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boost reference card 12 00:00:45,480 --> 00:00:54,239 has a slightly longer PCB than the regular 650 TI you can see that right 13 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:56,879 there it also has the extension on here 14 00:00:54,239 --> 00:01:01,960 for the exhaust fan so you can see it's using a much more similar style to the 15 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:06,680 other GTX 600 series cards with a rear exhaust that takes the heat out of your 16 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:11,840 case away from all the other components it also by reference according to the 17 00:01:09,159 --> 00:01:17,799 reference design supports 3+ One display outputs whereas only non-reference GTX 18 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:20,640 650 TI supported that so you've got two 19 00:01:17,799 --> 00:01:26,200 dvis an HDMI and a DisplayPort whereas this guy's only got two DVI and a mini 20 00:01:22,759 --> 00:01:28,880 HDMI the cooler is much beefier it does 21 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:36,200 have an SLI finger so you can support two-way SLI on this card and the regular 22 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:39,079 650 TI could not it has a 192bit memory 23 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:46,640 bus compared to only 128 it is clocked at 6 GHz on the memory and it has a 980 24 00:01:43,399 --> 00:01:49,680 MHz core frequency versus only 925 on 25 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:52,320 this card but the real trick is the fact 26 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:58,240 that it supports GPU boost so it will achieve a typical GPU boost of over 1 27 00:01:55,119 --> 00:02:00,479 GHz around 1033 which makes it 28 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:04,719 significantly faster than this card but it also comes in at a significantly 29 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:09,080 higher price so it's targeting around 169 for the 2 gig model that's another 30 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:13,920 difference this is a 1 gig card natively but there will be a 1 gig model 31 00:02:10,920 --> 00:02:16,920 following that's about $20 cheaper so 32 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:20,200 this is supposed to slot in in between 33 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:22,280 something like a 7770 or a 7790 we don't 34 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:27,360 have a 7790 yet but we'll be testing that soon and a 7850 in terms of price 35 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:32,200 point so we're going to have a look at how performance shakes down pretty soon 36 00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:36,920 in terms of the physical size of it the reference card is 9 1/2 in long so you 37 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:41,440 shouldn't have any trouble fitting it in any kind of gaming oriented case 38 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:46,720 although it is not a small form factor Builder's dream like the regular 650 TI 39 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:50,879 which is only about 6 in long so that extra 3 in does make all the difference 40 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:55,599 in the world without further Ado we're going to move into our performance 41 00:02:52,760 --> 00:03:00,879 numbers starting with Far Cry Oh no test bench test bench so we're running our 42 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:03,720 3960x at 4 gigz with 6 16 gigs of hyperx 43 00:03:00,879 --> 00:03:12,000 RAM all the cards we ran we ran the 650 TI the 650 TI boost the 660 the 7770 the 44 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:14,480 7850 and the 7870 these are the cards uh 45 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:20,840 at at and around that same price point we used the vertex 4128 gig for our SSD 46 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:23,560 we have a an anch high current Pro 47 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:29,159 Platinum 1000 watt and we're using a P9 x79 Deluxe motherboard from ASUS now as 48 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:32,560 always all of our cards are overclocked if you want to see overclocking settings 49 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:35,840 you can check them out in the link in the video description you can see what 50 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:39,599 we're running at we're aiming for overclocks that you guys can easily 51 00:03:37,879 --> 00:03:43,720 achieve with your cards at home so we're not pushing them to the absolute limit 52 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:51,680 in terms of drivers we're using the latest NVIDIA drivers so we have an unreleased driver for the NVIDIA cards 53 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:53,360 and we have AMD's 13.1 driver because uh 54 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:57,319 obviously we don't have an unreleased driver for the AMD cards because they're 55 00:03:55,079 --> 00:04:02,319 all the ones we're testing are released so let's start with Far Cry 3 here we 56 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:07,239 see the 7870 and the 7850 topping the charts with the 660 coming in a little 57 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:12,200 bit below the 7850 pretty much the same it's within margin of error and then the 58 00:04:09,159 --> 00:04:13,840 650ti Boost actually putting up a really 59 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:21,040 good showing and this backs up what I was saying about the 650 TI boost really 60 00:04:16,639 --> 00:04:23,479 not actually being a 650 TI at all it is 61 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:27,639 closer to a 660 in terms of performance than it is to a 650 TI both the 650 TI 62 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:33,080 and the 7770 dropped enormously in terms of the 63 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:38,400 