MSI GTX650Ti Boost Twin Frozr OC GPU Review

Today we are going to find out how the MSI GTX650Ti Boost slots into the budget sector by comparing against a variety of other cards priced between £80 and £350.

Test System
Processor: Core i7 3960 X Extreme Edition @ 4.4ghz
Graphics Card: MSI GTX650Ti Boost Twin Frozr OC GPU (Forceware 314.22)
Cooler: Antec 920 H20
Memory: 16GB G.Skill 2,400mhz @ 10-11-10-30
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme
Power Supply: Enermax Platimax 1200W
Optical Drive: Asus BluRay Drive
Chassis: Lian Li PC-A77FR Aluminium Red Full Tower Case
Boot Drive: Patriot WildFire 120GB
Secondary Drive: 1TB Samsung
Monitors: Dell U3011 and Dell U2410 x 3.

Comparison cards:
XFX HD7770 Core (Catalyst 13.3 beta)
Sapphire HD7790 OC (Catalyst 13.3 beta)
Asus HD7790 OC (Catalyst 13.3 beta)
XFX HD7850 Core (Catalyst 13.3 beta)
XFX HD7870 Core (Catalyst 13.3 beta)
Sapphire HD7950 Vapor X (Catalyst 13.3 beta)
Zotac GTX650 (Forceware 314.21)
Sparkle GTX 650 Ti Dragon Series (Forceware 314.21)
Gainward GTX660 (Forceware 314.21)
Gainward GTX660 Ti (Forceware 314.21)
Zotac GTX670 (Forceware 314.21)

Software:
Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit
Unigine Heaven Benchmark
Unigine Valley Benchmark
3DMark Vantage
3DMark 11
3DMark
Fraps Professional
Steam Client
FurMarkGames:
Alien V Predator
Sleeping Dogs
Total War: Shogun 2
Dirt Showdown
Max Payne 3

All the latest BIOS updates and drivers are used during testing. We perform generally under real world conditions, meaning KitGuru tests games across five closely matched runs and then average out the results to get an accurate median figure. If we use scripted benchmarks, they are mentioned on the relevant page.

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