MSI GTX 650 Ti Boost TwinFrozr Gaming 2 GB

, on May 11th, 2013, in Graphics Cards. Manufacturer: MSI

Introduction

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti with Boost has been on the market for a few weeks now and was received with very positive reviews. NVIDIA's latest card provides a significant performance improvement over the GTX 650 Ti thanks to the added Boost algorithm. Performance is slightly higher than AMD's HD 7850 with very competitive pricing.

MSI's GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost TwinFrozr Gaming uses the company's famous TwinFrozr cooling solution on a custom board design. Clock speeds have received a 50 MHz bump while memory clock remains unchanged.

MSI is asking a $5 price premium for their card, which seems quite reasonable.

GTX 650 Ti Boost Market Segment Analysis
	GeForce GTX 560 Ti	Radeon HD 7790	Radeon HD 6950	GeForce GTX 570	Radeon HD 6970	Radeon HD 7850	GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost	MSI GTX 650 Ti Boost TF	GeForce GTX 660	Radeon HD 7870	GeForce GTX 580	GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Shader Units	384	896	1408	480	1536	1024	768	768	960	1280	512	1344
ROPs	32	16	32	40	32	32	24	24	24	32	48	24
Graphics Processor	GF114	Bonaire	Cayman	GF110	Cayman	Pitcairn	GK106	GK106	GK106	Pitcairn	GF110	GK104
Transistors	1950M	2080M	2640M	3000M	2640M	2800M	2540M	2540M	2540M	2800M	3000M	3500M
Memory Size	1024 MB	1024 MB	2048 MB	1280 MB	2048 MB	2048 MB	2048 MB	2048 MB	2048 MB	2048 MB	1536 MB	2048 MB
Memory Bus Width	256 bit	128 bit	256 bit	320 bit	256 bit	256 bit	192 bit	192 bit	192 bit	256 bit	384 bit	192 bit
Core Clock	823 MHz	1000 MHz	800 MHz	732 MHz	880 MHz	860 MHz	980 MHz+	1033 MHz+	980 MHz+	1000 MHz	772 MHz	915 MHz+
Memory Clock	1002 MHz	1500 MHz	1250 MHz	950 MHz	1375 MHz	1200 MHz	1502 MHz	1502 MHz	1502 MHz	1200 MHz	1002 MHz	1502 MHz
Price	$190	$150	$170	$250	$380	$175	$170	$175	$200	$250	$310	$280