According to Drew, GeForce GTX 550 Ti will target the $150 segment, which is currently crowded not just with GeForce GTS 450, but also with heavily discounted GTX 460 boards. We don't know how the 550 Ti will perform, but with Newegg.com offering GTX 460 SE and GTX 460 768MB at that price bracket, the newcomer has some big shoes to fill.
Direct competitor will be Radeon HD 5700 Series, which is set to be rebranded into HD 6700 Series, as AMD did not plan to develop the mainstream version of its Northern Islands GPU architecture.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti to arrive next week for $150
Posted on Friday, March 11 2011 @ 21:18 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck