3-17-2011 review by hitechlegion

This card shows a very nice improvement when compared to the GTS450, overclocked GTS450, and the stock GTX 550Ti. The 550 Ti is a well rounded video card, the DirectCU cooler and super alloy power make it very stable. Tweaker software is bundled with this excellent graphics card, that delivers value for money.

Compared To:

ASUS GeForce GTX 550Ti DirectCU TOP, Reference Nvidia 550 Ti, EVGA GTS 450 FTW, Reference Nvidia GTS 450.

Benchmarks:

3D Gaming, 3D Mark 2011, Batman Arkham Asylum, Battle Forge, Call of Duty: Black Ops, F1 2010, Fan Noise, H.A.W.X. 2, Lost Planet 2, Mafia II, Metro 2033, Overclocking, PhysX, Power consumption, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat, Stone Giant, Unigine 2.5.

Overclocking:

The GPU Core Clock was OCed @ 1025MHz.

Test Setup:

• Computer Case : Antec 902
• CPU : Intel Core i7 860
• CPU Cooler : Stock Intel
• HDD : 500GB Seagate BaRAM : acuda 7200.12
• Mainboard : MSI P55-GD85
• Memory : 8GB Kingston HyperX T1 2000MHz
• Operating System : Windows 7 Ultimate x64
• Optical Drive : LG DVD
• PSU : Ultra X4 850W