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GIGABYTE GV-N550OC-1GI GeForce GTX 550 Ti Video Card
Introducing the latest entry in the GeForce GTX 500 Series product lineup, the high-performing GIGABYTE GV-N550OC-1GI GeForce GTX 550 Ti Video Card; the GIGABYTE GV-N550OC-1GI GeForce GTX 550 Ti Video Card. Get your PC ready to dominate this year's blockbuster game titles like Crysis® 2 and Duke Nukem Forever. And with up to 6x the performance of previous generation graphics, you know you are well armed for the future.
Performance is not the end of the story though; full DirectX® 11 done right that blows away the competition, NVIDIA® 3D Vision, NVIDIA® Surround™ Gaming and NVIDIA® PhysX® give you the edge on your opponents and peace of mind on your hardware. Get serious performance today with the GIGABYTE GV-N550OC-1GI GeForce GTX 550 Ti Video Card.
What It Is And Why You Need It:
- Features a total of 192 CUDA Cores
- Fast GDDR5 Memory on-board with a 192-bit Memory Width
- Supports Microsoft DirectX 11
- NVIDIA CUDA Technology with CUDA C/C++ and DirectCompute 5.0
- NVIDIA PhysX Technology
- NVIDIA PureVide HD Technology
- NVIDIA SLI Ready Graphics Card
- NVIDIA 3D Vision and NVIDIA Surround Ready
- PCI-Express 2.0 and OpenGL 4.1 Support
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Great Card for the money
Reviewer:
Coop on
Jan 11, 2012
Customer Rating:
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Worth every penny that you spend on it when it comes to performance. One issue to report. Make sure your towers power supply can power the board. My tower was purchased last year and at the time was a mid-range (price and function) tower. I had to purchase a more powerful supply with the correct power plug to power up the card. Be sure and pay attention to the cables and ports on the card and your monitor. I love the performance of the board but it is not a plug and play upgrade to you system. |
Amazing
Reviewer:
TYohoJr1 on
Jan 10, 2012
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This an amazing card that allows me to play Skyrim on ultra settings. I would definitely recommend this card. |
Good performance and hard to beat the price
Reviewer:
Eric VM on
Jan 09, 2012
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When I bought this it was 129.99, which is a steal because it is clocked a bit higher than the other superclocked 550 ti models (if that card was on sale at the time for less I would have probably bought it). I have had this card for about a month now and no problems have arisen whatsoever. The card screams on max settings in League of Legends, Portal 2, SWTOR, and Skyrim. I have yet to try it on other games, but I'm sure I wouldn't be disappointed. The card comes with mini HDMI and a SLI cable, neither of which I've used, but might come in handy. It hasn't overheated after hours in Skyrim, the fan seems to do its job marvelously. I didn't bother with the rebate, as they are usually more hassle than they're worth, but that is also a plus for some. For this price to performance ratio I think this card is unbeatable. Do yourself a favor and buy this card! |
Overheats and Crashes
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KTR on
Dec 30, 2011
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This site did very fast shipping.. Got product and worked on any Game.. Even did good on 3D... But 5 min max.. The card kept overheating and then it would crash any game played. Gigabyte kept blaming other system components and hardware i had in system.. but did same exact thing on a different system with higher spects than mine. Thiscompany is refunding. Thank You I'm thinking of getting 560 card. |
Amazing bang for the buck!
Reviewer:
Mr. insane gamer geek on
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I received this card as a Christmas present, and it is fantastic. can run all my games at medium or high at 75 FPS steady. temps are nice,highest it hit was 47 Celsius after 5 hour gaming session. idles at 26 Celsius. (coolest running nvidia i have ever owned) after i put it at stock clocks, temps dropped by almost 12 Celsius! will be getting another for SLI! |
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Dual Monitor
Technology
Few PC users have ever experienced the huge productivity boost that comes
from using multiple monitors on the same PC. Ironically, many of
today's PC have the capability already installed, and Windows (since 2000)
natively supports dual monitors. Configuring dual monitors is so easy: just use
the second video port (if there are two separate ports installed), or add a
second video card or better yet, a video card that has dual DVI ports.
Then plug in your second monitor, change a couple of simple Windows settings,
and you have double the Windows Desktop. This lets you have your
spreadsheet and email visible at the same time, or PowerPoint and Photoshop.
The combinations are endless. And since most of the overhead is
handled by the video card, there is little significant impact (if any) on
system performance. Dual Monitors is one of the simplest, yet most
amazing productivity boosters you can add to your PC! Optionally, you can use a dual monitor stand and recover your workspace in the process!
