EVGA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB GDDR5 DVI mHDMI Graphics Card 01G-P4-2650-KR

I was looking for a good graphics card that was going to be able to handle HD quality imaging and online gaming onto my 55" HDTV. I came across this graphics card in my search and i believe i bought it for under $100. That was my goal at least and i'm pretty sure that's very close to what i paid. Regardless, I built my own pc with an 8 core processor, 8 gigs of memory and 550 watt power supply. I originally put in a $30 graphics card that i think must have come with the barebones kit. It was fine for the movies and photography but i knew it wouldn't be enough to play games like EQ2, SWTOR, LOTRO, and many other graphic intense online games. I wanted to max out my graphics settings without spending a fortune to do it. The 8 core and 8 gigs of memory help but i needed a graphics card that could handle to shadowing and detail without burning up. I read tons of reviews and comparisons and eventually came to the conclusion that for the money, this was the best bet. To get a noticeable difference in graphics i'd have to jump up to the big dog graphic cards costing hundreds and hundreds of dollars. I believed that i could achieve what i needed personally for these games and any other graphic intense projects i had, on this graphics card. I could have spend $400 and got something i knew would be overkill or i could take a shot on this one and hope my research paid off. In the end, This graphics card works wonderful. Every game i play on the PC works wonderfully on max graphics and no lag. I haven't even had to tweak it or overclock it. My PC stays nice and cool the entire time i use it, regardless of what i'm using it for. I highly recommend this graphics card to anyone that has a decent built computer and enjoys playing PC games or online games that are memory intense. There are better graphics cards out there but they will cost you a bunch! Maybe someday down the road i will have to upgrade it eventually if they come out with a game it can't keep up with but i think I've got plenty of time before i get to that point. Maybe i can overclock it a little? I was slightly hesitant when i first bought this but if this review can help someone like myself out there, get a great quality graphics card without having to worry if it will run games like the games i mentioned, then that will be great.

I recently had a XFX Geforce GTS 250 burn out on me, and needed an emergency, drop-in replacement. It was tough to find a card which matched or exceeded the specs of the original card without busting the bank, but this one fit the bill at an amazing performance-to-price ratio. It was easy to install, and after updating the nVidia graphics drivers (no need to use the CD), everything was back up and running, along with my original graphics settings profiles. I was pleasantly surprised that even though on paper this card has similar benchmarks, most games run much better than on the previous card (the old card still retails as double the price of the Geforce GTX 650!). Not only is the performance-to-price ratio impressive, but the performance-to-power-consumption ratio is high as well. It draws less power from the power supply and runs much quieter. Games tested so far: Planetside 2 - PhysX works correctly on this card (particle effects), whereas the previous card had some issues. I was also able to turn on fog shadows, ambient occlusion, and bump up most settings from medium to high while staying at 30 FPS. Both cards supported turning motion blur on. fs2_open 3.6.18 (open source upgrade of Descent Freespace 2). I turned on all graphics options available on this game, including new experimental features, and it looks absolutely amazing while being silky smooth. The old graphics card would occasionally stutter when switching from one capital ship to another. Conclusion: This card is a great value if you want to boost performance on an aging system, or as an affordable replacement for a bad video card or on-board video card. It supports modern features (physX, CUDA, the latest versions of directX and OpenGL), and should play most new games with medium to high settings at 30-60 FPS. The large amount of ram on this card should reduce stuttering when moving around an environment with lots of high-resolution textures.

Looking for a replacement board for a dead ATI (the second Radeon to fail in some manner in less than 4 years) in our desktop Dell, I decided to go nVidia this time around. Hadn't really heard of EVGA but their products were pretty much everywhere and garnering very positives reviews. Initially tried a lesser 610 graphics card with 2GB of GDDR from them...ended up being an utter failure on our i7. Constant crashes and system freezes, even with Windows Aero disabled. And certainly streaming any sort of video content was impossible to do without the computer locking up, which is about the heaviest lifting that this computer does (it's not used or set up as a gaming computer). After that debacle I really didn't want to go with EVGA a second time, but Amazon had this one at a decent price so I bit...and I'm glad that I did. Installed easily enough, and it worked perfectly from the word 'go'. Video response is extremely fast with none of the slight delays and hesitations that the last Radeon--which was nearly twice the price when it was purchased--did in this Dell when viewing content streamed off the web or working in graphics-intensive apps. Zooming within graphics editors and usability within video editing software has never been better. AutoCAD, SketchUp and Revit operations are far more seamless. This card quite simply makes the user experience on this box so much more enjoyable than what we had previously. While I doubt that we'll ever set up this computer for any sort of intensive gaming activities, this card makes me think that I could, and that the experience would be very satisfying.

Still working :)))

Awesome graphics card, especially for the price. Combined with a good CPU (I'm using Phemon IIX4 965) I can play anything on high, many games can be maxed out.

the graphic card works perfect on my desktop the shippment is fast and i got everything i need. hope to deal with again

Love it! much better then my GTX 210

je fais confiance a EVGA, mais cette carte vidéo reste une entrée de gamme dans le jeux vidéo j ai donc préféré une gtx 670 ftw