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MSRP in USD: $149
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$109
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Key Differences
In short — GeForce GTX 970 outperforms the cheaper GeForce GTX 550 Ti on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce GTX 550 Ti is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce GTX 970 is 1284 days newer than the cheaper GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Performs up to 35% better in Sea of Thieves than GeForce GTX 550 Ti - 113 vs 84 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti - 4 vs 1 GB
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
- Up to 77% cheaper than GeForce GTX 970 - $109.0 vs $469.0
- Up to 69% better value when playing Sea of Thieves than GeForce GTX 970 - $1.3 vs $4.15 per FPS
- Consumes up to 22% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 116 vs 148 Watts
Sea of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card …
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GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Desktop • Mar 15th, 2011
FPS
84
74%
Value, $/FPS
$1.3/FPS
100%
Price, $
$109
100%
Value Winner
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Desktop • Mar 15th, 2011
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Desktop • Mar 15th, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
7.2 GPixel/s
10%
Texel Fillrate
28.8 GTexel/s
23%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
|---|---|---|
Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Mar 15th, 2011 |
| GeForce 900 | Generation | GeForce 500 |
| $329 | MSRP | $149 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
| 2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 GB | Memory | 1 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 192-bit |
224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 98.5 GB/s |
1050 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 900 MHz |
| 1178 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1026 MHz |
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