NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

GeForce GTX 550 Ti videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 15 March 2011. At the time of release, the videocard cost $149. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Fermi 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GF116.

Core clock speed - 1800 MHz. Texture fill rate - 28.8 billion / sec. Pipelines - 192. Floating-point performance - 691.2 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 1,170 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 116 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 192 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1026 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 98.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
1553
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
376
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
5767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
18.461 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
354.392 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
1.125 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
18.511 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
41.941 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
2488 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3351 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3322 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
2488.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3351.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3322.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
322
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1553
PassMark - G2D Mark 376
Geekbench - OpenCL 5767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 18.461 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 354.392 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 1.125 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 18.511 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 41.941 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 2488 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3351 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3322 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 2488.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3351.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3322.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 322

Games performance

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Ultra, 1920x108046.00

Metro 2033 (2010)

High, 1600x90038.00
Ultra, 1920x108013.00

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Ultra, 1920x108019.50

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0
Code name GF116
Launch date 15 March 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $149
Place in performance rating 1061
Price now $287.59
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 7.49

Technical info

Core clock speed 1800 MHz
CUDA cores 192
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 100 °C
Pipelines 192
Texture fill rate 28.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 116 Watt
Transistor count 1,170 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 8.25" (21 cm)
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 98.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1026 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI