Gigabyte Launches "Virtually Silent" GeForce GTX 550 Ti Overclock Edition
Gigabyte Launches "Virtually Silent" GeForce GTX 550 Ti Overclock Edition
Posted 03/18/2011 at 6:57am
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Gigabyte claims its new GeForce GTX 550 Ti Overclock Edition graphics card strikes just the right balance between faster clockspeeds and quiet computing. Armed with a custom cooler, the GV-N550OC-1GI, as it's named, boasts "extraordinary overclocking ability" and outpaces reference GTX 550 Ti cards by 6 percent, Gigabyte says.
The custom cooler was designed in-house and utilizes a 10cm fan with a pure copper node inside. It's virtually silent, Gigabyte says, running anywhere from 21.7-28 dBA at its loudest. It also cools 8.7 percent better than a stock heatsink/fan, the company claims.
Gigabyte's version of the Ti 550 also includes better power switching loss, two dual-link DVI-I ports, HDMI with HDCP protection, 1GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 4200MHz on a 192-bit bus, 1940MHz shader clock, and 970MHz core clock.
No word yet on price or availability.
Image Credit: Gigabyte
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MattyMattMatt
March 18, 2011 at 1:24pm
What's the point? 550 Ti is still a piece of shit card. A cheaper 5770 is almost as good, a cheaper GTX 460 768mb is better. A 1GB 460 can be had for the same price and is better!
Nvidia fail pricing.
Airheadq
May 03, 2011 at 11:07am
I recently bought an EVGA 550 Ti. Saved some money on a combo, $20 rebate, free Mafia 2 voucher, free 3dMark 11, and a free software package as well. All-in-all it was a pretty good deal for a budget card.
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