Reviews - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB

[HEXUS]

Is this the best sub-£150 gaming card currently available?

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[Jimbo75]

Sorry but this is terrible value at the current price.

[scaryjim]

So, the take home from this is that the 650 Ti is horrendously hobbled by its 128bit memory interface? Hardly a shock, is it...

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The problem is that the HD7850 2GB can be had for £142 to £160 too.

The Powercolor HD7850 PCS+ 2GB could be had for the last month at around £153 on Ebuyer with two major games,and on Novatech is £157. It has a huge pre-overclock,and a very quiet cooler and is probably the best HD7850 2GB card. Bog standard HD7850 2GB cards can be had for under £150 if you shop around too.

[Agent]

Too many models to think about. I know they probably want to speedbin chips to get the most cash out of them, but I hate these excessive number of models.

[Apex]

7850 2Gb over this anyday of the week (or if you have £30 more get a 7870 like i did)

[Flewis]

7850 is the clear choice for this price bracket.

The base 650Ti looks excellent value for sub £90 from Scan. Better than the 7770 at that price point.

[Domestic_Ginger]

the non-boost will OC to about 1100 too; surely the better buy? £110-120 roughly.

Or two McGarrets and a hampden roar apparently.

EDIT: 2GB gives very little improvement over 2GB so you might as well go for teh 1GB at £90!

EDIT2: Comes with online game codes; easily sellable for Hawken WoT and LP2.

[Terbinator]

A 1GB Boost would be better, given the extra bandwidth if it costs ~£20 more.

The card isn't bad, but not having the years biggest game so far included means the 7850 is the one to go for by a country mile.

[Willzzz]

I'm actually impressed how much better this is than the non boost version.

I don't understand why people are saying the 7850 is so much better? Performance seems nigh on identical and with the 1GB 7850 going EOL that leaves a nice little gap for the 650 Ti Boost (since it handily beats the 7790).

[Terbinator]

I'm actually impressed how much better this is than the non boost version.

I don't understand why people are saying the 7850 is so much better? Performance seems nigh on identical and with the 1GB 7850 going EOL that leaves a nice little gap for the 650 Ti Boost (since it handily beats the 7790).

You get some game with the 7850.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

A 1GB Boost would be better, given the extra bandwidth if it costs ~£20 more.

The card isn't bad, but not having the years biggest game so far included means the 7850 is the one to go for by a country mile.

There is a 1GB version coming out. Hopefully,it will be around £120 and should mean the GTX650TI and HD7790 go down to more sensible pricing.

An HD7790 at £90 to £100 would actually not be too bad as it also comes with a copy of Bioshock:Infinite too.

[Jimbo75]

I'm actually impressed how much better this is than the non boost version.

I don't understand why people are saying the 7850 is so much better? Performance seems nigh on identical and with the 1GB 7850 going EOL that leaves a nice little gap for the 650 Ti Boost (since it handily beats the 7790).

It's £20 more expensive (albeit the 1GB version but I feel that neither card really needs 2GB), if you check elsewhere on the web it's generally found to be ~10% slower than the 7850, and the 7850 comes with Tomb Raider and Bioshock.

[Willzzz]

Scan seems to be awfully quiet on this free game offer, do they not offer it?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Scan seems to be awfully quiet on this free game offer, do they not offer it?

http://sites.amd.com/us/promo/never-...sreloaded.aspx

[Jimbo75]

Scan appears to have dropped it from the 7800's. Check eBuyer or elsewhere, there is an Asus on eBuyer that looks pretty decent at £133.