Today, around six and a half months after the launch of the first Kepler-based GPU from Nvidia, we have the final piece to the 600 series product line. Just under a month ago we took a look at the GTX 660, and a month before that the GTX 660 Ti. Along with the GTX 660, Nvidia introduced the GTX 650. With the focus being on the GTX 660, there were only a few reviews of the GTX 650 to be found. Today we are going to take a look at the card that fits right in between the GTX 660 and the GTX 650, the GTX 650 Ti. With a price point just between the $109 of the GTX 650 and the $229 of the GTX 660, Nvidia is hoping to bring in people looking for decent performance that don’t have it in their budget to throw down over $200 for a single component. Let’s take a closer look.3DMark
In our first set of benchmarks for the GTX 650 Ti, it is important to keep in mind the competition for the card. Considering it comes in price point between the GTX 650 and the GTX 660, it is a fairly small window. Oddly enough the HD 7770 that we have tested many times is its main competition with prices ranging from $110 to $140. As a whole, in all four of our 3DMark Vantage and 3DMark 11 tests, we have the GTX 650 Ti coming in well above its direct competition from AMD. There are a couple times where the overclocked HD 7770’s do come close though. As far as past generation cards, we have the HD 6950 near the GTX 650 Ti in most of our results, showing how much cards this generation have improved over last year’s offerings. The HD 7850, AMD’s next step up in performance is still way higher in both performance and price, showing a gap in AMD’s product line.
