Asus Overclocks NVIDIA's GTX 550 Ti

March 17, 2011 · by John Ponio

NVIDIA has recently been touting their new GTX 550 TI, which is a mid-range replacement for the 450 in the $150 range. NVIDIA specifies that the card will have a 900MHz clock, but Asus decided to ramp it up. Combined with all-copper heat pipes and “Super Alloy Power quality components,” Asus has managed to get the card up to 975MHz on the GTX550 Ti DirecCU TOP Edition, and 1015MHz on the Extreme edition. The new coolers are up to 35°C cooler than the reference cooler. No word on pricing as of now. A highlights list, taken from the product page, will follow.

New Ultimate GTX550 Ti DirectCU and GTX550 Ti DirectCU TOP graphics cards use top-grade cores and ship factory overclocked to 1015MHz and 975MHz*, respectively, much faster than the 900MHz default.
ASUS GTX550 Ti DirectCU cards apply award-winning DirectCU cooling with all-copper heat pipes touching the GPU core directly for improved heat transference - running up to 20%* cooler than reference under full load.
Super Alloy Power offers an exclusive ASUS development that injects a custom alloy mixture into critical power delivery components – offering a performance boost of 15%* and running up to 35°C cooler than reference. Super Alloy Power graphics cards also average a 2.5* times longer product lifespan compared to generic designs.