WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:05.759 this video is brought to you by CM Storm Preferred Choice of mice headsets and 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:12.000 mechanical keyboards of curse gaming visit www. coolermaster usa.com teamor 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:18.600 curse for more details welcome to the lonus tech tips video review of the GTX 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:21.199 650ti uh Booster Juice Ed boost Edition 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:26.279 excuse me boost Edition so I actually think that this shouldn't even be called 00:00:22.720 --> 00:00:28.199 the GTX 650 TI because it is completely 00:00:26.279 --> 00:00:34.079 different from the other one these similarities basically end at the fact 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:37.440 that they both use PCI Express 3.0 ports 00:00:34.079 --> 00:00:39.960 they both need one PCI Express six pin 00:00:37.440 --> 00:00:45.480 power connector and they both support like DVI monitors because that is pretty 00:00:42.239 --> 00:00:48.039 much it the 650ti boost reference card 00:00:45.480 --> 00:00:54.239 has a slightly longer PCB than the regular 650 TI you can see that right 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:56.879 there it also has the extension on here 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 00:00:59.120 --> 00:01:06.680 other GTX 600 series cards with a rear exhaust that takes the heat out of your 00:01:03.800 --> 00:01:11.840 case away from all the other components it also by reference according to the 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:17.799 reference design supports 3+ One display outputs whereas only non-reference GTX 00:01:14.520 --> 00:01:20.640 650 TI supported that so you've got two 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 00:01:22.759 --> 00:01:28.880 HDMI the cooler is much beefier it does 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 00:01:31.200 --> 00:01:39.079 650 TI could not it has a 192bit memory 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 00:01:43.399 --> 00:01:49.680 MHz core frequency versus only 925 on 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:52.320 this card but the real trick is the fact 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:58.240 that it supports GPU boost so it will achieve a typical GPU boost of over 1 00:01:55.119 --> 00:02:00.479 GHz around 1033 which makes it 00:01:58.240 --> 00:02:04.719 significantly faster than this card but it also comes in at a significantly 00:02:02.240 --> 00:02:09.080 higher price so it's targeting around 169 for the 2 gig model that's another 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:13.920 difference this is a 1 gig card natively but there will be a 1 gig model 00:02:10.920 --> 00:02:16.920 following that's about $20 cheaper so 00:02:13.920 --> 00:02:20.200 this is supposed to slot in in between 00:02:16.920 --> 00:02:22.280 something like a 7770 or a 7790 we don't 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 00:02:25.920 --> 00:02:32.200 point so we're going to have a look at how performance shakes down pretty soon 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 00:02:35.160 --> 00:02:41.440 shouldn't have any trouble fitting it in any kind of gaming oriented case 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:46.720 although it is not a small form factor Builder's dream like the regular 650 TI 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 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:55.599 in the world without further Ado we're going to move into our performance 00:02:52.760 --> 00:03:00.879 numbers starting with Far Cry Oh no test bench test bench so we're running our 00:02:57.480 --> 00:03:03.720 3960x at 4 gigz with 6 16 gigs of hyperx 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 00:03:07.760 --> 00:03:14.480 7850 and the 7870 these are the cards uh 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 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:23.560 we have a an anch high current Pro 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:29.159 Platinum 1000 watt and we're using a P9 x79 Deluxe motherboard from ASUS now as 00:03:26.720 --> 00:03:32.560 always all of our cards are overclocked if you want to see overclocking settings 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:35.840 you can check them out in the link in the video description you can see what 00:03:34.480 --> 00:03:39.599 we're running at we're aiming for overclocks that you guys can easily 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:43.720 achieve with your cards at home so we're not pushing them to the absolute limit 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 00:03:47.920 --> 00:03:53.360 and we have AMD's 13.1 driver because uh 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:57.319 obviously we don't have an unreleased driver for the AMD cards because they're 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 00:03:59.480 --> 00:04:07.239 see the 7870 and the 7850 topping the charts with the 660 coming in a little 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 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:13.840 650ti Boost actually putting up a really 00:04:12.200 --> 00:04:21.040 good showing and this backs up what I was saying about the 650 TI boost really 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:23.479 