MSI N550GTX-Ti Cyclone OC Video Card Review
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The MSI N550GTX-Ti was between 4% and 10% faster than the standard GeForce GTX 550 Ti, and since it comes with a better cooling solution and is only USD 5 more expensive than the standard GeForce GTX 550 Ti, it is a good option if you are thinking on buying a video card based on this latest GPU from NVIDIA.
The reviewed video card is, as expected, faster than the GeForce GTS 450, between 15% and 29% faster on our tests.
The problem of this latest release, however, is its price. Unless NVIDIA drops the price of the GeForce GTX 550 Ti by USD 20-30, it is a better option to buy a GeFor
ce GTX 460 with 768 MB, which was between 15% and 49% faster and can be bought for the same price, if you research carefully (in fact, the GeForce GTX 460 with 768 MB can be cheaper than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti if you are able to get a mail-in rebate). And even then you would have to think if it is not worthwhile to pay a little bit extra to have such performance gain. The same goes to the Radeon HD 5830, which was up to 38% faster, except on FarCry 2, where this video card from MSI was 18% faster, and on Lost Planet 2, where the reviewed card was 11% faster than the Radeon HD 5830.