MSI N650-MD1GD5/OC GeForce GTX 650 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

Pros: Great price after rebate ($70-80) plus freebies
Easily overclocks core to 1,150 MZ
Benchmarks better than GTX 650 Ti
Works great on Flight Sim X at max settings
Supports 3 displays

Cons: A 2 Gig version should be available for $10-20 more, but its not.

Other Thoughts: I'm not a gamer but was looking for a reasonably priced card for everyday use and Flight Sim. With a fast core, GDDR5 memory and support for multiple displays, its the best value in the market.

Pros: Have gotten replacement and works as should 2.0x16 thank you very much in a quick replacement

Cons: None yet

Other Thoughts: Have it on a asrock b75m-dgs r2.0 mobo as I upgraded ,worked beautifully

Pros: Good start up card, but get a real video card.

Cons: No SLI plug on card

Other Thoughts: Just got rebate server to reply my application. Two days to late to post mark. Not funny! Rebates are so time consuming that the user earns $2.00 and hour office work paid by their own rebate.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

This card does not have SLI support thus why no SLI plug is present.

If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch with our tech support team directly at 626.271.1004 for assistance during regular business hours from M to F, 9am to 6pm Pacific Time.
Or you can email us at usreview@msi.com, thank you.

Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com

Pros: Price

Cons: 5 month update, filled out form online at MSI, still no replacement fan after 5 months, now it gets a 1 egg. The glued fan still works fine and is just as quite as my other fans in my case but I figured I would have received a new fan by now.




Old Review:

Pros: Cost was where I wanted it to be.

Cons: The clip-on fan came with 3 broken blades . I didn't give it the once over like i normally do before installing any upgrade. Plugged it in it sounded really bad. took it out and looked at what was making the noise, 3 missing fan blades. I looked in the box and found the missing blades. I sold my old video card to a friend so it was ether plug in some old PCI video card I got 10 years ago and wait for a replacement fan or glue the fan bits. Being someone who doesn't like to wait I choose glue. I don't know how the fan is supposed to sound normally since it was busted when i got it but after gluing the fan blades on, it makes a little noise but nothing more then all the other fans in my case make.

while most people would give consider this a DOA and give it 1 egg I made lemons into lemon-aid and I'm giving this 2 eggs. Lets see how it is going to be with MSI on getting a replacement fan. If its EZ I will bump up a egg or two (if i can do that, IDK if you can change a rating) If its hard, it goes down to 1

Other Thoughts: DON'T EXPECT HELP FROM MSI, IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

We apologize for the issues that you are having with this product.
You will need to proceed with a RMA to get a replacement.

Please kindly visit the URL below to set up a RMA with the following information.
http://service.msicomputer.com/msi_user/rma_form_new.aspx

1. Full name (first, and last)
2. Telephone #
3. Physical address
4. Email address
5. Serial number (located on the box, or the back of VGA card, eg 602-xxxx-xxxBxxxxxxxxxx)
6. Symptoms you are having onto the Special Remark section (as detailed as possible)

Once your information and warranty coverage are verified then we can proceed with this RMA for you.
Our turn-around time is typically two weeks and our system will notify you automatically at every stage of your RMA process.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the product, received the unit back from RMA but are still having issues, please do not hesitate to contact us directly at usreview@msi.com and we will be more than happy to assist you, thank you.

Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com

Pros: None

Cons: Worse than my 3 yr old card

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

We apologize for any issues that you are having with this product.

If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch with our tech support team directly at 626.271.1004 for assistance during regular business hours from M to F, 9am to 6pm Pacific Time.
Or you can email us at usreview@msi.com, thank you.

Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com

Pros: Came with adapters if I didn't already have the proper power connection for the card. Has VGA output to work with my older monitors. Dual monitors function seamlessly using VGA and HDMI. Ran most of my classic games flawlessly at 60fps, excepting a couple compatibility issues with older 3D titles (Crimson Skies, Heavy Gear). Came with a coupon for a few free to play games that are great introductions to the current generation of gaming. Runs HAWKEN (one of the coupon games) with high settings around 27fps at 720p after I overclocked the core clock. Easy to overclock using the bundled software, after a little research.

Cons: Runs hotter during operation than I would have liked out of box (around 70c). Was able to maintain below that same temp after overclocking and upping voltage by ramping up the fan speed. A tiny bit noisy when doing this, but worth the stable 3~5 frame performance boost.

Other Thoughts: Using Stock Afterburner software:
+12mV Core Voltage,
+91mHz (1149mHz) Core Clock,
Shader Clocks (locked),
+1mHz (2500mHz) Memory Clock.
Aggressive fan speed, idle around 80% load around 90%. Operates around 60c.

Eggsaver shipping was faster than expected yet again!

Pros: Easily installed, quiet fan, the card never gets hot, can run HDMI, VGA and DVI simultaneously (which I love), runs all my games on ultra with 60 fps. Definitely gonna recommend this to anyone looking to upgrade.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: Buy this card

Pros: got it on black friday for 70, and received the rebate check

Cons: none for the price

Pros: works good,great price

Cons: im running this on a p45 neo-f with e5200 pciex 2.0 but i cant get it past x8 gpuz reports this but my 3d mark score is p2489 which is normal for this cpu and gpu with ddr2 will only d0 pciex x8 2.0 at full load dunno if this is faulty card,misreading or what but it does the same in my g31mxp-k but that has pciex1.0 but same x8

Other Thoughts: other than that if because of being kepler and its power saving it is working right then awesome till i find out 1egg

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

We apologize for the issues that you are having with this product.
Please check the gold fingers on the card as well as cleaning the contacts in the graphics card slot.
Additionally, you can test the graphics card on another system to verify. If problem persists, then update the motherboard's BIOS.

If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch with our tech support team directly at 626.271.1004 for assistance during regular business hours from M to F, 9am to 6pm Pacific Time.
Or you can email us at usreview@msi.com, thank you.

Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com

Pros: Extremely easy to install. Just pop it in and download the latest drivers from Nvidia. Handles the games I play very well. Minecraft runs at 200 fps and League Of Legends run at stable 60 frames at highest settings.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: Have yet to overclock the card. I love this card very much and would highly recommend it.