ASUS GeForce GTX 550 Ti 

Mixed density memory chips help increase performance.

Then when they decide to go big with 1920x1200 or 1920x1080, adding a second GTX 550 Ti in SLI should give them high-end performance that lets them play anything at HD resolutions.

It is also higher than that of the GTX 460 which does offer more performance with less power used.

Our Furmark Maximum power draw test shows 180 W which is significantly more than what the PCI-Express power input configuration of the card is specified to handle.

While this will usually not pose any problems, a second 6-pin power connector would have solved the issue.

It uses the same architecture as NVIDIA's GF 106 but with improvements on the transistor level to reduce power consumption.

You may have all the world's review data on the back of your mind, but when you stare at a rack of pretty-looking graphics card boxes, all in the same price-range, it becomes a mind-numbing and almost traumatic experience to pick the right card, and often things as trivial as box design affect your choice.

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti launched last month rattled the "gamer's sweet spot" ($200~$250) price-range, and it's now up to the GTX 550 Ti to capture the sub-$200 market as the best option available.

The price of a beer could determine what graphics card you end up buying!

Idle temperatures of the card are low, combined with the low fan noise in idle an excellent combination.

Thanks to the low heat output of the GTX 550 Ti, ZOTAC can use a simple, affordable cooler on their card.

For optimal heat transfer the cooler on ASUS' GTX 550 Ti Direct CU uses two heatpipes that make direct contact with the GPU surface.

1680x1050, 1440x900, and 1600x900 are popular gaming resolutions in this category.