- 2GB 192-Bit GDDR5
- Core Clock 980MHz
- Boost Clock 1033MHz
- 2 x DVI 1 x HDMI 1 x DisplayPort
- 768 Cores CUDA Cores
- PCI Express 3.0
Solid card so far...
04/02/2013
This review is from: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card 02G-P4-3657-KR
Pros:
This card is a huge improvement over my old BFG 8800 GT OC:
- It's much quieter and cooler, both at idle and while gaming.
- It uses the Nvidia reference design cooler and blows the hot exhaust air out the back of the case.
- The 6-pin power connector is on the top of the card instead of the end, so it fits in my case (Antec P182). If it were on the end of the card, I would have had to remove a case fan to make the card fit.
- It has a number of different outputs, one of which is HDMI with audio, which is great for connecting to TVs.
- It's basically a GTX 660 with less cores; performance is very close to a GTX 660.
- I've heard good things about EVGA customer support, not having dealth with them myself.
- Includes $75 worth of codes for 3 games, one of which I play. These can be easily used, sold, or traded.
Cons:
GTX 660 cards can be found for about the same price after rebates.
Overall Review:
I installed this card in my almost 5.5 year old system hoping it would last another year or two and still play a few modern games (Hawken and BioShock Infinite to name a couple). I knew my CPU could be a bottleneck, but I've still seen a great improvement in gaming performance. I'm getting a score of P5200 in 3DMark 11 with these specs:
Q6700 @ 3.2GHz CPU
4GB DDR2 1066 RAM
Asus P5E Motherboard
Also, one reviewer mentioned the fan sounds like a jet engine at max speed -- I wouldn't go that far since I've owned loud video cards before (FX 5950 Ultra). But then again, I've only had this one up to 74% fan speed as limited by the EVGA Precision X interface. I'll have to play with it or use another app to see what 100% sounds like. Either way, I doubt the card will ever hit 100% fan speed during gaming based on the default fan speed/temperature curve.
The same reviewer said they had a Windows Experience Index of 7.8 -- mine is 7.9 in both Graphics and Gaming Graphics with no overclocking on Windows 7.
One more thing -- I'm hopeful it will be possible to flash these to GTX 660s. Based on overclocking benchmarks, I'm convinced the hardware can handle it. Of course I'll let others try it first before I risk bricking mine.
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