not actually being a 650 TI at all it is 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 00:04:26.880 --> 00:04:33.080 and the 7770 dropped enormously in terms of the 00:04:31.320 --> 00:04:38.400 minimum frame rates in this game demonstrating that 1 gig of video memory 00:04:35.280 --> 00:04:40.639 is not enough for modern gaming at 1080p 00:04:38.400 --> 00:04:47.120 so I would only really suggest playing Far Cry 3 on either of those two cards 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:49.840 on a 1680 by 1050 monitor or lower in 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 00:04:51.960 --> 00:04:59.720 bench right now here wins this one but again within margin of error against the 00:04:56.639 --> 00:05:02.479 7870 the 7850 put up a really good sh 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:08.759 only performing 10% worse than the 7870 with the 650 TI boost less than 10% away 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:11.880 from the 7850 in spite of the price 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:14.039 differential the 650 TI again just 00:05:11.880 --> 00:05:21.199 choked in this game compared to the 650 TI boost performing about 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:23.280 65% as well as the 650 TI boost so you 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:28.400 are getting a lot of extra performance for that extra 40 bucks the 787 oh and 00:05:26.440 --> 00:05:34.240 the Elder Scrolls 5 Skyrim we are running our sort of modded game with 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:36.520 about 18 mods so your performance may 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:40.600 vary in this game however we will be producing a benchmarking guide for this 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 00:05:43.440 --> 00:05:48.960 this one with our 660 and our 650ti 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:53.240 boost coming very close to each other only about 5% away from each other in 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:58.639 terms of performance with the 650ti and the 7770 bringing up the rear once again 00:05:56.680 --> 00:06:02.919 as the less expensive cards this does make sense um in The Witcher 2 we're 00:06:01.639 --> 00:06:07.360 running with Uber sampling and anti-aliasing disabled and the radon 00:06:05.479 --> 00:06:12.840 cards do come out ahead bearing in mind of course that they are more expensive 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:16.039 with the 660 uh only leading the 650 TI 00:06:12.840 --> 00:06:18.199 boost by about 10% and then the 7770 and 00:06:16.039 --> 00:06:22.120 the 650 TI again bringing up the rear we're seeing uh some pretty good 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:28.400 consistency to the results here which uh means that NVIDIA has done a good job of 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:29.560 pricing the 650 TI boost um correctly 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 00:06:31.520 --> 00:06:38.840 selling point compared to the recently released 7790 although we haven't tested 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 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 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 00:06:49.440 --> 00:06:55.919 7850 and the 650 TI boost it's actually 00:06:52.919 --> 00:06:58.879 pretty good to see how close the 650 TI 00:06:55.919 --> 00:07:02.680 boost gets to the 7850 considering that there is a price differential there 00:07:00.840 --> 00:07:08.759 making this one of the most cost effective 2 gig cards and actually 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:15.639 suitable for 1080p gaming because again in Metro 23 both our 7770 and our 650 TI 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:20.000 which are our 1 gig cards put up pretty decent average frame rates and maximum 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:25.160 frame rates but their minimum frame rates were less than half of the average 00:07:22.599 --> 00:07:29.960 frame rates meaning they ran out of video memory buffer at some point during 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:34.720 our testing and absolutely choked in terms of performance so while this is a 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 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 00:07:42.199 --> 00:07:50.159 and Metro 2033 that really choked on the one gig cards demonstrate that 2 gigs is 00:07:47.400 --> 00:07:54.400 what we need for 1080p gaming however just because the card supports 3+ one in 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:57.440 NVIDIA surround with an auxiliary display doesn't mean you're going to be 00:07:56.080 --> 00:08:02.440 playing any AAA current gen title 00:08:00.159 --> 00:08:06.159 at 3x 1080p resolution you want to do something like that you got to step up 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:11.639 to a bigger card it's nice to see those features from a productivity standpoint 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:14.039 on the card but you know guys make sure 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:18.440 your expectations are realistic thank you for checking out this video review 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:22.280 of the 650 TI boost from NVIDIA don't forget to subscribe to lus Tech tips 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