Which 650 Ti?

[tutuava]

Hi all,

I'm looking to buy a 650 Ti, but not really sure about which brand to get so I'm hoping you can help.

Here are my choices:

Zotac (1 GB edition)
MSI N650 Ti 1-GD5/OC
Club 3D (1 GB edition)
MSI N650 Ti PE GD5/OC

They're all the 1 GB versions. Of course there are lots more, but they're more expensive and this is already stretching my budget. I don't really care about tiny overclock differences, what I'm wondering is if one of the brands is more reliable and if some of these are more quiet than others. That's what would make one stand out for me as they're very similar in price.

 

[Durvelle27]

what do you plan to use it for ?

 

[Jaydip]

You can best answer that question.Do they have same kind of warranty/support in your place?I will personally go with "MSI N650 Ti PE GD5/OC"

 

[Magic Carpet]

I'd get this.

+ 2GB of memory
+ OC out of the box
+ short pcb
+ 2 DVI + 2 HDMI

 

[Durvelle27]

i recommend this

HD 7850 1GB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131482

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Neither 650 ti is good enough for gaming.

 

[Durvelle27]

Neither 650 ti is good enough for gaming.

^^^ i agree




edit: well they can game but with medium and high at 1080p

 

[FalseChristian]

I've found that the GTX 650 Ti is a tad faster than a GTX 460 1GB. It would be a great gaming card if you could SLI them which you can't.

 

[wand3r3r]

The HD 7850 is quite a bit better and is around the same price point. Check out these benchmarks. You don't mention if physx is a must but this card wouldn't really be capable of running a game plus physx with good FPS as it already struggles without physx. You also don't mention games but the 7850 clearly is the much faster card, the 650 ti is closer to the 7770 then the 7850 in performance, and is overpriced at it's current performance.

http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2012/test-nvidia-geforce-gtx-650-ti/14/

XFX HD 7850 $160 AR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150617

Sapphire HD 7850 1 GB $170 AR (better cooler)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814202004

I guess you still get Assasins creed, but you are giving up considerable performance for that!

 

[Magic Carpet]

Geforce 650 Ti beats every card when it comes to power efficiency (performance per watt, multi-monitor, media playback) and PCB size. It is the perfect card for the smaller, less ventilated systems, imo. Certainly, if the provided performance is not enough, then you would need to be looking elsewhere.

 

[tutuava]

Thanks everyone for your replies. I realise the 7850 is the more powerful card for that price, but it's also more power hungry and especially important to me it's much noisier from the reviews I've seen. I like my computer near silent. So my real choice was more between the 7770 and the 650 Ti, and the games I play do better with the 650 Ti.

It seems that no one has any objections to any of the brands I listed which was really my main concern - if any of them were known to make poor quality cards. I get 2 year warranty on everything here. I think I'll go with an MSI then since my motherboard is MSI as well.

 

[Durvelle27]

the HD 7850 only consumes 20W more than the GTX 650 Ti under load and the card i linked is the quietest one

 

[Dark Shroud]

Thanks everyone for your replies. I realise the 7850 is the more powerful card for that price, but it's also more power hungry and especially important to me it's much noisier from the reviews I've seen. I like my computer near silent. So my real choice was more between the 7770 and the 650 Ti, and the games I play do better with the 650 Ti.

It seems that no one has any objections to any of the brands I listed which was really my main concern - if any of them were known to make poor quality cards. I get 2 year warranty on everything here. I think I'll go with an MSI then since my motherboard is MSI as well.

Look up some reviews of PowerColor's PCs+ design, it is really quiet.

The games you play will do better with a stronger card. You can't even SLI the 650 TI, it's limited in most every way.

 

[Magic Carpet]

the HD 7850 only consumes 20W more than the GTX 650 Ti under load and the card i linked is the quietest one

That 20W+ could make all the difference, actually. The single fan on the card you linked will have to work a lot harder, inevitably producing more noise. If I had to choose 7850, I'd get the dual fan version instead. Like this, these 10cm fans are among the quietest, I've had. With a quick bios mod, you can have them dead silent without jeopardizing operating temps. With a single-fan design on the card with such TDP, you won't have that luxury. Again, for 7850, dual-fan design with 2GB of VRAM is highly preferable.