If you are looking for the best GTX 550Ti in the market, we would recommend the EVGA card. Not only does it give scores which are better than the refernce GTX 550 Ti, but it also operates at decent load temperatures. Also the utilties bundled in add to the features.
Design and Build: The card is designed on the lines of the reference card. Only the shroud covering the PCB has a custom EVGA design which looks attractive. A centrally located fan is placed over the heatsink. Overall the build
quality is quite good.
Performance: Looking at the performance graphs, there is not a huge difference between the ZOTAC GTX 550 Ti AMP Edition card and the EVGA card, despite the ZOTAC card having a considerably larger boost in factory overclock. Also the EVGA card scores better than the competing HD 67xx cards. The best part about the EVGA card was its comparitively cooler operation temperatures. The temperature delta for ZOTAC card was almost double that for the EVGA Card.
Refer to the gallery to view benchmarks, as well as the below table.
Verdict: If you are looking for the best GTX 550Ti in the market, we would recommend the EVGA card. Not only does it give scores which are better than the refernce GTX 550 Ti, but it also operates at decent load temperatures. Also the utilties bundled in add to the features.
Score Out of 100: 51.58
Price: Rs.7,950
| Brand Model | EVGA GTX 550 Ti |
| Type of memory / Memory Clock (MHz) | DDR5 / 1089 |
| Core / Shader Clock (MHz) | 952 / 1903 |
| No. of Stream Processors | 192 |
| Memory size (MB) / Memory Interface | 1024 / 192-BIT |
| Connects on card | 2xDVI-D, Mini HDMI |
| Accessories provided | DVI – D-Sub, 1x6pin power adapter, Driver CD |
| Game Provided | N |
| Synthetic Benchmarks | |
| 3D Mark 11 (Overall) | 4452 |
| 3D Mark 11 (Graphics) | 4331 |
| Unigine Heaven v2.5 (1680×1050, 4xAF, Max Shader, Extreme Tesellation) Score | 505 |
| Unigine Heaven v2.5 (1680×1050, 4xAF, Max Shader, Extreme Tesellation) Frame rate | 20 |
| Temperature (Load) | 55 |
| Temperature (Idle) | 34 |
| Game Benchmarks | |
| FarCry 2 (1280×1024, Ultra High, No AA) Avg | 91.5 |
| FarCry 2 (1680×1050, Ultra High, No AA) Avg | 78.41 |
| FarCry 2 (1920×1080, Ultra High, No AA) Avg | 73.58 |
| FarCry 2 (1280×1024, Ultra High, 4xAA) Avg | 79.46 |
| FarCry 2 (1680×1050, Ultra High, 4xAA) Avg | 67.88 |
| FarCry 2 (1920×1080, Ultra High, 4xAA) Avg | 62.08 |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R : Call of Pripyat (Day, 1680×1050, No AA, DX11, Ultra Detail) Avg | 78.2 |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R : Call of Pripyat (Day, 1680×1050, 4x AA, DX11, Ultra Detail) Avg | 52.9 |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R : Call of Pripyat (Day, 1920×1080, 4xAA, DX11, Ultra Detail) Avg | 46.8 |
| Resident Evil (1680×1050, 4xAA, Motion Blur on) | 87.2 |
| Resident Evil (1920×1080, 4xAA, Motion Blur on) | 76.7 |
| Crysis Warhead (1280×1024, DX10, Med) Avg | 65 |
| Crysis Warhead (1680×1050, DX10, Med) Avg | 56 |
| Crysis Warhead (1680×1050, DX10, Very High) Avg | 25 |
| Crysis Warhead (1920×1080, DX10, Very High) Avg | 22 |
| Dirt 3 (1280×1024, No AA, Details Medium) Avg | 126.69 |
| Dirt 3 (1680×1050, No AA, Details Medium) Avg | 102.73 |
| Dirt 3 (1920×1080, No AA, Details Medium) Avg | 93.2 |
| Dirt 3 (1280×1024, 4x AA, Details High) Avg | 99.42 |
| Dirt 3 (1680×1050, 4x AA, Details High) Avg | 80.63 |
| Dirt 3 (1920×1080, 4x AA, Details High) Avg | 74.97 |
| Crysis 2 (1920×1080 Hardcore) | 33.91 |
| Crysis 2 (1680×1050 Hardcore) | 39.05 |