Sparkle GeForce GTX 650 Ti review @ Guru3D

Gonna let the Guru tell you about this one.

We review and benchmark the Sparkle GeForce GTX 650 Ti Dragon series and perform an in-depth test with the latest games available. This graphics card is launched to fill the gap inbetween the Radeon HD 7770 and Radeon HD 7850. Aimed at a pricetag of roughly 150 EUR this product comes with 768 shader processors. Sparkle applies a custom PCB and their dual-fan cooler. Next to that you receive a factory overclock right out of the box. Let's check it out shall we ?

In looking at the card the first thing that comes to mind is that the PCB is HUGE!  The cooler is full length with dual fans with a shroud designed to vent outside the chassis.  Of course there is a huge gap in the cooler to ensure when the fans ramp up it can still cool the GPU.  At this point the GPU will be at its hottest and will dump that air back into your chassis.

As I suggested in my 3-way review of the GTX 650 Ti I felt the lack of SLI and small nature of the "reference" PCB lended the card well to being a dedicated PhysX processor and not a viable solution to your "average" gaming needs.  

Mainstream, yes, but for your average gaming rig get a card that can be expanded and offers a good level of performance like the GTX 660 Ti and above.

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