Nvidia's Sub-$150 GTX 550 Ti Mainstream Graphics Card Hits Market
Nvidia's Sub-$150 GTX 550 Ti Mainstream Graphics Card Hits Market
Posted 03/15/2011 at 9:08pm
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Nvidia on Tuesday welcomed a new mid-range part to its family of Fermi graphics cards. Based on the company's 40nm GF116 GPU, the new GeForce GTX 550 Ti is priced below $150, making it Nvidia's most affordable 500 series desktop card thus far.
The GTX 550 Ti is a fully enabled GF116 part featuring 192 CUDA cores, a 900-MHz graphics clock, a 192-bit memory bus, and 1GB of GDDR5 memory. According to Nvidia, the card is unique due to the uneven way in which it arranges its memory among different memory controllers. The “mixed density” memory chips allow it to pack a full 1GB of graphics RAM despite its 192-bit memory interface.
“GeForce GTX 550 Ti is available in stores today for $149 USD and offers 28% faster gaming over the recent GeForce GTS 450,” Nvidia said on its blog. “For any of the GeForce 8600 GT owners out there who have been waiting to upgrade, the GeForce GTX 550 Ti offers a 500% performance increase over your GPU and support for DirectX 11 gaming. You’ll be equipped to crank up the visual quality in hot new games like Crysis 2 and Bulletstorm.”
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avenger48
March 16, 2011 at 4:38pm
Ok, got some information,
This card is designed to compete with the HD 5770, and it performs about halfway between a GTS 450 and a GTX 460 768MB. The current price is a bit high, though, as I was able to find several 460's for signifigantly less after rebate, such as the one in the link below.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127519
Dartht33bagger
March 16, 2011 at 1:58pm
I have a GTS 250, would it be worth it for me to upgrade to this?
avenger48
March 16, 2011 at 4:41pm
I upgraded from a 250 to 460 768MB SLI (although I would really reccommend the 1GB if you can afford it). My friend has one of the same 460's, so I've seen the performance of both setups firsthand. The 460 768MB is a great card, and is cheaper and faster than these 550 Ti's. I would suggest going that route, if you are having trouble playing games or just want something faster than what you have now.
titan8813
March 16, 2011 at 7:02am
"For any of the GeForce 8600 GT owners out there who have been waiting to upgrade,"
It's like they're inside my computer! I've been looking to get a DX11 card and had my eye on the 5770 but the 128-bit memory bus gives me pause. Plus after rebates you can get several models for around a hundred bucks. *runs off to do more research*
jraschke11
March 16, 2011 at 4:42am
I wonder if this is worth upgrading from my Palit GTX-285 2GB card. That thing is a beast minus the DX-11 support.
avenger48
March 16, 2011 at 4:54pm
This card would be about 30% slower than a 285. Keep in mind, this is about the same as a 5770, which is a touch slower than a GTX 260 C216. Try a 560Ti, 5850, 5870, 6870, or 460 SLI for a performance boost.
Scatmanbrandt
March 16, 2011 at 12:50am
Do some benchmarks with this against the GTS 450. I have 2 in SLI and wonder if it would be worth it to sell the 2 cards and replace them with one of these.
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