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ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU TOP

Join the community - in the OCAU Forums! Date  17th March 2010 Author  DiGiTaL MoNkEY Editor  James "Agg" Rolfe Manufacturer  ASUS Synthetic Benchmarks, Heat & Noise, Conclusions Synthetic Benchmarks: Benchmark: 3DMark Vantage and 3DMark 11 Score: GPU/Graphics Score Only - Higher is Better. Download Link: here. Benchmark: Unigine Heaven Benchmark Score: Average Frames per Second (FPS) - Higher is Better. Download Link: here. Noise and Temperature Results: Noise measurements were taken with a digital sound meter approximately 3cm away from the video card fan, reducing the ability of other components such as the CPU or PSU fans to interfere with the results. Software used for stressing was 3DMark Vantage, looped until the sound level was stable and stopped rising. Temperature readings were taken at an ambient temperature of approximately 22 degrees Celsius, on a open test bench with the fan set to auto. Load and idle temperatures were monitored by MSI's Afterburner utility. Software used for stressing was 3DMark Vantage, looped until the temperature was stable and stopped rising. Conclusions: While we expect ASUS to release faster variants of the GTX 550 Ti in future, our 975 MHz unit was still able to provide a decent amount of performance and a nice boost over the reference design clocks. Overclocking the card we were able to reach a core clock of 1070 MHz without the cooling system breaking a sweat, not to mention the blazing memory overclock of 5240 MHz (effective); one of the highest we've managed to achieve. In addition, the cooling system on the card was amazingly quiet during load, barely increasing its noise output compared to sitting idle. ASUS have taken the same care and quality components utilised in their motherboard designs and implemented it in their GTX 550 Ti DirectCU TOP. At no point during the use and inspection of the card did we notice any corners being cut in favour of profits, even something as simple as the type of plastic utilised in the fan shroud felt of the quality that users have come to expect from a giant of the industry like ASUS. From the improved power circuitry, to beefy dual heat pipe cooler and overclocking abilities, the ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU TOP ticks all the boxes a non-reference GeForce GTX 550 Ti should. Feel free to comment on this review in this thread. << Back OCAU Main Page Select Page Page 1 - Page 2 - Page 3 -

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