Thursday, August 25th 2011

POV: GeForce GTX 550 Ti with 4 GB memory? GeForce GTX 550 Ti with 4 GB memory!

I'm at a loss of words to describe what Point of View's 'point of view' could have been, when coming up with a GeForce GTX 550 Ti based graphics card that packs no less than 4096 MB of memory on-card. The company thinks that adding four times the normal amount of memory that runs at half the speed, DDR3 instead of GDDR5, could somehow spice up the specs sheet. Carrying the product code VGA-550-C1-4096, the card's DDR3 memory runs at 1066 MHz (2133 MHz effective) across a 128-bit wide memory interface, while the GeForce GTX 550 Ti runs at 900 MHz core. Its 192 CUDA cores are clocked at 1800 MHz. Point of view did not give out images of the card yet, but we understand it has one each of DVI, D-Sub, and HDMI as display connectors, takes power from one 6-pin power connector, and uses a custom fan-heatsink. It is priced as low as 113.34 Euros. Below is a generic picture of a Point of View GTX 550 Ti graphics card.
Source: ComputerBase.de
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34 Comments on POV: GeForce GTX 550 Ti with 4 GB memory? GeForce GTX 550 Ti with 4 GB memory!

#26
SeanG
Where do you see 4 gigs?The box clearly says 1024 DDR5.:confused:
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#27
assaulter_99
SeanGWhere do you see 4 gigs?The box clearly says 1024 DDR5.:confused:
Its stated that its a generic picture. It's here just for reference.
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#28
qubit
Overclocked quantum bit
Wow this is awesome! Remember moar is betta! Dunno what that 'DDR3' thingy means but more of it is coool!! Where do I get one?! :roll::roll:

Just think, this thing can play Crysis 2 maxed out on DX11 at 2560x1600 at 1 frame per second, without ever having to access main memory! Oh wow, I so want one!!!!
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#29
Disparia
Now to design a DVI to SATA adapter and write a CUDA app to RAID a pair of drives and cache the data in it's large buffer.
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#30
Hayder_Master
Point of view, there is no point to put 4Gb ram in this card.
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#31
qubit
Overclocked quantum bit
You know, thinking about it, as ridiculous as sticking 4 gigs on this thing is, it might have an indirect benefit: it might help to introduce high end cards with extra memory, which is likely to be more useful.

Also, if lower end cards have lots of RAM, perhaps games developers might start taking advantage of it leading to better graphics, although this is probably a long shot.
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#32
de.das.dude
Pro Indian Modder
Jstn7477It has more memory, but I'm sure a 1GB GDDR5 model will kick its ass. Even a 160sp HD 6450 512MB GDDR5 gives my laptop's 400sp HD 5650 1GB DDR3 a run for its money.
no comparison between laptop and desktop. my 4650 crushes any laptops 5650.

and 4gb? will this be usefull in AutoCAD and other CAD softwares?
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#33
xBruce88x
YAY! Now i can play Crysis 2 with the DX11 graphics update at 2560x1920 on 3 monitors with 16xAA and 16xAF at a whopping 30 Frames per HOUR

this card would have made more sense if it were a workstation gpu instead of a standard consumer gpu.
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