Click Here To Find Video Cards - Look For Dual DVI/Dual Monitor Ready
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Express - Delivering Dramatically Improved Graphics
Doubling the bandwidth of the AGP 8X graphics bus, the new PCI Express represents
the most profound change to desktop architecture in nearly a decade. PCI
Express replaces AGP, allowing much larger amounts of data to move between
the graphics card and the CPU, and will soon replace PCI expansion slots
as well. The PCI standard allows for a 32-bit bus with a maximum throughput
of 133MB/s. By contrast, PCI Express will run at 2.5GHz. PCI Express is
a two-way serial connection that carries data in packets along two pairs
of point-to-point data lines, compared to the single parallel data bus of
traditional PCI. Gamers will benefit from an incredible upgrade in video
quality with PCI Express, because it will allow for more powerful video
cards, inspiring developers to create more realistic environments that will
make games come alive with astonishingly lifelike colors and images. Video
enthusiasts will also benefit because PCI Express will accommodate higher-quality
video throughput (amount of data you can send per second). As network television
moves over to HDTV broadcasts, PCI Express positions the PC platform for
integration into the living room, while also allowing for HD video editing
and other bandwidth-intensive tasks. PCI Express is compatible with existing
PCI drivers and software operating systems and is designed to co-exist with
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Express 2.0 - High End Graphics Have Arrived
PCI Express Base 2.0 specification doubles the interconnect bit rate from
2.5 GT/s to 5 GT/s in a seamless and compatible manner. The performance
boost to 5 GT/s is by far the most important feature of the PCI Express
2.0 specifications. It effectively increases the aggregate bandwidth of
a 16-lane link to approximately 16 GB/s. The higher bandwidth will allow
product designers to implement narrower interconnect links to achieve
high performance while reducing cost.
A number
of optimizations and improvements have been made to the protocol and software
layers of the PCI Express architecture in the PCI Express Base 2.0 specification.
These include:
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 Dynamic
link speed management – to control the speed at which the link is operating
- Link bandwidth
notification – to notify software (operating system, device drivers,
etc) of changes in link speed and width
- Capability
structure expansion – to expand the control registers to better manage
devices, slots and the interconnect
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control services – optional controls to manage peer-peer transactions
- Completion
timeout control – to define a required disable mechanism plus related
optional enhancements
- Function-level
reset – optional mechanism to reset functions within a device
- Power
limit redefinition – to redefine slot power limit values to accommodate
devices that consume higher power
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Today's high performance video cards
enable amazing graphics, and frequently come emblazoned with high-impact
graphics, or in brilliant colors. These help to enhance the appeal of
the card. However, from time to time, manufacturers do change these
designs and colors, but this has no effect on the features, specifications,
or performance of the specific video card model, and will usually retain the
same manufacturer's model and part number. The images displayed for a
video card are based upon the sample provided by the manufacturer, and the
specific visual design you receive may vary. So remember, while the
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Motherboard Support the Video Card You're Purchasing? Here's the Answer...
Before you
buy - make sure your motherboard is compatible with this video card. For
example, PCI Express video cards won't work with motherboards designed
only for AGP or PCI video cards, and vice versa. Please read the specifications
carefully or call us for expert advice.
Close-Up:
PCI, AGP, and PCI-E (PCI Express)
Check
your motherboard and make sure you are purchasing the correct cardbus
type.
There are 3 types of cardbus slots currently available:
PCI, AGP, and PCI Express (PCIe 2.0 is compatible with PCIe slot)
PCI
- The most widely used I/O bus, it provides a shared data path between
the CPU and peripheral controllers, such as network, display, SCSI and
RAID cards. Though limited in terms of performance, they are considered
the best value when you upgrade your video capabilities on a PC. The PCI
interface can be found and used in nearly any motherboard.
Click
here to view our selection of PCI Cards
AGP
- The AGP slot is next in line of higher graphic performance. It was designed
especially for the throughput demands of 3-D graphics. It offers up to
8x improvement over a PCI card, is 32 bits wide and runs at 66 MHz. It
provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one
AGP slot is on the motherboard. The motherboard must be equipped with
an AGP bus slot for an AGP card to be compatible.(AGP 1x provided a data
transfer rate of 264 Mbytes/sec. AGP 2x is 528 Mbytes/sec. AGP 4x is 1
Gbyte/sec. AGP 8x is 2 Gbytes/sec.)
Click
here to view our selection of AGP Cards
PCI
Express - PCI Express is the newest technology that
is superior to both PCI and AGP, in terms of graphic performance. It offers
performance as much as 4x faster than the fastest AGP 8X slot. PCI Express
connections can support fast data transfer rates, which can be used to
connect high-speed devices such as high-end video cards. The slots come
in different variations and speeds, such as x1, x4, x8, and x16. Presently,
most high-end motherboards meant for design, video production, or gaming
come with PCI express slots. To use a PCI Express card, your computer
must have at least one available PCI Express slot.
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here to view our selection of PCI Express Cards
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