Final Thoughts

Back in February, we were pretty disappointed with the Radeon HD 7770, Eastern Samoa it was 18% slower than the GeForce GTX 560 spell being only 15% cheaper at $159. Since then, AMD has made a various tweaks to the pricing of its Radeon HD 7000 serial publication, including dropping the HD 7770's recommended retail rate to $139, which is where many of the cards currently sit, though information technology's possible to rule dependable models for as little every bit $120.

Although information technology's a little pricier with an MSRP of $149 (contingent memory capacity), the GTX 650 Ti is in a modest position against AMD's budget offering. Nvidia's solution costs about 7% more while averaging 25% faster than the HD 7770 in the 18 games that we tested at 1680x1050. Nonetheless, value-wise, the GTX 650 Ti doesn't really overtake the HD 6870, which is slightly quicker in our tests and costs about the Same.

Despite delivering a meliorate evaluate than the HD 7770, we're still a little disappointed in the GTX 650 Ti as it compares to the rest of Nvidia's current and premature-generation products. E.g., compared to the almost biennial-nonmodern GTX 560 Ti, the GTX 650 Cordyline terminalis is about 7% slower happening average. Granted, the GTX 560 Ti's list price is well-nig 40% high than the GTX 650 Ti, only it's realistic to buy one for less than $200 with rebates.

To boot, although the GTX 650 Ti brings a value boost terminated early Kepler cards, it's not as large as we've seen with former launches. For instance, the newly sub-$200 bill is 28% slower and 35% cheaper than the GTX 660. By compare, the GTX 660 is 14% slower and 23% cheaper than the GTX 660 Ti, piece the GTX 660 Ti is 13% slower and 33% cheaper than the GTX 670. The GTX 650 Si as wel waterfall squatty in terms of power efficiency. Again, it's 28% slower than last month's GTX 660, only IT consumed only 4% less power.

Although the GTX 650 Te isn't a major disappointment (mostly because IT's $20 cheaper than rumors same information technology would be), the board doesn't make great strides to improve connected existing products. On the bright side, common people shopping for budget Kepler card have an affordable sub-$200 option, though at this price point, we'd recommend considering an HD 6870, which costs $145-$150 with a rebate.

Besides having a slight performance edge, it's worth noting that the HD 6870 supports Crossfire and the GTX 650 Ti doesn't patronise SLI, which may be of interest if you intend to add a second bill of fare at any point to boost performance (endorsement-hired man HD 6870s are cheap and plentiful on eBay).

Pros: Brings Kepler to the sub-$200 market, offers a ameliorate value than the HD 7770.

Cons: Struggles to top the value of the GTX 660 and HD 6870, doesn't support SLI.