GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB worthwhile upgrade over GTX 550 ti?

[Larcher]

Will I get a good enough performance boost out of this to be worth spending the $140 it costs right now, which seems like a good price for it. My system is LGA 775 with Core 2 Quad Q9550 and 8 GB of Ram.

 

[toyota]

what resolution??? at 1080 and with a modern i5/i7, a 650 ti boost is at least twice as fast. your cpu will hold it back in many cases at stocks speeds and a few cases if oced a bit.

 

[Larcher]

Yes I will be playing at 1080P, how much do you think my CPU will hold it back? As I can't afford a new setup right now other then a new Video card.
Thanks

 

[toyota]

Yes I will be playing at 1080P, how much do you think my CPU will hold it back? As I can't afford a new setup right now other then a new Video card.
Thanks

well its not going to be much of an issue in most games and if you can oc your cpu a little bit then you will be fine for the most part. any decent cpu cooler can be used again when you upgrade to another platform too.

 

[Larcher]

well its not going to be much of an issue in most games and if you can oc your cpu a little bit then you will be fine for the most part. any decent cpu cooler can be used again when you upgrade to another platform too.

Cool sounds good, I think I am going to order it,
Thanks for your reply.

 

[Larcher]

Which of these do you think is better: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127728 or

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BZB0HDS/ref=cm_cr_asin_lnk

thanks

 

[toyota]

the first one without a doubt. that MSI card is going to cool better and run much quieter. only downside side is all the heat will be dumped into your case. that should not be a problem at all unless you just have abysmal airflow as the 650 ti boost will not put off much heat.

 

[Larcher]

the first one without a doubt. that MSI card is going to cool better and run much quieter. only downside side is all the heat will be dumped into your case. that should not be a problem at all unless you just have abysmal airflow as the 650 ti boost will not put off much heat.

Thanks, that is the one I will get and yes I have a full tower case with good airflow so I don't think that will be a problem. Thanks again for all your help.

 

[toyota]

Thanks, that is the one I will get and yes I have a full tower case with good airflow so I don't think that will be a problem. Thanks again for all your help.

and funny enough a 650 ti boost will use no more power than the 550 ti. thats amazing to potentially double your fps for basically the same power usage. heck the maximum usage is even lower on the 650 ti boost.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_650_Ti_Boost/23.html

 

[Larcher]

and funny enough a 650 ti boost will use no more power than the 550 ti. thats amazing to potentially double your fps for basically the same power usage. heck the maximum usage is even lower on the 650 ti boost.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_650_Ti_Boost/23.html

Yes that sounds awesome, I'm very excited, Can't wait. Thanks for the info there.