This GeForce GTX 550 Ti Gainward Edition graphics card is considered budget with poor modern game performance when playing anything more demanding than indie game requirements.

This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 11.

This low performing GPU is unable to play any of the most demanding games available today.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 550 Ti Gainward Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 550 Ti Gainward Edition in your PC? Its upgrade time for the GeForce GTX 550 Ti Gainward Edition, assuming you are a modern day gamer.

FPS System Benchmark

0 FPS

High

Game

Grand Theft Auto V

The GeForce GTX 550 Ti Gainward Edition is released on the 01 Mar 2011

Nvidia PC game performance check GeForce GTX 550 Ti Gainward Edition

GPU

Architecture

Fermi GF116-400-A1

Process

40nm

TMUs

Texture Rate

29 GTexel/s

ROPs

Pixel Rate

22 GPixel/s

Shader
Processing Units (Cuda Cores)

192

Ray Tracing Cores

Tensor Cores

Driver Support

Release Price

Compatibility

Direct X

DX 12.0

Shader

5.0

Open GL

4.5

Resolution (WxH)

2560x1600

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

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

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

1024 MB

Memory Speed

1025 MHz

Memory Bus

192 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Bandwidth

98.4GB/sec

L2 Cache

384KB

Display Connectors

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

DisplayPort Connection

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

900 MHz

Power

Max Power

None

PSU

400 Watt & 22 Amps

Power Connector

None

Recommended Hardware

Best CPU Match

Core i3-2100 3.1GHz

Best RAM Match

8 GB

Best Resolution

1600 x 900

GPU Upgrade

GeForce GTX 660 Ti

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Resolution Performance
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GeForce GTX 550 Ti Gainward Edition Game Requirement Analysis

GeForce GTX 550 Ti Gainward Edition is a renamed GeForce GTX 550 Ti that has no improvements and delivers exactly the same performance.
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 Gainward Edition vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

Avg. AAA Recommended Requirements

CPU

Core i3-9350KF 4-Core 4.0GHz

Graphics Card

Radeon RX 470 4GB

291%

RAM

11GB

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