NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti - Rejuvenating the Mainstream
3DMark 11 and 3DMark Vantage Results
FutreMark 3DMark 11
Beginning with the new 3DMark 11 benchmarking utility, we can see that the improvements of the GeForce GTX 550 Ti has enabled it to outscore the older GeForce GTS 450. Stock vs. stock, the reference GeForce GTX 550 Ti outscored the GeForce GTS 450 by about 20%. However, the GeForce GTX 550 Ti was no match for the more powerful GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which easily managed the highest scores in this comparison. The GeForce GTX 460 too is still some way ahead of the GTX 550 Ti.
Against AMD/ATI’s offerings, the GeForce GTX 550 Ti outscored the older Radeon HD 5750 and was a on par with the Radeon HD 5770. We'll keep close tabs to see if this performance level is evident throughout our benchmarking.
The two custom GeForce GTX 550 Ti cards on the other hand were appreciably faster than a reference card as evidenced by their scores, with the higher clocked Palit card racking up the highest scores amongst the three GeForce GTX 550 Ti representatives.
FutureMark 3DMark Vantage Results
3DMark Vantage revealed similar findings to 3DMark 11, with the GeForce GTX 550 Ti coming nicely in between the old GeForce GTS 450 and the GTX 460. Thanks to the improvements made, the GeForce GTX 550 Ti managed about 10% to 15% higher scores compared to the GeForce GTS 450, which is a nice increment in performance.
The GeForce GTX 550 Ti was also able to match the Radeon HD 5770 and even managed to eke out a slight advantage on the “Extreme” preset. Clearly, the increase in number of ROPs has helped the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in high-end anti-aliasing applications.
Moving on, the two custom GeForce GTX 550 Ti recorded noticeable gains in 3DMarks when compared to the reference card, with the Palit expectedly being the top GeForce GTX 550 Ti performer.