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MSI RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC

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Compact and affordable entry-level gaming graphics card based on AMD Polaris 12 (14 nm) GPU with GCN 1.3 architecture, and support for 3-monitor configurations. It features high efficiency (50 W), the presence of moderate factory overclocking profiles and a shortened circuit board length of only 155 mm, which allows it to be used in small-sized mini-ITX cases. Designed to equip multi-purpose home personal computers and HTPC systems, which will benefit from the ability of this model to support hardware decoding of ultra-high definition video in H.264/H.265/HEVC formats at high frame rates (up to 60 fps). It is positioned as a product of the basic price category. Provides full support for the latest DirectX12 and OpenGL 4.5 APIs, which is important for some professional applications that use...3D graphics acceleration features and home users who want to run games. It can be used as part of PC configurations based on processors without an integrated video core. In terms of 3D performance, the MSI RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC graphics card is significantly superior to the solution of the main competitor Nvidia GeForce GT 1030. It can provide a comfortable frame rate in most popular game projects of 2015-2019 at medium or medium-low graphics settings at resolutions up to 1920x1080.
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MSI RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC
2 GB / 1203 MHz
4 GB / 1203 MHz
Main
InterfacePCI-E v3.0
GPU
GPU modelAMD Radeon RX 550
Memory size2 GB
Memory typeGDDR5
Memory bus64 bit
GPU clock speed1203 MHz
Memory clock7000 MHz
Lithography14 nm
Max. resolution5120x3200 px
Passmark G3D Mark3441 score(s)
Connections
DVI-D1
HDMI1
DisplayPort1
Software
DirectX12
OpenGL4.5
Stream processors512
Stream processor version5
Texture units32
General
Monitors connection3
Coolingactive (fan)
Fans1 pc
Power consumption50 W
Minimum PSU recommendation400 W
Number of slots2
Length155 mm
Added to E-Catalogapril 2017

Compact and affordable entry-level gaming graphics card based on AMD Polaris 12 (14 nm) GPU with GCN 1.3 architecture, and support for 3-monitor configurations. It features high efficiency (50 W), the presence of moderate factory overclocking profiles and a shortened circuit board length of only 155 mm, which allows it to be used in small-sized mini-ITX cases. Designed to equip multi-purpose home personal computers and HTPC systems, which will benefit from the ability of this model to support hardware decoding of ultra-high definition video in H.264/H.265/HEVC formats at high frame rates (up to 60 fps).

It is positioned as a product of the basic price category. Provides full support for the latest DirectX12 and OpenGL 4.5 APIs, which is important for some professional applications that use 3D graphics acceleration features and home users who want to run games. It can be used as part of PC configurations based on processors without an integrated video core. In terms of 3D performance, the MSI RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC graphics card is significantly superior to the solution of the main competitor Nvidia GeForce GT 1030. It can provide a comfortable frame rate in most popular game projects of 2015-2019 at medium or medium-low graphics settings at resolutions up to 1920x1080.

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The RX 550 is the only truly new graphics card in the Radeon RX 500 series. Especially for it, AMD designed a new Polaris chip that is extremely simple and cheap to manufacture. At just $90, this graphics card should be a bestseller among fans of less demanding PC multiplayer games like World of Tanks, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Dota 2. drops below 60 fps.

For lestplays and streams

At the same time, the Radeon RX 550 still more or less pulls resource-intensive single novelties. So, "The Witcher 3" and "Watch Dogs 2" give out at a resolution of 1080p and low settings the minimum comfortable 30 FPS. If you want more frames per second, lower the resolution to 900 and 720p. But this graphics card does not have even the slightest margin of performance for the future. But the RX 550 is the cheapest graphics card with support for hardware video recording and game streaming (AMD ReLive feature). A direct competitor to the RX 550 should be the not-yet-released GeForce GT 1030.

Cold temper

The RX 550 consumes only 50 W of electricity, which is why it heats up weakly and is cooled without problems even with a single-fan cooler. Therefore, you can and should buy the cheapest version - MSI RX 550 Aero ITX 2G OC. In a simple PC, the noise of its fan is not audible at all, and in games, although it becomes distinguishable, it still does not irritate. You probably shouldn't use the MSI RX 550 Aero ITX 2G OC to build a new gaming PC. But for the upgrade of an existing old PC, this is it. But note that all Radeon RX 500 series graphics cards, like the GeForce GTX 10, do not have an analogue VGA video output. If you have an old monitor with only such an interface, you will have to purchase an active VGA-HDMI adapter.

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