Conclusion

General		+	-
This GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost DirectCU II OC from ASUS has been able to convince us. The cooler is really good and able to keep the card cool and noiseless being in idle or under heavy 3D load and we also like its design. Furthermore it's one of the highest clocked GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost around. Meanwhile we think the card is a bit too expensive although you get a very good cooler and high factory overclocking. You can find it for 15 Euro more than the cheapest GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost and if you look at geizhals.at, it's the most expensive Ti Boost. In thise case ASUS could have done a factory overclocking on the memory and used a better quality heatsink.		- Noiseless in both 2D & 3D - Bundle - Design - Factory Overclocking	- Price - Cheap heatsink - No factory overclocking on the memory
Performance		+	-
Thanks to the factory overclocking, the DirectCU II OC is about 3.0 % faster on average in games than the same card with reference clocks. The power consumption in idle is the same as the reference card from nVidia. Our entire setup was drawing no more than 50 Watts. Under load we measured  "only" 171 Watts. That's 13 Watts less than the reference card, which ticks 52 MHz lower. The difference lies with the custom PCB and the use of better power components. In the end the DirectCU II OC benefits of a much better Performance/Watt ratio and a lower Performance/Price ratio.		- Performance/Watt - Power Consumption in idle - Power Consumption under load
Recommendation		+	-
This DirectCU II OC variant offers exactly what you would expect from a GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost. It features a noiseless and powerful cooler as well as a custom design that makes the power consumption go down. The only contra we found it is the price which is in our opinion 5 € too much.		- Mid-Range Gaming
We gave the GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost DirectCU II OC from ASUS the almost perfect award of 4 out of 5 stars.

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 13 - DIRT Showdown
Page 2 - Technical Data / Specifications	Page 14 - Far Cry 3
Page 3 - Preview	Page 15 - Max Payne 3
Page 4 - Test Setup	Page 16 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 5 - 3DMark 11	Page 17 - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Page 6 - 3DMark Fire Strike	Page 18 - The Witcher 2
Page 7 - Unigine Heaven 4.0	Page 19 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - BattleField 3	Page 20 - Fan Speed / Noise Level
Page 9 - Borderlands 2	Page 21 - Temps - Idle / FurMark / BF3
Page 10 - Bioshock Infinite	Page 22 - Performance/Price & Performance/Watt
Page 11 - Crysis 3	Page 23 - Conclusion
Page 12 - Call of Duty Black Ops 2

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Author: Christian Ney c.ney@ocaholic.ch