NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB GDDR5 PCIe

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 18 expert reviews

Excellent:

7
Good:

10
Average:

0
Bad:

1

Pros:

Very competent 1080p gaming performance.
25 per centplus faster than GTX 650 Ti.
Cool and quiet.

Cons:

Promotional game bundle (at launch) is not as enticing as AMD’s equivalent offering.

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Last revision on April 10, 2015

Reviewers Liked

Very competent 1080p gaming performance
25 per centplus faster than GTX 650 Ti
Cool and quiet
Comfortably beats Radeon HD 7790 OC cards
Has potential for small formf actor gaming
Affordable
Supports up to four monitors
Outperforms the AMD Radeon HD 6970 and GeForce GTX 570
Kepler GPU enables 3D Vision and PhysX functionality
Excellent performance with DX11 video games
Supports NVIDIA GPU Boost technology
Adaptive VSync, and TXAA
Short profile fits into standard

Reviewers Didn't Like

Promotional game bundle (at launch) is not as enticing as AMD’s equivalent offering

Expert reviews and ratings

Last September saw the release of the first GeForce GTX 650 graphics card. Aiming at the gamer on a budget, the card sold for just $110, however with memory bandwidth of just 80GB/s -- less than the 3-year old GTX 460 -- it came up short of becoming a...

By TechSpot on April 22, 2013

Powerful and efficient: hands down the best mainstream card on the...

By PC Pro on June 07, 2013

The launch of the GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB is something of a response to the debut of AMD's Radeon HD 7790 1GB, as it targets gamers playing at 1080p and sits in the mid-range of graphics hardware, with prices floating around £140 for stock models. However,...

By micromart.co.uk on May 18, 2013

This card is a great deal for consumers, and news on the pricing front is even better. Nvidia's recommended pricing on the GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB is £144, with a 1GB version of the card coming in at £124. The additional clock speed, memory bandwidth, and...

By IT Pro Portal on March 29, 2013

A quality 1080p GPU marking a return to gaming form for the lower-caste Kepler cards....

By PC Gamer on March 27, 2013

While the GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB comes in at a performance slot in the middle of the GTX 650 Ti 1GB and GTX 660 2GB, its performance is actually markedly and consistently closer to the more powerful card. Not only that, but the GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB...

By Bit-tech.net on March 26, 2013

The Nvidia GTX 650 Ti Boost graphics card offers substantially better performance at a great...

By PC Mag on March 26, 2013

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost graphics processor is a long-overdue introduction into the crucial sub-£150 market. This new GPU bears striking similarity to the pricier GeForce GTX 660 - it is the same, save for a loss of one of five SMX units -...

By HEXUS.net on March 26, 2013

With the GTX 650 Ti Boost, Nvidia has reduced the cost of entry for high-detail 1080p gaming and given AMD some serious competition in the midrange....

By Computer Shopper on March 26, 2013

NVIDIA's new GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost adds a strong sub-$200 option to the company's lineup. Thanks to the added Boost clock algorithm, and a beefed up 192-bit memory interface, we see massive performance gains compared to the GTX 650 Ti without...

By techPowerUp! on March 26, 2013

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