Best PCIe Card For ~£140
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 1 GB
Good 1920x1200 performance in most games
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 1 GB | |
|---|---|
| Codename: | GK106 |
| Process: | 28 nm |
| Universal Shaders: | 768 |
| Texture Units: | 64 |
| ROPs: | 24 |
| Memory Bus: | 192-bit |
| Core Speed (Turbo) MHz: | 980 (1,033) |
| Memory Speed MHz: | 1,502 (6,008 effective) |
| DirectX/Shader Model: | DX 11/SM 5 |
| Max TDP: | 140 W |
With performance right on par with the Radeon HD 7850, Nvidia's GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 1 GB delivers an incredible gaming experience for £140. In essence, this card is a GeForce GTX 650 Ti with clock rates and a 192-bit memory interface borrowed from the GeForce GTX 660. There's not much more to add, except that this card is our gaming value favorite under £150.
Read our full review of Nvidia's GeForce 650 Ti Boost for more information on the card and its accompanying architecture.
Best PCIe Card For ~£150
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 2 GB
Good 1920x1200 performance in most games
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 2 GB | |
|---|---|
| Codename: | GK106 |
| Process: | 28 nm |
| Universal Shaders: | 768 |
| Texture Units: | 64 |
| ROPs: | 24 |
| Memory Bus: | 192-bit |
| Core Speed (Turbo) MHz: | 980 (1,033) |
| Memory Speed MHz: | 1,502 (6,008 effective) |
| DirectX/Shader Model: | DX 11/SM 5 |
| Max TDP: | 140 W |
There are plenty of cases where 1 GB of memory can hold back the performance of a game running at high resolutions, or with lots of eye candy turned on. For an extra £10, you can get a GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost with 2 GB instead. In most cases, you're not going to notice much of a difference. However, in a bottlenecked situation, the extra memory is going to help frame rates scale the way you'd expect, rather than falling off of a cliff.
Read our full review of Nvidia's GeForce 650 Ti Boost for more information on the card and its accompanying architecture.
Best PCIe Card For ~£170
GeForce GTX 660
Good 1920x1200 performance
| GeForce GTX 660 | |
|---|---|
| Codename: | GK106 |
| Process: | 28 nm |
| Universal Shaders: | 960 |
| Texture Units: | 80 |
| ROPs: | 24 |
| Memory Bus: | 192-bit |
| Core Speed (Turbo) MHz: | 980 (1,033) |
| Memory Speed MHz: | 1,502 (6,008 effective) |
| DirectX/Shader Model: | DX 11/SM 5 |
| Max TDP: | 140 W |
Up until now, the GeForce GTX 660 was overpriced compared to the slightly-faster Radeon HD 7870. But after a considerable reduction, Nvidia's GK106-based board is one of the better values currently available.
Simultaneously, the Radeon HD 7870 goes from best-in-class to, frankly, a hard sell. Particularly with the Tahiti-based Radeon HD 7870s floating around for £200, Pitcairn-based boards just aren't as attractive.
Read our full review of Nvidia's GeForce GTX 660 for more information on the card and its accompanying architecture.
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0 HideBlahman11 , 19 April 2013 17:49I have seen DDR5 6670s on ebuyer for not much more than £50. It's worth stretching to the DDR5 version, the available bandwidth doubles
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0 HideHazzacanary , 21 April 2013 14:56A 7750 for £80? I'm pretty sure you can get the 7770 for £80-£90 on numerous websties, making it much more competitive. Also, some special offers on the 7790 get it down to £110-£120, making it stiffer competition for the 650 ti surely (unless you also point out that the 650 ti can be had for around £100 now anyway)? Where were the quoted prices from, as they all seem slightly high.
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0 Hidejakjawagon , 24 April 2013 19:14Missing chart on the last page.