EVGA GTX 550Ti Review

By Nimish Sawant

15-11-2011

Nimish Sawant

Digit Rating: Good

3.5/5

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Performance:

Value:

Design:

PROS

Factory overclocked
Impressive utilities

CONS

None

BUY

N/A

MRP: 7950

Available at 1 store/(s)

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Summary

If you are looking for the best GTX 550Ti in the market, we would recommend the EVGA card. Not only does it give scores which are better than the refernce GTX 550 Ti, but it also operates at decent load temperatures. Also the utilties bundled in add to the features.

Review

Features: EVGA GTX 550Ti is a factory overclocked version of the reference GTX 550Ti. It is overclocked by around 50 MHz and has two DVI ports along with one mini HDMI port. It bundles a free copy of the 3D Mark 11 and has utilities such as OC Scanner and EVGA Precision. The latter allows you to overclock your card further whereas the former helps you in testing the overclocked settings for any artifacts.

Design and Build: The card is designed on the lines of the reference card. Only the shroud covering the PCB has a custom EVGA design which looks attractive. A centrally located fan is placed over the heatsink. Overall the build
quality is quite good.

Performance: Looking at the performance graphs, there is not a huge difference between the ZOTAC GTX 550 Ti AMP Edition card and the EVGA card, despite the ZOTAC card having a considerably larger boost in factory overclock. Also the EVGA card scores better than the competing HD 67xx cards. The best part about the EVGA card was its comparitively cooler operation temperatures. The temperature delta for ZOTAC card was almost double that for the EVGA Card.

Refer to the gallery to view benchmarks, as well as the below table.

Verdict: If you are looking for the best GTX 550Ti in the market, we would recommend the EVGA card. Not only does it give scores which are better than the refernce GTX 550 Ti, but it also operates at decent load temperatures. Also the utilties bundled in add to the features.

Score Out of 100: 51.58

Price: Rs.7,950

*Features, Specs, Scores*
Brand Model	EVGA GTX 550 Ti
Type of memory / Memory Clock (MHz)	DDR5 / 1089
Core / Shader Clock (MHz)	952 / 1903
No. of Stream Processors	192
Memory size (MB) / Memory Interface	1024 / 192-BIT
Connects on card	2xDVI-D, Mini HDMI
Accessories provided	DVI - D-Sub, 1x6pin power adapter, Driver CD
Game Provided	N
Synthetic Benchmarks
3D Mark 11 (Overall)	4452
3D Mark 11 (Graphics)	4331
Unigine Heaven v2.5 (1680x1050, 4xAF, Max Shader, Extreme Tesellation) Score	505
Unigine Heaven v2.5 (1680x1050, 4xAF, Max Shader, Extreme Tesellation) Frame rate	20
Temperature (Load)	55
Temperature (Idle)	34
Game Benchmarks
FarCry 2 (1280x1024, Ultra High, No AA) Avg	91.5
FarCry 2 (1680x1050, Ultra High, No AA) Avg	78.41
FarCry 2 (1920x1080, Ultra High, No AA) Avg	73.58
FarCry 2 (1280x1024, Ultra High, 4xAA) Avg	79.46
FarCry 2 (1680x1050, Ultra High, 4xAA) Avg	67.88
FarCry 2 (1920x1080, Ultra High, 4xAA) Avg	62.08
S.T.A.L.K.E.R : Call of Pripyat (Day, 1680x1050, No AA, DX11, Ultra Detail) Avg	78.2
S.T.A.L.K.E.R : Call of Pripyat (Day, 1680x1050, 4x AA, DX11, Ultra Detail) Avg	52.9
S.T.A.L.K.E.R : Call of Pripyat (Day, 1920x1080, 4xAA, DX11, Ultra Detail) Avg	46.8
Resident Evil (1680x1050, 4xAA, Motion Blur on)	87.2
Resident Evil (1920x1080, 4xAA, Motion Blur on)	76.7
Crysis Warhead (1280x1024, DX10, Med) Avg	65
Crysis Warhead (1680x1050, DX10, Med) Avg	56
Crysis Warhead (1680x1050, DX10, Very High) Avg	25
Crysis Warhead (1920x1080, DX10, Very High) Avg	22
Dirt 3 (1280x1024, No AA, Details Medium) Avg	126.69
Dirt 3 (1680x1050, No AA, Details Medium) Avg	102.73
Dirt 3 (1920x1080, No AA, Details Medium) Avg	93.2
Dirt 3 (1280x1024, 4x AA, Details High) Avg	99.42
Dirt 3 (1680x1050, 4x AA, Details High) Avg	80.63
Dirt 3 (1920x1080, 4x AA, Details High) Avg	74.97
Crysis 2 (1920x1080 Hardcore)	33.91
Crysis 2 (1680x1050 Hardcore)	39.05