minimum frame rates in this game demonstrating that 1 gig of video memory 64 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:40,639 is not enough for modern gaming at 1080p 65 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:47,120 so I would only really suggest playing Far Cry 3 on either of those two cards 66 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:49,840 on a 1680 by 1050 monitor or lower in 67 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:54,720 Crisis 3 we see the same story except that the GTX 660 which is on the test 68 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:59,720 bench right now here wins this one but again within margin of error against the 69 00:04:56,639 --> 00:05:02,479 7870 the 7850 put up a really good sh 70 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:08,759 only performing 10% worse than the 7870 with the 650 TI boost less than 10% away 71 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:11,880 from the 7850 in spite of the price 72 00:05:08,759 --> 00:05:14,039 differential the 650 TI again just 73 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:21,199 choked in this game compared to the 650 TI boost performing about 74 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:23,280 65% as well as the 650 TI boost so you 75 00:05:21,199 --> 00:05:28,400 are getting a lot of extra performance for that extra 40 bucks the 787 oh and 76 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:34,240 the Elder Scrolls 5 Skyrim we are running our sort of modded game with 77 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:36,520 about 18 mods so your performance may 78 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:40,600 vary in this game however we will be producing a benchmarking guide for this 79 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:47,120 game pretty soon so stay tuned for that our 7870 and 7850 did top the charts in 80 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:48,960 this one with our 660 and our 650ti 81 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:53,240 boost coming very close to each other only about 5% away from each other in 82 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:58,639 terms of performance with the 650ti and the 7770 bringing up the rear once again 83 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:02,919 as the less expensive cards this does make sense um in The Witcher 2 we're 84 00:06:01,639 --> 00:06:07,360 running with Uber sampling and anti-aliasing disabled and the radon 85 00:06:05,479 --> 00:06:12,840 cards do come out ahead bearing in mind of course that they are more expensive 86 00:06:09,319 --> 00:06:16,039 with the 660 uh only leading the 650 TI 87 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:18,199 boost by about 10% and then the 7770 and 88 00:06:16,039 --> 00:06:22,120 the 650 TI again bringing up the rear we're seeing uh some pretty good 89 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:28,400 consistency to the results here which uh means that NVIDIA has done a good job of 90 00:06:24,319 --> 00:06:29,560 pricing the 650 TI boost um correctly 91 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:33,440 according to the rest of the market Market the 2 gigs of RAM to me is a huge 92 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:38,840 selling point compared to the recently released 7790 although we haven't tested 93 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:41,599 it yet so uh bear that in mind we will have a review of that coming soon and 94 00:06:40,199 --> 00:06:47,720 we're going to include these numbers in there as well so in Metro 2033 the 7870 95 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:52,919 comes out on top followed by the 660 uh which is in a very tight pack with the 96 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:55,919 7850 and the 650 TI boost it's actually 97 00:06:52,919 --> 00:06:58,879 pretty good to see how close the 650 TI 98 00:06:55,919 --> 00:07:02,680 boost gets to the 7850 considering that there is a price differential there 99 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:08,759 making this one of the most cost effective 2 gig cards and actually 100 00:07:05,879 --> 00:07:15,639 suitable for 1080p gaming because again in Metro 23 both our 7770 and our 650 TI 101 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:20,000 which are our 1 gig cards put up pretty decent average frame rates and maximum 102 00:07:18,199 --> 00:07:25,160 frame rates but their minimum frame rates were less than half of the average 103 00:07:22,599 --> 00:07:29,960 frame rates meaning they ran out of video memory buffer at some point during 104 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:34,720 our testing and absolutely choked in terms of performance so while this is a 105 00:07:32,039 --> 00:07:39,599 review of the 650 TI boost I am looking at it as almost more of an examination 106 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:44,440 of how much memory we actually need for modern gaming so the two games Far Cry 3 107 00:07:42,199 --> 00:07:50,159 and Metro 2033 that really choked on the one gig cards demonstrate that 2 gigs is 108 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:54,400 what we need for 1080p gaming however just because the card supports 3+ one in 109 00:07:52,759 --> 00:07:57,440 NVIDIA surround with an auxiliary display doesn't mean you're going to be 110 00:07:56,080 --> 00:08:02,440 playing any AAA current gen title 111 00:08:00,159 --> 00:08:06,159 at 3x 1080p resolution you want to do something like that you got to step up 112 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:11,639 to a bigger card it's nice to see those features from a productivity standpoint 113 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:14,039 on the card but you know guys make sure 114 00:08:11,639 --> 00:08:18,440 your expectations are realistic thank you for checking out this video review 115 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:22,280 of the 650 TI boost from NVIDIA don't forget to subscribe to lus Tech tips for 116 00:08:20,159 --> 00:08:25,280 unboxings reviews and other computer videos