ONDA Unveils GeForce GTX 550 Ti with 1536 MB of Memory

[btarunr]

This just had to happen. NVIDIA wanted GeForce GTX 550 Ti to have higher memory bandwidth, while keeping costs low. So it populated its 192-bit GDDR5 memory interface with mixed density memory modules (that's 4x 1 Gbit, and 2x 2 Gbit) to get 1 GB of standard memory size. Chinese motherboard and graphics card specialist ONDA, which primarily sells in the East Asian markets, decided to populate the 192-bit interface with all 2 Gbit modules. The result is 1536 MB (1.5 GB) of memory.

The ONDA X-Engine GTX 550 Ti has a upper-mainstream look to it, with 1536 MB of memory, a high-performance cooler that uses a large 6-heatpipe heatsink, cooled by two 80 mm case fans, 4+2 phase VRM with POSCAP capacitors, and overclocked speeds of 1000 MHz core, 2000 MHz CUDA cores, and 4.40 GHz memory. To support the increased power demand, the card draws power from two 6-pin power connectors. Display outputs look to include one each of DVI, D-Sub, and HDMI. It isn't very likely that ONDA will sell westwards.



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[slyfox2151]

seems like a bit of a waste, a 550 really is not strong enough for multi screen gaming, 1650x1050 ( i assume thats the resolution this card is aimed at ) wont need more then 1GB of video ram for normal gaming...

 

[arroyo]

This is a waste of a good components and PCB for GTX550. They should put GTX460 on it ... at least.

 

[Yellow&Nerdy?]

Why make such a card? You don't need more than 1GB of memory for everything but high-end GPUs and/or multi-monitor setups, which you won't be able to pull off with a GTX 550. And why put all these OC-features on a "mid-range" card? People that buy these probably won't/can't play demanding games at high resolutions. They probably want to save some money and have a GPU that's good enough for some casual gaming.

 

[Xaser04]

Ironically despite this cards lack of GPU grunt, putting 1.5GB of memory on it actually makes sense from a performance point of view - 768MB would have also made sense but is harder to market.

The last 256MB of memory on the 1GB card technically only has 32.8GB/s memory bandwidth (as complex balancing would have used up the 768MB spread over the 3 (6) memory channels first, leaving only the 256MB connected via two 32bit links).

With memory loads of over 768MB this card should be noticably faster than the 1GB card in the same gaming scenarios (or at least should have higher minimums).

 

[newtekie1]

Yeah, but no settings that would require memory loads over 768MB would be playable on this card anyway.

I'd rather see a 768MB card that was cheaper than a 1.5GB card that was more expensive, the 1.5GB isn't helping at all.

 

[pantherx12]

Why make such a card? Because people who don't visit sites like this buy cards based on memory alone XD ( for the most part)

Also, looks pretty nice!

Can someone confirm if this is the same ONDA that makes PMPs? like this one

 

[catnipkiller]

Where did onda come from? Same makers of the Honda?

 

[_JP_]

Holy crap!! Look at the monstrosity of that cooling system, that must be one hell of a powerful graph...oh wait, it's just a GTX550Ti.

 

[pantherx12]

Holy crap!! Look at the monstrosity of that cooling system, that must be one hell of a powerful graph...oh wait, it's just a GTX550Ti.

Imagine what they're high end cards are like, it's nice to see ( no way to say this without sound racist lol) some quality stuff coming out of china directly. certainly looks quality anyway, pcb isn't bad at all.

 

[newtekie1]

no way to say this without sound racist lol

 

[pantherx12]

Hey, at-least I didn't say " I'm not racist but" lol

 

[Vancha]

Can someone confirm if this is the same ONDA that makes PMPs? like this one
http://mp4nation.net/catalog/bmz_cache/c/ca0c81a9e60d0bc1ee5313ac60c03ba9.image.733x550.jpg

The Onda logos are identical, so it's a pretty safe bet.

 

[Dave65]

Wonder how well it will Fold..

 

[newtekie1]

Wonder how well it will Fold..

It will likely cost as much, or more than a GTX460 and probably won't come close in Folding potential.

 

[xBruce88x]

Ironically despite this cards lack of GPU grunt, putting 1.5GB of memory on it actually makes sense from a performance point of view - 768MB would have also made sense but is harder to market.

The last 256MB of memory on the 1GB card technically only has 32.8GB/s memory bandwidth (as complex balancing would have used up the 768MB spread over the 3 (6) memory channels first, leaving only the 256MB connected via two 32bit links).

With memory loads of over 768MB this card should be noticably faster than the 1GB card in the same gaming scenarios (or at least should have higher minimums).

i agree a little, the higher bandwidth memory configuration should be a nice performance boost, but is it worth the dough? would like to see a benchmark (games not 3dmark) though. with that massive cooler i'm sure it'd overclock well.

btw... like the serenity avatar... was a good movie. would be nice if they brought back the show.

edit... i got a feeling the cooling will make it use 3 slots.
edit2... the yellow caps/mosfet... w/e they are remind me of my old conner hard drive.

 

[Zubasa]

i agree a little, the higher bandwidth memory configuration should be a nice performance boost, but is it worth the dough? would like to see a benchmark (games not 3dmark) though. with that massive cooler i'm sure it'd overclock well.

btw... like the serenity avatar... was a good movie. would be nice if they brought back the show.

edit... i got a feeling the cooling will make it use 3 slots.
edit2... the yellow caps/mosfet... w/e they are remind me of my old conner hard drive.

Even with that cooler the 550 won't OC too well.
These things are clocked at 900~1000Mhz out of the factory already.

 

[wolf]

Even with that cooler the 550 won't OC too well.
These things are clocked at 900~1000Mhz out of the factory already.

one over at guru3d was clocked and benched at over 1100 mhz core, given the right power regulation and cooling the 550Ti seems to clock nicely.

I would have preferred to see a cheaper 768mb variant than this but at least it looks and sounds good two in SLi should perform admirably given the local memory boost, but price for performance will be crap, you would be much better off with a 560Ti

 

[WarEagleAU]

I guess they are thinking someone will use this for oil/graphics industry and cad work. In a case such as that, the memory will definitely help.

 

[Zubasa]

one over at guru3d was clocked and benched at over 1100 mhz core, given the right power regulation and cooling the 550Ti seems to clock nicely.

I would have preferred to see a cheaper 768mb variant than this but at least it looks and sounds good two in SLi should perform admirably given the local memory boost, but price for performance will be crap, you would be much better off with a 560Ti

The thing is at 1Ghz the GTX 550 is still slower than a 5830,
even if this version manages 1.1Ghz it still performs around the 5830 which is shit regardless.

 

[pantherx12]

The Onda logos are identical, so it's a pretty safe bet.

In that case, cool!

Onda are are decent mainstream brand in China, they get knocked off as much as Apple do

Means quality should be decent : ]

They SUCK at software though, so if these cards come bundled with anything, just burn it

 

[Meizuman]

Why make such a card? Because people who don't visit sites like this buy cards based on memory alone XD ( for the most part)

Also, looks pretty nice!

Can someone confirm if this is the same ONDA that makes PMPs? like this one
http://mp4nation.net/catalog/bmz_cache/c/ca0c81a9e60d0bc1ee5313ac60c03ba9.image.733x550.jpg

I think they are the same company. If I don't remember wrong, I saw a bunch of motherboards from onda. I've been looking for a new PMP to replace my Meizu (they make only M9's, too expensive) Onda may be the only other Chinese manufacturer to have a decent quality PMP's that have all that I need.

http://onda.cn

There are motherboards, VGA's, MP3's and GPS on their list. I think they are growing bigger and better every year.