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ASUS Debuts GTX550 Ti DirectCU Ultimate and TOP Edition Graphics Cards

By Joy Hou - on 16 Mar 2011, 9:23am

ASUS Debuts GTX550 Ti DirectCU Ultimate and TOP Edition Graphics Cards

Overclocked to 1015MHz and 20% cooling to offer the best of the latest NVIDIA GeForce technology

ENGTX550 Ti DC TOP/DI/1GD5

The new ASUS Ultimate GTX550 Ti DirectCU and GTX550 Ti DirectCU TOP continue ASUS graphics card tradition, shipping overclocked power up to 1015 MHz for exceptional gaming performance. ASUS exclusive DirectCU offers the advantages of 20% cooling out of its direct GPU contact, all-copper cooling design, as well as exclusive Super Alloy Power quality components for faster performance and longer lifespan.

Product Highlights

  • New Ultimate GTX550 Ti DirectCU and GTX550 Ti DirectCU TOP graphics cards use top-grade cores and ship factory overclocked to 1015MHz and 975MHz, respectively, much faster than the 900MHz default.
  • ASUS GTX550 Ti DirectCU cards apply award-winning DirectCU cooling with all-copper heat pipes touching the GPU core directly for improved heat transference - running up to 20% cooler than reference under full load.
  • Super Alloy Power offers an exclusive ASUS development that injects a custom alloy mixture into critical power delivery components – offering a performance boost of 15%* and running up to 35°C cooler than reference. Super Alloy Power graphics cards also average a 2.5 times longer product lifespan compared to generic designs.
Specifications
Model UL ENGTX550 Ti DC/DI/1GD5
(Ultimate edition)
 
ENGTX550 Ti DC TOP/DI/1GD5
(TOP edition)
 
ENGTX550 Ti DC/DI/1GD5
(Reference edition with exclusive DirectCU cooling)
 
Graphics engine NVIDIA GeForce GTX550 Ti
Bus standard PCI Express 2.0
Video memory 1GB GDDR5
Engine clock 1015 MHz overclock 975 MHz overclock 910 MHz overclock
CUDA cores 192
Memory clock 4200 MHz (1050 MHz GDDR5) 4104 MHz (1026 MHz GDDR5) 4104 MHz (1026 MHz GDDR5)
Memory interface 192-bit
DVI max resolution 2560 x 1600
D-Sub max resolution 2048 x 1536
D-Sub output YES X1
DVI output DVI-I X1
HDCP compliant Yes
HDMI output YES X1

 

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