GTX 550 Ti Discussion

[Jaskanwar Singh]

GTX 550Ti is to released on March 15. (some sources say)

but according to present sources GTX 550Ti is just an overclocked GTS 450!

Nvidia GTX 550 Ti Gets Listed in Europe, Specs and Pricing Revealed - Softpedia
Nvidia GTX 550 Ti Specs, Price Leaked

This means the GTX 550 packs the same 192 streaming processors, 32 texturing units, 16 ROPs and 128-bit memory bus, as its predecessor, while the GPU and the memory are now running at 900MHz and 4.1GHz, respectively. As a result, the memory bandwidth has increased from 57.5GB/s, in the original GTS 450, to 65.5GB/s.

In light of these recent findings, the GTX 550 Ti is expected to be about as fast as an HD 5770 and slower than the 768MB version of the GTX 460.

Currently the card is listed around $216 USD, depending on the vendor. This is higher than the GTX 460 which retails around $150 USD or more. But as Softpedia points out, many retailers list unreleased hardware higher than the recommended prices offered by the manufacturers.

damn! we were hoping 6850 and 6870 competition! lets wait and see.

BTW its going to be GTX and not GTS

 

[funkysourav]

@jas
i don't think it will give 6850 any competition at all (128 bit bus? i thought i saw somewhere 192bit)
6850 is available for much cheaper and performs much better
this card has a chance if priced at or below 7k(india)

i thought it was GTS?

any word on TDP?

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

look earlier sources said its going to be 35% faster than 5770. google and see feb18 results. so we expected to give 6850 full competition.

but now these are 28th feb postings by toms and softpedia. they say macthing 5770. so its price should be 7.5k~ for a good buy.

and its going to be GTX this time. TDP of 110w.

 

[vickybat]

^^ I think it will have its shaders unlocked all the way to 240. The same thing that happenned between 460 and 560.

If this happens, then 6850 will receive good competition else it won't.

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

Ya lets see. If it remains to 192 its a bad nvidia decision imo!

 

[vickybat]

^^hmm exactly. If it stays at 192, 550 will be an utter waste.

 

[Gaurav Bhattacharjee]

^^hmm exactly. If it stays at 192, 550 will be an utter waste.

and if its an utter waste, will it still push prices of 6850 down?
if not, then i might have to go with 5750.

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

Fingers crossed. Hope for best.

 

[topgear]

A little performance test

LP2 :
GTS 450 - 22
GeForce GTX 550 Ti - 27
Radeon HD 5770 - 22

But in 3DMark 11

GeForce GTS 450 : 2100
GeForce GTX 550 Ti : 2400
Radeon HD 5770 : 2600

It appears that the new card isn't as fast as expected, with a performance gain of about 25% over AMD's offering in just certain games. Things look pretty ugly in 3DMark 11 though.



Overclockability-wise, the GeForce GTX 550 Ti will continue the legacy of the GeForce GTS 450 by offering excellent headroom. Clock speeds in excess of 1050MHz are said to be attainable and that will send the 3DMark 11 score past P3000 on a well-overclocked 'Sandy Bridge' system.

If the performance figures are true, then perhaps the GF116 should be branded as a GTS, and not a GTX?

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti benchmark leak? - VR-Zone.com

 

[vickybat]

^^ If the above results are true ( which i don't think is) then the 550 will be a disaster.

 

[topgear]

yep - we should wait for some "proper" benhcmark and I think 550 will come with great OC capability anyway - lets' just wait for 8 more days

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

tomorrow is the day!!

 

[topgear]

Today is the day we will get the the long awaited benchmarks of GTX 550

meanwhile this will keep you wondering how far it can be OCed

*www.softpedia.com/reviews/windows/...s-Overclocked-Past-1-1GHz-Review-187710.shtml

 

[skeletor]

Turns out this thing is exactly as powerful as HD 5770, consumes power more than HD 6850 and performs slower than GTX 460.

HD 6850 remains the 10k king.

*www.anandtech.com/show/4221/nvidias-gtx-550-ti-coming-up-short-at-150/16

 

[JojoTheDragon]

No a gfx geek, but Hd5770?
I thought Nvidia surpassed the 6 series of ATI.

 

[skeletor]

No a gfx geek, but Hd5770?
I thought Nvidia surpassed the 6 series of ATI.

Actually, they did. GTX 580 is the fastest single GPU card available. But AMD still dominates below 15k.

 

[JojoTheDragon]

Which gives ATI an adv in the Market, right ?

6850> 560 ?

 

[Gaurav Bhattacharjee]

A bunch of reviews together.... now rage your heart out guys...

Gigabyte GTX 550 Ti OC @ Hexus.

ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU @ techPowerUp.
MSI GTX 550 Ti Cyclone @ techPowerUp.
Palit GTX 550 Ti Sonic @ techPowerUp.
Zotac GTX 550 Ti AMP! @ techPowerUp.

NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti @ HardwareCanucks.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti Roundup @ HardwareCanucks.

Zotac GTX 550 Ti AMP! @ TechRadar.

MSI N550GTX Ti @ OverclockersClub
ASUS GTX550 Ti DirectCU TOP @ OverclockersClub

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti reference @ PureOC.
ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU TOP @ PureOC.
MSI GTX 550 Ti Cyclone @ PureOC.
Gigabyte GTX 550 Ti @ PureOC

MSI GTX 550 Ti Cyclone @ Guru3D.
KFA2/Galaxy GTX 550 Ti LTD OC White Edition @ Guru3D

Reference card matches a 5770 (at 1080/1200p), and the overclocked ones can get close to the GTX 460 768. Price is a bit steep though, at £130 it's the same as a faster GTX 460.

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

jojo no. 560>6850. but amd has 6950 1gb at price of 560. performance equal but amd crossfire better.

ico i disagree. 6970 = 570 with 6970 better multigpu performance.

 

[skeletor]

well, this thing is bust. Wrongly priced too.

ico i disagree. 6970 = 570 with 6970 better multigpu performance.

but still without a Linux driver.