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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost OC Duel - ASUS vs. Palit

By James Lu - 28 Mar 2013

Conclusion

Conclusion

While we weren't blown away by either of our GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost custom cards, both are good offerings that show improvement on the reference design. As we suspected in our reference card review, the GTX 650 Ti Boost is operating at close to maximum performance so don't expect any OC edition to produce significantly higher scores.

 

Both cards were fairly easy to overclock and gave a reasonable 10-15% boost in performance, which puts them right around the range of a reference GeForce GTX 660. Temperature and power consumption scores were also good, with the ASUS registering slightly low temperatures, and slightly higher power draw.

With just S$10 separating them, at S$299 for the Palit and S$309 for the ASUS, both represent fantastic value - even at their default clock speeds, both cards are able to deliver scores only slightly behind those of a S$350 GeForce GTX 660.

Ultimately, we gave the win to ASUS for its marginally better performance scores, slightly more effective cooler, and 3-year warranty, which we feel warrants spending an extra S$10.

What about compared to its immediate competition from the red ream - the AMD Radeon HD 7850? Well, let's take a look at local price points and the average FPS delivered in after the jump.
 

Factoring in the Local AMD Radeon HD 7850 Price Points

Since we've established the little difference between both the ASUS and Palit GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost cards and from a pure performance stand point, they don't deviate a whole lot from the reference performance, we'll be using results from the reference cards, but factoring in the local price points. For the GTX 650 Ti Boost, we've collectively pegged them at S$300.

Likewise, we've done the same for the other GPU groups to get a better idea of their worthiness from a local perspective. The GeForce GTX 660 came up to an average of about $350 across the board, while the Radeon HD 7850 was split quite distinctively between the cheaper PowerColor/Sapphire camp and the other brands turned out to have a higher average of about $330. The Average FPS is determined in the same way that we've outlined in our reference card review of the GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost.

SGD$ Price-Performance Comparison

Model Current Price in S$ Average FPS FPS per S$1
ASUS / Palit GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost OC ~ $300 33.2 0.111
PowerColor / Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 ~ $270 32.8  0.121
Other Radeon HD 7850 ~ $330 32.8 0.099
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 ~ $350 34.8 0.099
ASUS Radeon HD 7790 DirectCU II OC $239 27.7 0.116


Unlike the USD pricing for the GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost that was clearly well priced against the AMD companions, we cannot really say the same from the local price point. In fact, the lower priced PowerColor or Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 cards would be the best buy of the lot and they've better power and temperature figures than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost cards. However, when pitting the same cards against the other brands of Radeon HD 7850 graphics cards, the NVIDIA cards make more sense.

So are the ASUS and Palit GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost cards good value? Only when compared within the NVIDIA troupe. Once you factor in the red camp, things can get a little tricky and it's purely a matter of whether you're looking at performance per dollar without any other concern, or if you've a certain brand affinity to also factor in. 

Final Ratings

ASUS GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost DirectCU II OC

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Palit GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost OC

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