EVGA card choices

[hicountryrider]

First of all I'll start with the disclaimer that I know absolutely nothing about video cards.

I am currently using the Intel HD 4000 built-in graphics display of my 3570K. It works OK but I am thinking that I would like to have a discrete card.

I'm not a gamer so I don't need a high end, super whammy card, just something for general internet videos and occasional Photoshop work. I am looking at the two cards listed below and would like some opinions on which way to go. My ASRock Z77 Pro4-M has PCIE 3.0 support (the GTX 650) but I'm sure that for my purposes PCIE 2.0 (the GTX 550 Ti) would be fine. These cards are within $10 of each other so price is not a factor.

EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0

EVGA GeForce GTX 650 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0

Appreciate any comments. Below are my system specs.

Silverstone TJ08B-E micro ATX case
ASRock Z77 Pro4-M micro ATX MB
Intel i5 3570K CPU
Samsung 830 256GB SATA 3 SSD
WD Caviar Black 500GB SATA 3 HDD
8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 lSDRAM
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU cooler
Corsair VX550W PSU
Windows 7 HP 64-bit

 

[notty22]

The Kepler GTX 650 is easily the better card. It's better performance per watt than the 550ti and faster. And it seems cheaper.

 

[jacktesterson]

based on what you said, I'm not sure you'll see any difference.

 

[hicountryrider]

based on what you said, I'm not sure you'll see any difference.

LOL, you're absolutely right! 😀 As a hypothetical, if I were to do some light gaming or video editing, would you have a recommendation or should I just go with the best price?

 

[hicountryrider]

The Kepler GTX 650 is easily the better card. It's better performance per watt than the 550ti and faster. And it seems cheaper.

Thanks for the reply and details.

Edit: I checked out the review link you posted and it appears that the GTX 650 has substantially lower power draw and slightly better performance than the GTX 550 TI (as you stated) so I think I'll go for it. The lower power usage factor is probably a plus seeing that my PSU wattage is on the low side.

 

[Majcric]

I'm not him, but i'd get the newer architecture with the lower power consumption. being the GTX 650.

 

[dragantoe]

+1 gtx 650

 

[Puffnstuff]

Not to mention the fact that evga has great customer service.