Legit Video Card Reviews

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 550 Ti AMP! Edition Video Card Review

Manufacturer: Zotac
Product: ZT-50402-10L
Date: Mon, Aug 29, 2011 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Bill Hentschell -
Share:

The Test System


The test system we used for the ZOTAC AMP! GeForce GTX 550 Ti  card is an Intel i5-2500k  'Sandy Bridge' quad core processor running at stock 3.3 GHz, 4 GB of Corsair Dominator 1600 MHz memory, 700 Watt OCZ PSU, 
OCZ 100GB Vertex Limited Edition SATA II SSD with Window 7 Professional 64-Bit  SP1 with all the updates, and a Seagate 7200 RPM 500 GB hard disk for additional storage.  We used our Dell U3011 30" flat panel display for all testing so we could go up to the maximum of  2560 x 1600 resolution this card supports.

Test System

Dell U3011
 


The ZOTAC AMP! GeForce GTX 550 Ti was run with the latest Forceware 280.26 WHQL drivers that were just released on August 9th.

ZOTAC AMP! GeForce GTX 550 Ti angle

GPU-Z Stock Clocks

 

GPU-Z Idle

 


ZOTAC AMP! GeForce GTX 550 Ti  comparison product and pricing notes:
In order to give a frame of reference we are going to compare our tests against the ASUS GTX560 DCII Top card we just finished testing.  The GTX560 is the next level up in the GTX500 family and this one also happens to be a factory overclocked version.  However, that card was selling for $257.86 shipped against this card currently selling for $134.99 shipped so please keep that in mind as you are looking at these next pages that it is not a fair fight so to speak.  If you wanted just the reference model GTX560 with no factory overclock you can get this ZOTAC version for $196.04 shipped.  We call that out so you can see that it is roughly a $61.00 jump to the next platform from this one and then another $61.00 to top level overclocked version of the GTX560.  Hopefully this helps you make purchasing decision between these budget GTX500 graphic cards.

Next Page - Aliens vs. Predator


Review Index
Page 1 - The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 550 Ti AMP! Edition
Page 2 - Retail Box and Bundle
Page 3 - The Test System
Page 4 - Aliens vs. Predator
Page 5 - Just Cause 2
Page 6 - Metro 2033
Page 7 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Page 8 - H.A.W.X. 2 Benchmark
Page 9 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 10 - 3DMark 11
Page 11 - Temperature Testing
Page 12 - Power Consumption
Page 13 - Overclocking The Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti AMP!
Page 14 - Final Thoughts & Conclusions