It really depends what you want from the pad, and how hard you drive the car.
I've never fitted "performance" pads to any car i've owned, instead opting to slightly upgrade the diameter of the disk and use normal pads. I find that gives an equivalent improvement, but means i can use standard pads at 20quid an axle, than having to spend £100+ on fast road pads.
After some bad experiences with brakeworld pads though, i've always stuck with proper brandnames. Mintex tends to be my "goto" brand, but Ferodo, Pagid and others all make good quality OEM products, and i'd happily use those if thats what the factors happened to be able to get hold of.
DS2500's get a good write up, but they also tend to be a bit lacking from cold, as they're aimed a bit more at track use. The Ferodo DS Performance range would probably be a better choice for a normal road car. Mintex seems to have dropped their "Xtreme" line becuase it wasnt R90 certified, meaning the first upgrade available is the M1144, which is probably quite similar to the DS2500, although i've heard they perform a little better from cold.
