Following the release of the 7790 and the announced launch of the updated 650Ti with boost, we can clearly see that the battle between AMD and NVIDIA is back on. The 7790 as we know blew the older 650Ti out of the water, but an announcement that NVIDIA were updating the 650Ti to counteract this performance soon stirred the pot right up.
Across the board we find Asus’ overclocked 650Ti with boost sitting just over a 7790 and in some cases very very close to the performance levels of a reference speed 660 as well. A lot of this is down to the dynamic boosting technology that ramps up the cards clocks based on the power envelope still available, but it does have a significant effect, saving the end user from having to overclock to get the performance instead.
The other battle that we have to look at is on price, the particular sector of the market where this card lies, revolves around a solid, affordable price point for a product that also gives a very good level of performance for the money. Truth be told and NVIDIA have not failed to deliver on this front wither with the card set to be available for around £124 for the 1GB model and £140 for the 2GB model like we have here today.
Given the jump in performance that we have seen over the previous generation of 650Ti due to the inclusion of GPU boost and an affordable price point, its safe to say that the battle between AMD and NVIDIA for this price point and market sector is well and truly back on. If you’re looking at the 650Ti, all I will say is make sure you look out for one with boost technology as you will be pleasantly surprised.
I’m especially impressed with the fact that it’s figures rival that of the old GTX 580.