GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 

Thanks to the generous overclock out of the box and the modest price increase, performance per dollar actually ends up slightly better than with NVIDIA's reference design.

It's been a while since we've seen NVIDIA play catch up with an AMD product, the Radeon HD 7850 in this case, to then beat it with not just better performance, but also a lower price.

It still provides the highest maximum OC performance, but the difference to other cards is slim as NVIDIA's Boost clock algorithm equalizes the playing field.

Gaming noise is much improved too, delivering a very quiet gaming experience.

Gaming noise is much improved as well and should deliver a quiet gaming experience.

Unlike AMD, NVIDIA does a good job of maintaining its SLI profiles, so you should be able to play new games without a long wait for multi-GPU support.

The long anticipated third release in the Max Payne series is the first game developed by Rockstar, which took the title over from Remedy Entertainment.

GTX 650 Ti Boost is still not gaming as efficiently as the AMD HD 7850, but the difference is barely measurable.

The card will be inaudible in any modern system that uses active fans, even during heavy gaming.

Power consumption is pretty much exactly where we expected it to be given the results we've seen from other GK104-based GeForce 600 cards.

Gaming power consumption is good, but ends up being a bit higher than that of the HD 7850 from AMD offering similar performance with lower power consumption.

Power draw and noise levels are slightly higher, but that's the price you'll have to pay to save over 100 bucks.

Each benchmark was tested at the following settings and resolutions: 1280 x 800, 2x Anti-aliasing.

3DMark 11, as the name might suggest, makes use of the Microsoft DirectX 11 API and puts every feature of it to use, creating astonishingly realistic visuals.