is close to nothing when you relate that to your gaming experience. But sure, it's good to have choices. Other then that, we definitely like what Palit brings to the table and if you play around with it a little, you'll overclock it a little higher as well. Palit covers the product with a two year warranty. We loved the cooler, very silent ... heck in combo with that HDMI port, it might be an excellent HTPC graphics card as well.
