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Newegg has the EVGA 01G-P4-2650-KR GeForce GTX 650 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card for $95 - $10 rebate [Exp 11/30] = $85 with free shipping. Features 384 CUDA Cores and a diminutive length of 6". 2GB version also available for $132 shipped after $10 rebate.
$85
Finally some pricing that makes sense.
Yeah it's nice to see them below $100, though I'd expect the PCB and heatsink design limit o'c a bit, though the heatsink also looks like it'd work about as well but quieter and easier to clean dust out of if you pulled the shroud/fan off and strapped a low RPM 80x25mm fan on instead.
Yea, I find it a nice product up until you detect it needs a 6-pin, while behind the 7750 that doesn't need one? I would've rallied for this card for the entry level upgrade, like say what a GT240 DDR5 had going for it. Perplexingly, Nvidia says it's a 64W TDP and then straddle it with a 6-Pin, the GT240 didn't need one and that was designated as a 70W card.
While OC that's the other quandary... as you state these could offer some headroom especially given the 6-pin, but such card hasn't the components or cooler to push it a bunch. The real telling sign is the lack of reviews of such "reference" cards and no mention of OC’n. I have seen the MSI Power Edition make 17% and that translates right over to a similar percent bump Fps, but that not the build or the Plain Jane these are.
But even if this needs external power, CUDA support with this low power consumption is valuable if your are a creator.
Radeon is basically for a player.
#4 - Yeah for those who understand the merits of CUDA it a good BfB in that type content.
If close to a Fry's, they have the MSI 7770 1Ghz (R7770-PMD1GD5) for $90 although a $30 rebate. If you're not down the street like me shipping looks like $7
http://www.frys.com/product/7333444
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDdxQnLT3UM
I've had odd issues with EVGA cards. One was Acrobat X Standard, unable to print to a PDF without a BSOD. 0X07E pointed to video drivers. I swapped the video card, same latest Nvidia drivers, no issues so far. Second was AutoCAD 2008, everything else ran fine but try and do any 3D rendering, random BSOD's. Heat wasn't the issue, latest drivers, slightly more stable. Swapped to a Zotac card, no issues.
That might be broken VRAM.
Usually EVGA is better than Zotac.
^ Agreed, seems like a video memory error which could be a faulty chip on any brand and model of card, although it wouldn't be surprising if the lower cost /budgetized versions of cards might have less QC time spent checking for memory errors.