What's the difference in this card being powered by MSI vs powered by NVIDIA? Is it a quality difference?
1027520
NVidia is the company that develops the video card technology, MSI just takes their reference design and alters it, by overclocking it and giving it alternate cooling solution.
1027521
The cooling on the msi is far superior. It runs nice and cool with its factory oc. I also have the gigabyte windforce and had the nvidia version and this card was the coolest, while being the quietest. Also, MSI has has great software for managing the fans and osd. Get the MSI. That's my opinion from experience.
1027522
this card has much better cooling because it uses two fans, besides that, they use the same gpu/everything. One thing to note is that this one is also overclocked, you can do the same with the evga card but this one is preoverclocked. With the cooling you could overclock it higher if you wish.
1027523
Sorry I wouldn't know, I researched the card on the web site. A lot of info there.
1841400
I would say much better. A friend bought a 7750 and took it back to get this card for just $30 more. He said it was a big improvement. I stay away from the Catalyst drivers, they seem buggy.
754667
It depends on what kind of GPUs you'll be using. I tried to push two GTX 780's, and it wasn't enough for benchmarking. It ran for regular games, but you really want more headroom so you're not pushing your power supply so hard.
124003
if your power supply is a 500W or above you will be able to power the card. Provided the rest of your system isn't low end or super dirt old, you shouldn't be bottlenecked or have to worry about hardware compatability.If you mean software wise like drivers, well Nvidia cards like to play well with eachother so having an Nvidia card in there and swapping to another Nvidia should be fine if you do not wish to reload your OS.
2227523
MSI recommends a 350w or greater power supply. Having said that, other reviewers here say they're working fine with as little as a 250w supply. It will all depend on what else is going on with your particular PC. Start adding other things like extra CD or disk drives, extra PC or PCIE cards for other purposes, and you'll have issues. This card is good to upgrade PCs that otherwise cannot be upgraded, especially slimline machines.
791390
170W is what Nvidia's site says for this card. I am not sure how MSI's modifications have affected this.
2250448
You will be happier if you run the 500w psu. Always have a bigger power supply than you need. Often it is necessary to need that extra power with graphic intensive games. The card will run better for you.
864980
I have a 600W power supply, and won't be getting SLI. I've cranked up everything to max in every game I've played on it, and it hasn't had any issues. 650W is plenty.
745630
I'd go with the MSI. EVGA is typically expensive for what you get and they are constantly releasing (and subsequently discontinuing) cards with slight variations. It's more marketing that substance. This MSI runs under a load 24/7 (BOINC apps) and has never even reached 50% fan speed with Afterburner.
273117
Hi, Ryan. I can't speak to your specific hardware configuration, but I can give you mine for a somewhat-apples-to-somewhat-apples comparison.I am running this same GTX 650 Ti 2GB in a machine with: i7 950 overclocked to 3.07GHz, 16GB RAM, 1x 64GB SSD, 2x 1TB 7200RPM HDD, 1x 750GB 7200RPM HDD. This machine has a 600W OCZ PSU, and I've had no issues with lack of power. YMMV, of course.This is a great little consumer-level card, probably the best I've owned so far. It has taken everything I've thrown at it (all games on "high" settings) with ease.
406665
I got mine used from an owner that used it for heavy mining and gaming, and it has been cool and quiet. It's exhibited no artifacts, so I'd say it's reliable. The MSI version in particular has solid build quality.
1907202
Reference card.....It is the same as any graphic card.... mine is very quiet and I have had it for a year.. no problems.... The price is great besides PNY's lifetime warranty.... Tom's hardware tested it and 2 cards SLI ..out perform the Titan which is a 1000 dollar card.... 2 gtx 760's are half the price and mine does not get warm at all.... hope I answered your question
895758
I have the 650w version, purchased on the recommendation of a friend. I also have a MSI GeForce GTX 770 and after 9 months of use I have had no issues, no problems, outstanding power supply. Hope this helps.
1070144
What is the difference between the 2? I didn't know if I should get this or G51j-3D. Using the computer for mainly games. My only problem is that I am not a huge ATI fan, have had their cards so many times and have been disappointed so many times.
101590
Toms hardware web site explains the situation here http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1653731/whats-difference-pcie-x16-pci-express-x16.html#.
1842299
They are the same base model, but since they are from separate companies, they differ in exact specifications. Also, the one you mentioned is the 4GB memory model, while this one is the 2GB model. 2GB VRAM is usually enough, but 4GB is handy in very high performance gaming. Also EVGA Superclocked isn't necessarily equivalent to MSI Overclocked (they probably aren't). EVGA SC typically has a slightly higher frequency boost. There may be other differences. The specifications should clarify for each card.
2097681
This card has a slightly higher clock speed (base/boost:1072/1137 versus base/boost:1046/1111) and better cooling. Everything else is the same performance and feature-wise.