Product Overview

ASUS is proud to introduce the ASUS ENGTX550 Ti DC. Using the unique ASUS DirectCU Cooler the airflow is doubled and the noise level is greatly reduced by using flattened copper heat pipes which directly contact the GPU core to speed up heat dissipation for a 20% cooler performance compared to reference. Keeping the card temperatures low also results in quieter operations thanks to reduced fan speeds! The card also boasts Super Alloy Power which can create a 15% performance increase, 2.5 longer product life span and a 35°C cooler operation. In addition to this, the engine clock runs at a Pre Overclocked 910MHz, allowing users to enjoy high speed and an unprecedented gaming experience. Super Alloy Power is a special blend of elements formed using an ASUS exclusive formula, under extreme pressure and temperatures. The metals are highly-magnetic, heat-resistant and anti-corrosive used to reduce power loss, enhance durability and achieve cooler operation. Super Hybrid Engine is an intelligent power consumption optimizer that switches between high- and low-intensity power profiles in real-time. This in turn can provide up to 15% improved performance. With exclusive Voltage Tweak technology also being a key feature of this product, the ENGTX550 Ti DC/2DI/1GD5 covers users for every possible over-clocking and over-volting scenario. With the complete package offered by this card users can easily boost their performance by up to 50%!

ASUS Exclusive Features

	Super Alloy Power Super Alloy Power technology uses special alloy formula in critical power delivery components for a 15% performance boost, 35°C cooler operation and 2.5 times longer lifespan.
	ASUS Voltage Tweak Full throttle overclocking with exclusive ASUS Voltage Tweak via Smart Doctor – boosting 50% more speed, performance and satisfaction!
	ASUS Smart Doctor ASUS SmartDoctor is a group of special tools to help users make the most of their ASUS graphics cards. It monitors the Fan RPM, AGP Power Level, GPU and RAM temperature, and has a slide bar for easy manual overclocking. Furthermore, the embedded HyperDrive and SmartCooling technology can dynamically overclock and change the fan speed for better performance and convenience. With its comprehensive hardware monitoring functions it provides you with the best graphics card investment protection and best performance when overclocking.
	ASUS Gamer OSD Real-time overclocking, benchmarking and video capturing in any PC game. Want to boost graphics card performance without exiting the game? Activate ASUS GamerOSD anytime during gameplay and adjust the GPU clock for instant overclocking. Real-time FPS (frames per second) status is also available to keep track of performance improvements.
	Splendid Video Intelligence Technology Watching Movies on your PC is as Good as on a Top-of-the-line HDTV. Traditionally, a GPU Pixel Shader is a graphics function that calculates effects on a per-pixel basis. With ASUS' New Splendid Video Intelligence Technology however, the GPU Pixel Shader will be used to reduce CPU loading for the first time in the world. The New Splendid can amazingly reduce over 30% in CPU loading in comparison to the original version. Therefore, Full HD images enabled by ASUS’ graphics cards can be fine-tuned to deliver vibrant visual representations in conditions most favorable to the human eye. With the New Splendid, watching movies on the PC is as good as watching them on top-of-the-line HDTVs.
	DirectCU Cooling Technology Precision mounted DirectCU copper heatpipes in direct contact with the GPU for rapid heat dissipation – creating 20%* cooler and quiet performance.

NVIDIA Features

	NVIDIA PhysX Technology PhysX is designed specifically for hardware acceleration by powerful processors with hundreds of cores. Combined with the tremendous parallel processing capability of the GPU, PhysX will provide an exponential increase in physics processing power and will take gaming to a new level delivering rich, immersive physical gaming environments.
	NVIDIA CUDA Technology NVIDIA CUDA technology is the world’s only C language environment that enables programmers and developers to write software to solve complex computational problems in a fraction of the time by tapping into the many-core parallel processing power of GPUs. With millions of CUDA-capable GPUs already deployed, thousands of software programmers are already using the free CUDA software tools to accelerate applications—from video and audio encoding to oil and gas exploration, product design, medical imaging, and scientific research.
	NVIDIA 3D Vision NVIDIA 3D Vision brings a fully immersive stereoscopic 3D experience to the PC. A combination of high-tech wireless glasses and advanced software 3D Vision transforms hundreds of PC games into full stereoscopic 3D. Users can even watch 3D movies and 3D digital photographs in crystal-clear quality.
	NVIDIA SLI Technology Delivers up to 2x the performance of a single GPU configuration for unequaled gaming experiences by allowing two cards to run in parallel. The must-have feature for performance PCI Express graphics, SLI technology dramatically scales performance on today's hottest games.
	NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology Blu-ray and HD DVD movies are bringing a new level of movie-viewing experience; with high-definition image quality far surpassing standard-definition DVDs. NVIDIA PureVideo HD2 technology provides unsurpassed Blu-ray and HD DVD movie picture quality.

General Specifications

Interface	PCI Express 2.0 x16
Output Interface	1 x DVI 1 x HDMI 1 x VGA

Expansion / Connectivity

Compatible Slots

1 x PCI Express x16

GPU Specification

Core Clock	910 MHz Core Clock
Shader Clock	1820 MHz Core Clock
Stream Processors	192

Memory Specification

Memory Type	192 bit GDDR5
Memory Size	1024 MB
Memory Effective Size	4104 Mhz

Manufacturer Warranty

Warranty

2 Years

Supported Technologies

Technologies

Microsoft DirectX 11 NVIDIA SLI Support NVIDIA CUDA Technology NVIDIA PhysX Ready NVIDIA PureVideo HD NVIDIA 3D Vision ASUS DirectCU Thermal Solution