CONCLUSION

   With the GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST 2GB Golden Sample Gainward has successfully introduced a graphics card that can easily fill the gap between the normal GTX 650 and the GTX 670 largely thanks to the very good factory overclock. Granted as many of you are well aware the GeForce GTX 660 Ti model is also present in the market and is placed right beneath the GeForce GTX 670 which in turn means that it's also faster (compared to the GTX 650 Ti BOOST) but not in such a degree to justify the extra price. Personally after the recent introduction of the GeForce 7 series if i had to go over the Gainward GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST 2GB GS I’d probably opt for the GeForce GTX 760 which is a newer model (and thus there's plenty of room for driver improvements), it's slightly faster (even now) and in the long run not really that much further in price compared to the GeForce GTX 660 Ti. Going back to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST 2GB GS by Gainward there's really nothing wrong with it, performance is very good, noise levels are quite low (a lot lower compared to the Phantom GeForce GTX 670), temperatures are also very low and on top of that the card is quite small allowing it to fit even in m-ATX cases with ease.

   One of the things i like about fair competition is that when pretty much every single graphics card manufacturer out there releases their own factory overclocked model (or models) the result is that they don't overprice them and in some cases they even offer them at lower costs compared to the default/stock versions. Of course the more heavily overclocked versions like the Gainward GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST 2GB GS cost slightly more and so currently this particular model retails for around USD190 inside the USA and for 165Euros inside the EU (Overclockers.co.uk). With so many GeForce models currently available in the market it all comes down to what kind of games you play (if at all) and at what resolutions so if you play with a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 and you don't want to pass the USD200 price mark then the Gainward GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST 2GB GS is probably amongst the best choices currently (especially if you want to have a PhysX hardware compatible system) and that's why we are giving it our Golden Award.

PROS

- Build Quality
- Dual Fan Solution
- Good Performance
- Factory OC
- Almost Inaudible
- Low Power Consumption & Temperatures
- 4 Video Outputs (HDMI/DP/DVI-I/DVI-D)
- PCIex 3.0 & DX 11.1 Compatible
- Available OC Headroom
- Price/Performance Ratio
- 2 Slot Solution/Size

CONS

- None