NVidia GTX 650Ti Three Way Roundup
Author: Dennis Garcia
Published: Tuesday, October 09, 2012
Conclusion
During our testing of the three NVidia based GTX 650 Ti graphics cards it became clear that our benchmarks clearly overpowered this mid-range gaming card but still posted some good numbers at the 1080p target resolution. Sadly only a few of our tests exceeded the target 60fps but you have to keep in mind that for our tests we cranked the settings up so relaxing those is a simple fix for more FPS.
Overclocking is a big part of the enthusiast community but not always something of importance in a mainstream product. For this review we decided to forgo any overclocking tests and concentrate on how a product like this could compliment a high-end gaming computer. We determined that for the cost of a single GTX 650 TI you could get a dedicated PhysX processor and offload that task from your existing setup. In our tests we used 2x GTX 580's in SLI but similar gains can be seen in 3-Way SLI and even single card systems.
Of course you could do this with any spare GPU that supports PhysX but given how power hungry these GPUs can be it makes good sense to use a newer Kepler based product and save yourself an excessive heat load.
Sadly due to the postion of the GTX 650 Ti in the GeForce lineup the card does not support SLI and is lacking the Kepler Boost Clock. These combined with a 1GB 128 bit memory interface really limits what this card can handle in games but on the positive it runs quite well at 1080p and can make any budget gamer happy.
We looked at three GTX 650 Ti video cards in this review and they are all very capable at delivering an excellent gaming experience but the question remains. Which one should I get? The decision should be based on budget and how you intent to use your system. Those of us who likely knowing they have custom gear will enjoy the MSI Power Edition while others who only care about out of box performance will really enjoy the Gigabyte GV-N65TOC and larger 2GB frame buffer.
Overclocking is a big part of the enthusiast community but not always something of importance in a mainstream product. For this review we decided to forgo any overclocking tests and concentrate on how a product like this could compliment a high-end gaming computer. We determined that for the cost of a single GTX 650 TI you could get a dedicated PhysX processor and offload that task from your existing setup. In our tests we used 2x GTX 580's in SLI but similar gains can be seen in 3-Way SLI and even single card systems.
Of course you could do this with any spare GPU that supports PhysX but given how power hungry these GPUs can be it makes good sense to use a newer Kepler based product and save yourself an excessive heat load.
Sadly due to the postion of the GTX 650 Ti in the GeForce lineup the card does not support SLI and is lacking the Kepler Boost Clock. These combined with a 1GB 128 bit memory interface really limits what this card can handle in games but on the positive it runs quite well at 1080p and can make any budget gamer happy.
We looked at three GTX 650 Ti video cards in this review and they are all very capable at delivering an excellent gaming experience but the question remains. Which one should I get? The decision should be based on budget and how you intent to use your system. Those of us who likely knowing they have custom gear will enjoy the MSI Power Edition while others who only care about out of box performance will really enjoy the Gigabyte GV-N65TOC and larger 2GB frame buffer.
Good Things
Factory Overclocks
Custom PCBs
2GB Memory Options
Quiet Coolers
Good Option for Dedicated PhysX
Custom PCBs
2GB Memory Options
Quiet Coolers
Good Option for Dedicated PhysX
Bad Things
No SLI support
1GB memory
No display port
1GB memory
No display port
