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GTX 550 Ti

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Release date: Q1 2011.

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Average Bench: 12.2% (208th of 620)

Based on 32,867 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 1244 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Poor: 9%Average: 12.2% Great: 13%

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Terrible average bench

The Nvidia GTX 550 Ti averaged 87.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 32.8fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 35.5fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 550 Ti is just 3.94%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GTX 550 Ti performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 33.2fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 28.6fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 32,867 samples)
Rank 20812.2%
Min Avg Max
25.7 Lighting 32.8 35.6
28.6 Reflection 33.2 36.3
11.8 Parallax 28.6 32.3
9.67% 31.5 fps
Min Avg Max
25.3 MRender 31.7 34.7
29.7 Gravity 35.5 37.1
22.8 Splatting 33.2 37.4
14.1% 33.4 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Asus(1043 83BC) 1GB
CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13
13.1% Very poor
Lighting 35.1
Reflection 35.8
Parallax 31.5
10% 34.1 fps
MRender 34
Gravity 36.6
Splatting 36.8
15% 35.8 fps
Gigabyte(1458 351A) 1GB
CLim: 970 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13
13% Very poor
Lighting 34.9
Reflection 36
Parallax 31.5
10% 34.1 fps
MRender 34
Gravity 36.6
Splatting 36.6
15% 35.7 fps
Gigabyte(1458 3536) 1GB
CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1025 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35
12.2% Very poor
Lighting 32.7
Reflection 33.4
Parallax 29.3
10% 31.8 fps
MRender 31.9
Gravity 34
Splatting 34.1
14% 33.3 fps
Device(0000 0000) 1GB
CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35
12.1% Very poor
Lighting 32.5
Reflection 33.4
Parallax 29.2
10% 31.7 fps
MRender 31.9
Gravity 34
Splatting 34
14% 33.3 fps
Gigabyte(1458 351A) 1GB
CLim: 970 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.92
12.1% Very poor
Lighting 35.3
Reflection 36
Parallax 10.9
8% 27.4 fps
MRender 34.3
Gravity 36.8
Splatting 36.5
15% 35.9 fps
32,867 MORE »

 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 2 popular games:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 54 fps League of Legends: 84 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 18,468,342 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 32,867 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $250 @ launch in Mar '11)
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Device(0000 0000) 15% 11% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 3536) 9% 12% ± 1%
Asus(1043 83BE) 9% 12% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 1556) 8% 13% ± 0%
Asus(1043 83C2) 8% 12% ± 1%
MSI(1462 2610) 4% 13% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 351A) 4% 13% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 3537) 4% 13% ± 1%
Nvidia(10DE 089C) 4% 12% ± 1%
Asus(1043 838C) 4% 13% ± 6%
EVGA(3842 1557) 3% 13% ± 1%
PNY(196E 089C) 3% 12% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 1559) 3% 12% ± 2%
Zotac(19DA 5194) 3% 12% ± 1%
Gainward(10B0 0401) 2% 12% ± 1%
Device(1B0A 90A2) 2% 12% ± 0%
Asus(1043 83BC) 2% 15% ± 9%
EVGA(3842 2059) 2% 12% ± 2%
Gainward(10B0 0801) 1% 12% ± 3%
MSI(1462 2612) 1% 12% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B 5194) 1% 12% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 1217) 1% 12% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 1554) 1% 12% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 1190) 1% 12% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 0000) 1% 12% ± 0%
Device(107D 2734) 1% 12% ± 0%
MSI(1462 809D) 0% 12% ± 1%
Asus(1043 8419) 0% 12% ± 0%
Device(7377 0000) 0% 12% ± 1%
MSI(1462 2368) 0% 12% ± 0%
Device(172F 0A65) 0% 12% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 0401) 0% 11% ± 1%
Asus(1043 839E) 0% 13% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 0901) 0% 11% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8412) 0% 12% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 085A) 0% 10% ± 0%
POV(1ACC 02FF) 0% 12% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 2056) 0% 13% ± 0%
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CPU
Core i7-2600Intel  $306Bench 63%, 78,837 samples2,073x
Core i7-3770Intel  $303Bench 70%, 110,364 samples2,059x
Core i5-2400Intel  $109Bench 60%, 64,519 samples1,532x
GPU
GTX 550 TiNvidia  $250Bench 12%, 32,867 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $104Bench 106%, 446,313 samples983x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $103Bench 114%, 354,977 samples636x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $45Bench 54%, 188,499 samples616x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 21%, 239,260 samples1,874x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 108,056 samples1,317x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 76,397 samples579x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 50% - Above average Total price: $660

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GPUPro
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Official site www.geforce.com/...

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USA-User
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Liked (edit your comment) Add link

1 month ago.

DEU-User
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Excellent

25 days ago.

I have it I want to replace it with a 950 or 960 or 970 In compares , the gtx 550 ti is very bad at running games that they released from after 2015 I hate gtx 550 ti

AUS-User
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2,366

Good

3 months ago.

Oustanding performance to price(2nd, used)

GamingEliot
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490

Poor

15 months ago.

Just buy a GTX 460 if you're looking for a cheap graphics card used. I can't justify the used $50 dollar price tag given that with the same money you can get a 470 or for cheaper a 460.

gvrax
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Terrible

22 months ago.

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Poor

19 months ago.

Runs rather hot and loud during periods of intense usage

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