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Posted: **Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:39 pm**

I need some reviews from all of you on here, before i buy this.
EVGA - GeForce GTX 550 Ti 2GB GDDR5
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/EVGA+-+GeForce+GTX+550+Ti+2GB+GDDR5+PCI+Express+2.0+Graphics+Card/2843107.p?id=1218356321445&skuId=2843107

Posted: **Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:51 pm**

Atherone wrote:I need some reviews from all of you on here, before i buy this.
EVGA - GeForce GTX 550 Ti 2GB GDDR5
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/EVGA+-+GeForce+GTX+550+Ti+2GB+GDDR5+PCI+Express+2.0+Graphics+Card/2843107.p?id=1218356321445&skuId=2843107

I don't know about anyone else but I've heard a buntch of bad things about the 550, I was going to get it instead of my 460SE due to the similar pricing but was informed that the 460SE was a better performing card. So if I were you I'd spend an xtra 50 and get this one if your wanting an affordable 500 series.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130664

Posted: **Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:03 pm**

thanks for the post....i gotta below the $200 range...wife is willing to go halves on a late bday gift for me...bday was yesterday....yay 28

Posted: **Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:36 pm**

When I got my new cards(XFX HD 6850) it had some mixed reviews on it, but I havent had any issues with it unless its my own doings. I was running GPU-Z when gaming to check on temps and my system would freeze up, so must be some kind of conflict running both at same time. Since I have not run GPU-Z while playing BC2 I have not had any issues. So remember, It may not always be the card as in my case, just in case you have any issues with the new card, it may be something else involved.

Posted: **Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:32 pm**

(TKC)Boo_Yaa wrote:When I got my new cards(XFX HD 6850) it had some mixed reviews on it, but I havent had any issues with it unless its my own doings. I was running GPU-Z when gaming to check on temps and my system would freeze up, so must be some kind of conflict running both at same time. Since I have not run GPU-Z while playing BC2 I have not had any issues. So remember, It may not always be the card as in my case, just in case you have any issues with the new card, it may be something else involved.

Very true, good point Booyaa!
Here are the specs on the 550 vs. my 460 SE, to me the choice was obvious just looking at these numbers;
EVGA GTX 550TI 2GB
Core Clock: 900 MHz
Memory Clock: 4008 MHz
Shader Clock: 1800 MHz
Memory Bandwidth: 96.19GB/sec.
Memory Interface: 192-bit

EVGA GTX 460 SE 1GB
Stream Processors: 288
Core Clock: 650 MHz
Memory Clock: 3400 MHz
Shader Clock: 1300 MHz
Memory Bandwidth: 108.8GB/sec.
Memory Interface: 256-bit

I currently have my GPU OC'd to 750mhz core 3600mhz memclock and 1500mhz shader using the EVGA precision tool, after playing BFBC2 for a few hours my temps only at 49C so I can't complain. The only bonus it seems for the 550ti is the extra gb of gddr5 and a slightly higher clock speed, but at the same time there are less streaming processors and the memory is slower so it may need the extra core mhz to make up for that. T has the same card and gets about 60fps on BFBC2 if I'm remembering correctly. I spent almost a month comparing dif GPU's in my price range ( under 200 ) and decided to get the 460 but I also got mine for $99 from tigerdirect.com. Here's the links I used for those numbers if you'd like to check it out for yourself:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... CatId=3669 <---550ti

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... CatId=3669 <---460SE

Happy belated Bday, hope that helps you out bro!

Posted: **Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:15 pm**

I run 2 460 SE's.. couldn't be happier.

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:11 am**

thanks for the input guys, but looks like my wife wins this one...she wants a carpet shampooer...so my pc upgrade has to wait

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:17 am**

Umm.. so she isn't going to go halves so u can get a bday present?

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:39 am**

http://www.evga.com/products/prodlist.asp?switch=20
You can get a GTX 460 SE here for $90 thats a great deal.

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:03 am**

Atherone wrote:thanks for the input guys, but looks like my wife wins this one...she wants a carpet shampooer...so my pc upgrade has to wait

I would say that our wives should hang out and maybe yours could learn something lol but I don't want your wife turning mine into one that buys shampooers over pc parts lol

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:30 am**

well she is consumed with the thought that i spend too much time on the pc, so any attempt to keep me off she takes it.

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:01 am**

Atherone wrote:well she is consumed with the thought that i spend too much time on the pc, so any attempt to keep me off she takes it.

heh. My girlfriend knows I love gaming and doesn't have a problem with it, and I'm on all the time. She actually wants to learn how to play. She was also going to preorder BF3 for me, but I preordered it first lol

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:19 am**

Well there you go, guess my wife should take a hint. She's just lucky i don't play World of Warcraft anymore !

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:13 pm**

Atherone wrote:Well there you go, guess my wife should take a hint. She's just lucky i don't play World of Warcraft anymore !

Show her this forum post bro! lol maybe she'll relax on the anti-gaming. You could always try to say that it helps your work due to the constant hand eye excercise increasing your hand eye coordination lol.

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:34 pm**

Sinner0420 wrote:
Atherone wrote:Well there you go, guess my wife should take a hint. She's just lucky i don't play World of Warcraft anymore !

Show her this forum post bro! lol maybe she'll relax on the anti-gaming. You could always try to say that it helps your work due to the constant hand eye excercise increasing your hand eye coordination lol.

It's also been proven gamers have quicker reaction times and are better and more accurate at making very quick, split second decisions.

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