ASUS GeForce® GTX 650 Ti Boost ( GTX650TIB-DC2OC-2GD5 ) Graphic Card Review

With AMD GPU being a hit across the board, we see nVidia releasing an update of the GTX 650 Ti GPU with the BOOST edition.

ASUS GeForce® GTX 650 Ti Boost ( GTX650TIB-DC2OC-2GD5 ) Graphic Card Review

I reviewed the GTX 650 Ti card last year but if you’re a regular here, you would’ve noticed that the benchmarks used are now different so the old GTX 650 Ti scores won’t be in the comparison.

Here are some photos of the card – it looks just like any other Asus card with Direct CU II cooler.

ASUS GeForce® GTX 650 Ti Boost ( GTX650TIB-DC2OC-2GD5 ) Graphic Card Review

ASUS GeForce® GTX 650 Ti Boost ( GTX650TIB-DC2OC-2GD5 ) Graphic Card Review

ASUS GeForce® GTX 650 Ti Boost ( GTX650TIB-DC2OC-2GD5 ) Graphic Card Review

Full details at the Offical Product Page

Here’s the GPU-Z detail of the card.

ASUS GeForce® GTX 650 Ti Boost ( GTX650TIB-DC2OC-2GD5 ) Graphic Card Review

More details at the Official Product Page

Test Setup

Processor Intel Core i5-4670K
RAM Avexir Core Series 4GB DDR3-1600
Motherboard ASRock Z87E-ITX
Cooler Cooler Master Seidon 120M
Monitor 40″ LCD TV
Power Supply Xigmatek NRP-PC602 600w
Casing Sharkoon Tauron
Operating System Windows 8 Pro 64bit
Driver GeForce 320.18

Benchmark

Metro 2033

Metro 2033

Card 1080p (avg) 720p (avg)
ASUS GTX 650 Ti Boost 44.5 76.5
MSI HD 7790 36.5 67.5
Sapphire HD 7790 OC 38.0 68.5
Sapphire HD 7790 OC+ 39.5 71.0
Sapphire HD 5870 Toxic 41.5

Unigine Heaven 4.0

Heaven 4.0

Card 1080p (avg) 720p (avg)
ASUS GTX 650 Ti Boost 32.4 61.0
MSI HD 7790 24.4 50.5
Sapphire HD 7790 OC 25 51.1
Sapphire HD 7790 OC+ 26 53.8
Sapphire HD 5870 Toxic 27.6

Resident Evil 6

Resident Evil 6

Card 1080p (score) 720p (score)
ASUS GTX 650 Ti Boost 6553 10564
MSI HD 7790 5619 9343
Sapphire HD 7790 OC 5748 9441
Sapphire HD 7790 OC+ 6125 10033

Just Cause 2

Just Cause 2

Scene Card 1080p (avg) 720p (avg)
Dark Tower ASUS GTX 650 Ti Boost 66.62 116.94
MSI HD 7790 53.7 95.7
Sapphire HD 7790 OC 55.12 97.01
Sapphire HD 7790 OC+ 57.34 101.32
Desert Sunrise ASUS GTX 650 Ti Boost 87.24 116.94
MSI HD 7790 73.93 122.79
Sapphire HD 7790 OC 75.05 123.97
Sapphire HD 7790 OC+ 78.89 131.30
Concrete Jungle ASUS GTX 650 Ti Boost 53.01 68.25
MSI HD 7790 45.49 74.68
Sapphire HD 7790 OC 46.53 71.22
Sapphire HD 7790 OC+ 47.84 100.69

Temperature

Furmark Burn-in Test was used to stress the card. Fan settings are at Auto. Room set to ~25c.

Below is the full load details.

Card Idle(°C) Load (°C)
ASUS GTX 650 Ti Boost 31 63

The Verdict

A GTX 650 Ti Boost costs about RM 150 more than the ~RM 500 HD 7790 cards. Getting about 25% – 33% by paying about 25% more is not a bad deal I’d say. It closes the gap between the GTX 650 Ti and the GTX 660.

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