Specification
Product Details
- Brand: Asus
- Model: ENGTX550 TI DC/DI/1GD5
- Platform: Windows
- Format: CD-ROM
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 2.28" h x
8.82" w x
12.05" l,
Features
- Two 8 mm flattened copper heat-pipes contact the GPU directly for up to 20% cooler operation.
- Super Alloy Power provides 15% performance increase, 35C cooler operation, and 2.5 times longer lifespan.
- Factory overclocked to performs at 910MHz faster than stock performance, resulting in higher frame rates in games.
- Full throttle overclocking with exclusive ASUS Voltage Tweak via Smart Doctor - boosting 50%* more speed, performance and satisfaction!
Product Description
ASUS ENGTX550 Ti DC/DI/1GD5 with exclusive DirectCU thermal solution provides cooler and faster performance. Pump up graphics performance with Super Alloy Power delivering a 15% performance boost, 2.5 longer lifespan and 35°C cooler operation.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful.
By RR
Bought this card to upgrade my 8800 GTX for my Dell XPS 720 (purchased in late 2007) running Windows XP-32 bit OS. As you probably know, the 8800 GTX is a great (albeit outdated) card, but draws a ton of power (229 watts idle/321 watts loaded) and generates a lot of heat even at idle (55° at idle/ 75° loaded). The Asus 550TI is not a top of the line card by any means, but it is a nice upgrade from my GTX8800 in terms of performance as well as temperature/power draw.I also managed to overclock the 550TI using EVGA's precision utility from base numbers of 910mhz core clock, 1820mhz shader clock, and 2052mhz memory clock to overclocked numbers of 1001mhz core clock, 2002mhz shader clock, and 2258mhz memory clock without any voltage adjustments. Anything above these numbers caused instability on my system. I haven't tried using any of the ASUS software thus far.Even overclocked, the 550TI stays relatively cool (36° at idle/ 75° loaded) with a power draw of 104 watts idle/264 watts loaded. I have applied for the rebate but won't hear from them for several weeks...so I can't comment on that issue.Another thing I like about the 550TI is the full sized HDMI port...as I didn't want to have to buy a separate mini-HDMI to HDMI cable. I have the 550TI connected to my computer via DVI and to my 42" HDTV via HDMI. Everything works fine so far, happy with this card. Will probably buy another one and use an SLI dual card arrangement at some point.UPDATE: A couple weeks after posting this review, the fan on my 550TI malfunctioned, causing a good deal of noise at ldle. I ended up returning the 550TI as a result.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
By Carlos Santiago
This is a review for the ASUS ENGTX550 TI DC/DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support video Card.Got this card as a present for my son. I was a little worried that the card wouldn't fit comfortably inside the case (it is indeed a large card at around 9 inches long) or that it will draw too much power from the system (my system has a 500W power supply and the card requires 450W). Although the card is big, the computer has nothing else connected to the main board that could interfere, so I went ahead and purchased it with my fingers crossed. This card made better sense due to its price and relative power. It was also a huge upgrade from the onboard Nvidia on my system. I researched similar cards such as GeForce GTX 260 (pricier but less powerful), and GeForce GTS 450 (cheaper and less powerful), and Radeon HD 5770 (sort of the ATI equivalent card in price and power). I also researched the web to compare performance on similar cards and also to help with my final decision.The card comes with a power cable and driver/sotware CD. One end of the cable goes to the card, the two female ends require two available component power cables from your power supply. The two component power connectors I required were hidden and hard to reach inside the system. I tried using the card without plugging additional power, but the system only made a beep, turned the card's fan on (making a lot of fan noise), and didn't display anything on the screen. I had to dig deep inside the case and cut three plastic cable holders in order to pull the two power cables I needed to power the card up. Make sure you have two component power cables available on your power supply, otherwise the card will not work (based on a 500w power supply I guess). Luckily, the card fit perfectly, I only had to push one cable to the side, no re-routing of cables was necessary.Driver installation went very smoothly. Windows 7 (64-bit) recognized the card, and installed all software automatically. The CD was not necessary. The screen resolution may look funny initially, but resist tweaking it until after the system restarts. In my case everything went back to normal after restarting. Your experience may differ. I used to run an onboard Nvidia card, so it already had Nvidia drivers and just required a few updates for the new card. I've read horror stories about the included software on CD, so I decided not to install it for now.Card runs very quiet so far. My son tested it immediately by setting his Minecraft program to full settings and adding texture packs that did not work at all with the onboard card. Although it is not a demanding game, FPS went from 10 at low settings with the old onboard card to 60 at full with texture packs with the new card. He also tried Portal, Bulletstorm, WoW, at highest settings without any lag or performance issues. He's throwing everything at it right now and hasn't found any issues. We are not demanding gamers or tech wizards, but it doesn't take one to notice the performance difference between the older card and the 550Ti. Also, it is worth mentioning that the Windows experience index went from 3.3 to 7.3 (on the video) which is also quite significant.The card has three video ports (DVI, HDMI full, and VGA). My son is only using the VGA port right now and it works great, I can't imagine when he plugs in an HDMI cable in the future.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
By rob leonard
As far as the card is concerned it seems to be working fine for me with the exception that my card sometimes shuts down and then recovers giving me the Graphics error "display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered" Forums are full of posters stating that this is a Vista / Nvidea incompatibility issue that has been around for years and that the problem is not being addressed. The main problem I have with the card is with the company ASUS. The advertised rebate for $20 is virtually unobtainable as the volume of paperwork, back and forth e-mails, form downloads and deadlines ect.. is akin to filing a tax return. I suspect this is by design so don't bother.
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