Final Thoughts
All-in-all the GIGABYTE GTX 550 Ti is a fantastic card. Performing significantly better than the stock GTX 550 Ti as well as being cooler and less loud than all of it’s rival cards. The GIGABYTE GTX 550 Ti leaves a few questions to be answered- the first of which is if it is worth spending the extra £10 over the standard GTX 550 Ti to get the GIGABYTE version, my answer to which would be a resounding yes! The GIGABYTE version is able to provide better performance, more advanced features and an amazing cooler that can provide ample cooling at a low volume. A good use of £10 if you ask me. However, the GIGABYTE GTX 550 Ti is dangerously close to the GTX 460 which was the king of performance in the various benchmarks we ran. This means for £10 over the GIGABYTE version of the 550Ti, you can get yourself a top notch card that will perform consistently no matter what you throw at it. This makes it difficult to recommend the GIGABYTE GTX 550 Ti considering the price of the GTX 460. However, if you really can’t afford that little extra then you won’t be disappointed with the GIGABYTE GTX 550 Ti- it will see you through most new games at a smooth FPS at respectable settings without the worry of heat, overclocking yourself or noise. A great choice for entry-level builders and gamers.
If you already own a high power GPU such as the GTX 580 and are looking for a performance boost, the GIGABYTE GTX 550 Ti would make an almost perfect choice of PhysX card- it has the right amount of performance to increase FPS in games but will not add to system noise or break the bank. In addition, the GIGABYTE GTX 550 Ti would make an excellent choice for a HTPC build as it is small, whisper quiet and provides just the right amount of performance for viewing media and playing most games.
Pros:
- Efficient cooling
- Small design
- Significant performance over the stock card
- Reliable brand
- Stylish looks
- Very quiet
Cons:
- GTX 460 can be had for around the same price
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Hi i am about to buy this graphic card so i wanted to know does this card can support games like Cysis 2 or Batlefield 3 please help . I will only buy her if she can supprt thay kinda of games .
Thanks ! 🙂
Hi LabRat. I've got this card and I'm having a lot of problems with bf3 but that could be other issues with my set up to. Other than that great card, it will run fallout new vegas and fallout 3 in high to ultra settings.
I got the Overclocked version as in the testing here. And i play BF3 on medium settings with 40-50fps on a Intel core 2 duo. Crysis2 i havent tryed doh but BF3 in medium = No problem.
i can run bf3 maxed on this card as well as metro 2033 etc
my pc specs are : mobo gigabyte z68x ud7, cpu i5 2500k oc 4.2ghz, psu cm silent pro m2 1000w, 8 gb ram ,seagate barracuda 1tb 7200rpm and gigabyte gtx 550ti oc.
the only problem i have on metro/bf3/cry2 is you can play it maxed at about 35- 60 fps ,but when you enable advanced DOF (depth of field) it will kill your fps it will bring it down to bout 10-12 fps
I was thinking about picking up this card to replace my existing video card (8800GTS 640MB) and I was wondering about compatibility with the PCIe 1.0a slot on my motherboard (evga nforce 590 sli – the “latest” bios is from mid 2007). I found a lot of comments reporting problems with the HD5770 on the older motherboard but so far I can find nothing about the 550Ti. I know that it “should” be backwards compatible, but does it work that way in reality for this card?
Thank you!
i just bought a gigiabyte gts 550 ti oc edition 1gb.. was previously running a 9800 gt.. for starters the core speed is nearly doubled and the mem clock had x5 the grunt… massive bang for buck imo
Gigabyte gpu product is excelent.I have o.c my GV-N550WF2-1Gi to 1000/2000/2553 1.125V Without anyproblem steady on 72C max with latest nvidia driver.The limitation on Core Clock at 999Mhz by nvidia.Hope nvidia can release new driver that can make room for oc on core clock like the older driver 280.** that dont have limitation on core and shader clock.
I can reach up to 1090 Core clock with older driver at 1.137V 76C max temp with OCCT test 15minutes without any error.