ASUS Readies GeForce GTX 650 Ti DualFan

[btarunr]

ASUS is working on a new graphics card based on the upcoming GeForce GTX 650 Ti GPU, augmented with a non-reference design cooling solution. ASUS refers to it as "dual-fan," stopping short of calling it "DirectCU II." One can infer that the cooler could look very similar to dual-slot DirectCU II featured on GTX 660 DirectCU II, with the exclusion of direct-contact heat pipes. The new cooler, according to leaked marketing material will be 11% quieter, and run the GPU 14% cooler than NVIDIA reference cooler. The new marketing materials confirm specifications revealed by an older leak. The GPU is clocked at 980 MHz, with 1350 MHz memory (5.40 GHz GDDR5-effective), with 576 CUDA cores, and 1 GB of memory across a 128-bit wide interface. The GeForce GTX 650 Ti is expected to be priced around US $149, and is slated for October 9.



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[tacosRcool]

awwwww no picture....

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

Seems like over kill to me but to each their own.

 

[dude12564]

awwwww no picture....

On the box

 

[UbErN00b]

They're GT 650's in my eye. GTX 650 Ti??? really?? load of crap from NV with the GTX and Ti model names for a mid/low end card.

 

[Casecutter]

Asus.... How do we make the facade that these worth some money? Slap on a dual fan and hardly run either and tout that it's quite.

There were only a few GTX550 that had dual fans and anything other than extruded aluminum radial cooler an those had like a 116 TDP. Here’s a card that is said to be a 85 TDP and they give it dual fans? I'll bet it that's the same extruded aluminum block cooler found on their HD7770-2GD5 (80 TDP).
http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/AMD_Series/HD77702GD5/

At least with that 7770 there might be some OC'n headroom, because if this with an entire GPC gelded is anything like the GTX660 (GK-106 Core) OC'n wasn’t it’s strong suite. I suppose they set clock artificially low just to make it appear like something.

 

[ShockG]

It's 768 CUDA cores and 16 ROPS, not 576. Its GK106 core not 107, which makes me wonder if calling it a 650Ti is really smart as it has virtually nothing to do with the 650.

 

[xorbe]

This reads just like the dual-fan Leadtek 650 card (just 64 watts!):
"Leadtek Enhances 10% Cooling Performance for GeForce GTX 650"
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=172190

Stock 680 cards get by with 1 reference fan, but 650 cards need dual-fans ...