14 DAY TRIAL // Although everyone's expecting NVIDIA to come up with the dual-GPU GTX 590 monster, it seems that the company has decided that, for the time being, adding yet another low-cost offering to their entry-level lineup is perhaps a better idea (from a sales point of view), and thus released the GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
According to NVIDIA, the latest addition to the Fermi-enabled GTX 500 Series graphics cards offers 28% faster gaming over the recent GeForce GTS 450, which is quite an impressive feat, to say the least.
The card is built around 192 CUDA processing cores, the graphics clock being set at 900 Mhz and the processor clock at 1,800 Mhz.
Moreover, the new Ti card from NVIDIA packs 1024MB of GDDR5 memory, with a 192-bit memory interface and 98.4 GB/s total bandwidth.
NVIDIA also revealed the fact that its new card will be able to output a maximum digital resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels, “pushed” via the two dual-link DVI connectors (a mini-HDMI interface has also been provided).
Naturally, it also supports all the technologies we've come to expect from NVIDIA's graphics cards, such as DirectX11, 3D Vision, CUDA, PhysX, SLI and PureVideo HD, while in the same time requiring just around 116W of power during normal operation.
Now, as far as pricing and availability are concerned, we'll have to mention that the new GeForce GTX 550 Ti from NVIDIA is available in stores starting today for $149 USD, which makes it an extremely interesting choice for users on a tight budget.
Much in the same way as in the case of other new announcements from NVIDIA, the launch of GTX 550 Ti is likely to be followed by quite a few announcements by the company's manufacturing partners, so stay tuned over the next couple of hours/days.