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| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | GeForce GTX 550 Ti SLI | GeForce GTX 560 Ti Gigabyte OC 1GB Edition |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 163% | 171% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 140% | 148% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 133% | 140% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 270% | 281% |
| FIFA 21 | 33% | 37% |
| Genshin Impact | 163% | 171% |
| Far Cry 6 | 280% | 292% |
| Hitman 3 | 242% | 252% |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 153% | 161% |
| World of Warcraft: Shadowlands | 277% | 288% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti SLI are marginally better than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti Gigabyte OC 1GB Edition.
The GTX 550 Ti and the GTX 560 Ti have both the same core clock speed and the same Texture Fill Rate. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The GTX 550 Ti and the GTX 560 Ti have the same core clock speed of 900 MHz, but the GTX 550 Ti has 16 more Render Output Units than the GTX 560 Ti. As a result, the GTX 550 Ti exhibits a 14.4 GPixel/s better Pixel Fill Rate than the GTX 560 Ti. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The GTX 550 Ti was released less than a year after the GTX 560 Ti, and so they are likely to have similar driver support for optimizing performance when running the latest games.
The GTX 550 Ti has 1024 MB more video memory than the GTX 560 Ti, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the GTX 550 Ti also has superior memory performance overall.
The GTX 550 Ti has 68.8 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GTX 560 Ti, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 550 Ti is much better than the GTX 560 Ti.
Both the GeForce GTX 550 Ti SLI and the GeForce GTX 560 Ti Gigabyte OC 1GB Edition have 384 Shader Processing Units. The two GPUs are based on different architectures, but deliver an equivalent shader performance. To compare, we must continue to look at the memory bandwidth, Texture and Pixel Rates. In this case, the GTX 550 Ti has 14.4 GPixel/s better pixel fill rate and the GTX 550 Ti has 68.8 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth, but the has GTexel/s better Texture Fill Rate. Overall, the GTX 550 Ti has significantly better performance.
The GeForce GTX 550 Ti SLI requires 250 Watts to run but there is no entry for the GeForce GTX 560 Ti Gigabyte OC 1GB Edition. We would recommend a PSU with at least 600 Watts for the GTX 550 Ti.
| Core Speed | 900 MHz |  | vs | | 900 MHz |
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| Boost Clock | - | vs | - | ||
| Architecture | Fermi GF116-400-A1 (x2) | Fermi GF114-400-A1 | |||
| OC Potential | Poor |
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| Driver Support | Poor | vs | Poor | ||
| Release Date | 15 Mar 2011 | | vs | 01 Jan 2011 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
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| 1366x768 | 10
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| 1600x900 | 8.4
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vs | 8.2
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| 1920x1080 | 6.5
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vs | 6.4
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| 2560x1440 | 4.8
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vs | 4.4
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| 3840x2160 | - | |
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| Memory | 2048 MB | | vs | 1024 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 1025 MHz | | vs | 1000 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 384 Bit | | vs | 256 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | | vs | | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 196.8GB/sec | | vs | 128GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 768 KB | |
vs | 512 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 384 | | vs | | 384 |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 33% | | vs | | 33% |
| Technology | 40nm | | vs | | 40nm |
| Texture Mapping Units | 64 | | vs | | 64 |
| Texture Rate | 57.6 GTexel/s | | vs | | 57.6 GTexel/s |
| Render Output Units | 48 | | vs | 32 | |
| Pixel Rate | 43.2 GPixel/s | | vs | 28.8 GPixel/s | |
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| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 2560x1600 | | vs | | 2560x1600 |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 2 | | vs | | 2 |
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 250 Watts | - | |||
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| Recommended PSU | 600 Watts & 42 Amps | - | |||
| DirectX | 12.0 | | vs | | 12.0 |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.5 | | vs | | 4.5 |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | | yes | |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
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| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz | vs | | Intel Core i5-2300 2.8GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 8 GB | | vs | | 8 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1920x1080 | | vs | 1600x900 | |
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| Mini Review | Overview GeForce GTX 550 Ti SLI is a solution of two GeForce GTX 550 Ti put together using NVIDIA's SLI Technology. Architecture The Fermi Architecture is manufactured with a 40nm technology and uses a technique known as Hot Clocking: The Shaders are clocked twice as fast as the Central Unit. While this leads to a reasonable performance boost, it causes enormous amounts of energy dissipation, leading, ultimately, to a significantly higher operating temperature. Fermi is also the first GPU architecture with fully cached memory access which increases memory performance. GPU It consists of 2 GPUs Codenamed GF116-400-A1 which, together, offer 384 Shader Processing Units, 64 TMUs and 48 ROPs. The Central Unit is Clocked at 900MHz. Memory Each GPU accesses a 1GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 192-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is adequate. The Memory Clock Operates at 1025MHz. Power Consumption Power Consumption lies between 225W and 250W. Performance Benchmarks Indicate GeForce GTX 550 Ti SLI's performance stands somewhere between GeForce GTX 560 Ti and GeForce GTX 570. System Suggestions GeForce GTX 550 Ti SLI is best suited for resolutions up to and including 1920x1080. We recommend a Very Strong Processor and 8GB of RAM for a system with GeForce GTX 550 Ti SLI. | GeForce GTX 560 Ti Gigabyte OC 1GB Edition is one of the many special editions of GeForce GTX 560 Ti. The new features include a new cooling system and an increase in the core-clock from 822MHz to 900MHz. Benchmarks indicate the performance is around 5% better than the standard edition. | |||
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