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GeForce GTX 550 Ti Cyclone II OC Edition Review

GeForce GTX 550 Ti Cyclone II OC Edition is a special edition of the upper-middle-class GeForce GTX 550 Ti. See the standard edition's page for more information.
The new features include increase clock frequencies from 900MHz to 950MHz and 1025MHz to 1075MHz of the core and memory clocks, respectively.
Benchmarks indicate a 5% boost in performance when compared to the standard GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
Some modern demanding games will run at the highest settings using a 1080p resolution but the largest part will have to be played with a 720p resolution to be played optimally.
This Graphics Card needs to be paired with a decent Quad Core CPU.
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GeForce GTX 550 Ti Cyclone II OC Edition Performance Specification

Core Speed

Architecture

Memory

Memory Speed

Memory Bus

Memory Type

Memory Bandwidth

Technology

TMUs

Texture Rate

ROPs

Pixel Rate

Shader
Processing Units

Direct X

Shader

Open GL

Resolution (WxH)

Max Power

PSU

GPU Details

950 MHz

Fermi GF116

1024 MB

1075 MHz

192 Bit

GDDR5

103.2GB/sec

40nm

30.4 GTexel/s

22.8 GPixel/s

192

DX 11

5.0

4.1

2560x1600

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Dedicated

Integrated

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

Best CPU Match

Best RAM Match

Best Screen Size

GPU Upgrade

Approved

GD Value

GD RATING

GPU Features

No the GeForce GTX 550 Ti Cyclone II OC Edition graphics card is NOT a laptop and notebook GPU

Yes the GeForce GTX 550 Ti Cyclone II OC Edition graphics card can run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Yes the GeForce GTX 550 Ti Cyclone II OC Edition graphics card is a dedicated GPU

No the GeForce GTX 550 Ti Cyclone II OC Edition graphics card is NOT an integrated GPU

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8.7

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Discussion Page 1

Clatso

23:05 Jan-30-2013

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CPU

Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz

GFX

GeForce GTX 550 Ti Cyclone II OC Edition

RAM

4GB DDR3 1333MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Phone

Samsung Galaxy Pocket

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Is Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 550W good enough to use the card?

meghrajbaria

06:54 Oct-14-2012

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CPU

FX-4100

GFX

Radeon HD 7870 DirectCU II 2GB Edition

RAM

8GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1366 x 768
width x height

Phone

Micromax A110 Superfone Canvas 2

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AMD BULLDOZER FX 4100 3.60Ghz 12MB CACHE
8 GB DDR3 RAM 1600Mhz
GTX 550 Ti Cyclone II OC Edition 1 GB DDR5
600w cooler master 80 plus+ certified power supply
500GB Samsung HDD
is this good for playing latest games??
Thanks, m excited :D

Pip

10:55 Oct-14-2012

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CPU

Core i7-3770 4-Core 3.4GHz

GFX

GeForce GTX 660 Ti WindForce 2X OC Edition

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8GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1024 x 768
width x height

Phone

Apple iPhone 4S 16GB

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✔ Hi,
Yes it is good but don't expect to play all the latest games at ultra settings though your resolution is very low .. so in the end...

meghrajbaria

05:55 Oct-15-2012

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Micromax A110 Superfone Canvas 2

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But i saw on game-debate that crysis 2, metro 2033, etc.. will play on high and i got a GOLD mark on all games?

Pip

09:13 Oct-15-2012

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Apple iPhone 4S 16GB

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Yes buddy, high is not the same as ultra and remember that, like me, you have a very low resolution so you'll need a lot of AA and other stuff to make images look good :D

meghrajbaria

07:04 Oct-17-2012

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