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EVGA GeForce GTX550 Ti FBP Video Card Review and SLI Performance
Author: Will West
Published: Friday, March 25, 2011
EVGA Value
Many people seem to overlook some of the great things that EVGA does for their customers with incredible warranties and even great overclocking utilities for getting the most value out of their newly bought hardware. So we decided to highlight a couple things that make EVGA stand out above other nVidia partners. Starting out with the ability to get 3DMark 11 Free with your GTX550Ti FBP video card to make the price look even better.
EVGA Precision
To make a great video card, and not compliment it with software to push it to its highest potential is just shameful. Luckily EVGA has gone the extra step and released a new version of the EVGA Precision software. This program will allow you to push the already overclocked GTX550 Ti FPB to even higher clocks, monitor temperature, and adjust fan speeds.
OC Scanner
An important step when overclocking is to test your clockspeed adjustments to ensure they are stable and artifact free. The EVGA OC Scanner can do that for you and report back if it finds anything wrong with the card or the new clocks you are testing.
The Artifact Scanner looks for any kind of hiccup or glitch that most human eyes may not notice while overclocking the card. That allows the user to zero in the perfect overclock with confidence in the cards stability. No more thinking your overclock is stabile just to get the wonderful BSOD surprise while gaming.
The Artifact Scanner looks for any kind of hiccup or glitch that most human eyes may not notice while overclocking the card. That allows the user to zero in the perfect overclock with confidence in the cards stability. No more thinking your overclock is stabile just to get the wonderful BSOD surprise while gaming.
As if all this was not enough EVGA also has a great community on their forums as well as a few popular game servers for everyone to enjoy.
