NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti videocard review

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

38712

1547

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1305

372

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

352097

5828

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

461.690 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

36540

322

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	1547
PassMark - G2D Mark	372
Geekbench - OpenCL	5828
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, 1920x1080

46.00

Metro 2033 (2010)

High, 1600x900	38.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	13.00

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Ultra, 1920x1080

19.50

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GF116
Launch date	15 March 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$149
Place in performance rating	1049
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