[HELP] GTX 550Ti - FPS Problems

[mercenary]

hello people I was wondering if I buy a GTX 550ti what will be the FPs if i for example run it with the following Pc specs:
PROCEESOR: Core 2 Duo 2.8GHz with 3MB cache and 1066 bus speed MAYBE OVER CLOCKED TO 3.0GHz
RAM:4GB corsair DDR3
GPU: EVGA GTX 550ti 1GB GDDR5
Mobo: ASUS P5G41-TMLX
PSU: will the 550ti work with a cooler master 500w extreme power plus psu?

I WILL BE RUNNING THE FOLLOWING GAMES SUCH AS :BATTLEFIELD 3,ARKHAM CITY,MODERN WARFARE 3 ,MASS EFFECT ,CRYSIS 2 AND NFS RUN,AT 1600X900 RESOLUTION ,HIGH SETTING OR ULTRA WHICHEVER IS GIVING ME THE BEST GAME PLAY.
PLEASE GIVE ME THE RESULTS OF THE FOLLOWING MENTIONED GAMES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

 

[manhunt]

your specs are good but for higher resolution gaming, buy GTX 560ti card .

 

[theundead]

at ur resolution u will get playable fps(30-40 fps, depending on game) with high to very high settings but for 1080p HD u will either need to decrease settings or get a better card. But that better card will be bottlenecked by the cpu; unless u overclock it to crazy high values

dont know about that specific psu, but 500w is more than enough for gtx 550ti

 

[Ali Man]

at ur resolution u will get playable fps(30-40 fps, depending on game) with high to very high settings but for 1080p HD u will either need to decrease settings or get a better card. But that better card will be bottlenecked by the cpu; unless u overclock it to crazy high values

dont know about that specific psu, but 500w is more than enough for gtx 550ti

Even overclocking wouldn't completely eliminate the bottleneck. May be just a bit.

He'll get max frames with medium graphic settings in the game up till 45 FPS.

 

[goldendays2003]

with this setup fps will hang around 40fps mark on high settings, arkham city, mwf3 and bf3 these are the ones that I have tried with 550 at 1440 x900 and I wasn't dissappointed at all

 

[SaJJAd WaSeeR]

Leave this card and spend bit more and get 560ti it will be awesome,and yes might this card or 560ti bottenlenk because of your low processor.My friend has core i3 and 560ti he gets low fps beacuse of processor.Well which screen you are using ?

 

[alikhalid5518]

Bro i have GigaByte Gtx 550 ti and Quad Core OC and 4gb ram and i running on 1920*1080 and i got no prob at any game they run like charm on high settings.......

 

[sohaib50k]

At your resolution it will run games perfectly fine,itll run easily on a 500watts cm,your processor wont fullt utilize the 550ti,better get a quad core cheap or revamp your setup.

 

[mercenary]

What if i got a core i3 2100 (sandy bridge) processor and with the same gpu,will the cpu bottleneck this graphics card??

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guys compare the Radeon 6790 vs the gtx 550ti which is better and which will has the highest price to performance ratio and which card will give the highest frames in the above mentioned games with the above mentioned setting and resolution????

 

[theundead]

6790>550ti in terms of frame rates, but nvidia has cuda & physx(depends on how much importance u give to these)

but for new, 6790 is around 3k more costly than 550ti. in used however, price of both is almost same.

& 1 more thing, NFS the run is limited to 30fps, so no matter which card u get, u cant go beyond 30fps

 

[Spyder]

It will run without a hitch. Plus I wouldn't opt for a 6790 since with the 550Ti you get PhysX as well and MOST of the games out now are tailored for Nvidia GPUs.

 

[haroonshaikh]

ur processor wud be holding u bak big time..!!!

 

[mercenary]

How i mean iam upgrading to an core i3 !!!!

 

[Ali Man]

How i mean iam upgrading to an core i3 !!!!

An i3 2100 and a 6790 is what you'd want. You wont bottleneck with this i3 and a 6790 would give you better performance in gaming as compared to a GTX-550ti. Don't think twice about it.

 

[mercenary]

how ???? could you show me sum benchmarks to back ur theory up!!!

 

[Ali Man]

how ???? could you show me sum benchmarks to back ur theory up!!!

tomshardware

Here's another link:

Radeon HD 6790 review

What I've shown you is the same game (Metro 2033) but from two different but valid sources. GTX-550ti isn't a bad card, but 6790 is a bit more powerful which makes it take lead.

And here's your 3D Mark11 score to tell you how much raw power a card really has:

Radeon HD 6790 review