If you are an avid reader, you have most likely seen countless Asus motherboard reviews and even a few audio products as well recently. Something that is a little rarer is having an Asus video card come through our office. When Asus contacted me asking if we wanted to take a look at their upcoming GTX 650 Ti DirectCU II TOP, there wasn’t even a hesitation. We have already taken a look at the reference GTX 650 Ti; this card on the other hand is nothing like it. Sure you have the same architecture, as you would expect. But the DirectCU II TOP is almost twice as long, has twice the cooling, and has a considerably different PCB even. It’s no off the shelf reference design, today we are going to dig in and see what all of that means for you when looking to buy a GTX 650 Ti.
Product Name: Asus GTX 650 Ti DirectCU II TOP
Review Sample Provided by: Asus
Written by: Wes
Pictures by: Wes
Specifications
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Processing Units |
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Graphics Processing Clusters |
2 or 3 |
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SMXs |
4 |
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CUDA Cores |
768 |
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Texture Units |
64 |
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ROP Units |
16 |
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Clock Speeds |
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Base Clock |
1033 MHz |
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Boost Clock |
N/A |
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Memory Clock (Data rate) |
5400 MHz |
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L2 Cache Size |
256KB |
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Memory |
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Total Video Memory |
1024MB GDDR5 |
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Memory Interface |
128-bit |
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Total Memory Bandwidth |
86.4 GB/s |
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Texture Filtering Rate (Bilinear) |
59.2 GigaTexels/sec |
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Physical & Thermal |
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Fabrication Process |
28 nm |
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Transistor Count |
2.54 Billion |
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Connectors |
2 x Dual-Link DVI 1 x mini-HDMI |
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Form Factor |
Dual Slot |
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Power Connectors |
1 x 6-pin |
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Recommended Power Supply |
400 Watts |
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Thermal Design Power (TDP) |
110 Watts |
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Thermal Threshold |
98° C |
