The focus of this article is one of the most popular video adapters in the Russian gaming market in the budget class, Geforce GTX 750. There are a lot of reviews in the media about this video card, both positive and negative. To draw your own conclusions, you have to study the reviews of the owners, get acquainted with the technical characteristics of the devices and make a comparison with competitors in this price range. Also, a potential buyer can get acquainted with unique devices produced by well-known world brands that did not miss the opportunity to make themselves known on the gaming accessories market and choose the right video card for their needs.
Brand new architecture
Many fans of Geforce products will like the manufacturer’s step, which for the release of a new product created a completely new GM107 chip based on an architecture called Maxwell. Nvidia Geforce GTX 750, logically, replaced the old Geforce GTX 650 chip. But if you recall, in the 600s from the budget class there are three models: 650, 650 Ti and 660. Accordingly, the manufacturer is simply obliged to replace all of them with more new chipsets with higher performance.
However, the manufacturer thinks differently. Releasing the 750th model, the manufacturer presented its overclocked model with the marking of the GeForce GTX 750 Ti and stopped there. Indeed, two new products in performance are much inferior to the game modification Nvidia GTX 660, which is still in demand on the market, and its price is constantly growing.
Chip Factory Specifications
First of all, it will be interesting for a potential buyer to find out what performance characteristics the Geforce GTX 750 has. First of all, the future owner will be interested in power consumption, it is 55 watts, which is almost half that of the previous model. The Ti modification consumes only 5 W more, but this is apparently due to the increased amount of video memory (2 GB versus 1 GB in the 750 model) and an increased memory frequency (5400 MHz) by 400 units.
The number of transistors is 1870 million pieces, the manufacturing process is 28 nanometers, and the core area is 148 square millimeters. A high-speed PCI-E 3.0 interface with GDDR5 memory type is used for connection. For the budget class, an acceptable 128-bit memory bus is used, which is why many users have been dissatisfied for many years, judging by their reviews. The owners will be pleased, unless the core frequency, which nevertheless has become four-digit - 1085 MHz in the budget class is definitely progress. Yes, and support for DirectX 11.2 clearly hints to users about the gaming capabilities of the adapter. But there are questions about the number of texture units, the number of which was halved (32 for the 750 version and 40 for the Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 Ti).
Appearance is sometimes misleading
The appearance of the video card immediately makes it clear to the user that one can only dream of high performance - you can never rise above the budget class with this device. But this opinion is misleading, because over the past decade the race has gone more for supported technologies than for the number of frames per second that many owners of top-end devices with many years of experience are covering up for. Definitely a modern graphics card Geforce GTX 750 from the budget class will show a more realistic picture in modern games than the device of the last decade.
Doubts can also be caused by the cooling system, which is very similar to a regular cooler to the Intel processor. Judging by the numerous reviews of the owners, this video adapter actually does not need a powerful cooling system, because 55 W heat dissipation practically does not heat the board, which means that the need for a cooler is minimal. If the Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 Ti will be overclocked by the future owner, then the installed cooling system is able to cope with heat dissipation, which will please all owners of this device.
Exclusive from Taiwanese manufacturer
The very first product that appeared on the Russian market on the Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 chip was under the Asus brand, so the review of the new product will begin with it. For the first time in many years of work on the market, the Taiwanese giant has changed its traditions: the complete absence of colorful patterns on the packaging, minimal equipment and inexpensive packaging seem to discourage brand fans.
The manufacturer has always been serious about the cooling system, so many owners can definitely be discouraged by the appearance of the fan and the lack of additional power on the video card. But after the tests, the user will write thanks more than once to the manufacturer for installing an excellent silent cooling system on the Asus Geforce GTX 750 Ti.
Owners will also be pleased with three video outputs on the board, which belong to different eras of the formation of the world of electronics. The ancient D-Sub connector is still popular in the budget class. Many users are not yet ready to change white assembly monitors to Chinese consumer goods. HDMI and DVI connectors allow you to connect TVs and projectors to your computer.
but on the other hand
The Asus Geforce GTX 750 Ti OC video adapter, having appeared on the Russian market, has occupied its own niche a bit. Instead of being placed in a budget class, he got to advanced gaming devices, where he was placed next to the Geforce GTX 660 and Radeon R7 260X. Naturally, the price of the video card inflated by the seller did not comply with the Nvidia policy.
In the media there are a lot of reviews and reviews of owners who prove to others that the new product belongs to the budget segment and its price should be appropriate. In terms of performance, the closest competitor to this video card is the Radeon R7 260. Among its brothers, the adapter should be in the middle between the 650 Ti and 660 models. Naturally, the cost of a video card should be within these limits. With the advent of video adapters on the Maxwell chip from other manufacturers, sellers finally decided on the class of devices and placed them in a budget niche with the corresponding price.
Asus marketing move
Many users trust the manufacturer so much that they simply don’t notice the catch. And we are talking about the product Asus Geforce GTX 750 Ti Strix 4096 MB. This video card is positioned in the gaming class as an analogue of the more advanced device of the 760 series. It is not clear who actually identified the video adapter in the game class - the manufacturer or the seller, but this is unfair to the end user.
This device has exactly the same characteristics as its competitors, created on the Maxwell chip. A distinctive feature is only the increased up to 4 GB of video memory, which does not have any effect on the performance of the device. The appearance has also undergone changes - Asus engineers installed a cooling system from a top-end video card on a budget video adapter. As a result, the attention of the buyer was attracted, but in response received a huge amount of negative to the brand, judging by the reviews in the media.
A worthy player in the video card market
The new Palit Geforce GTX 750 StormX will certainly interest a potential buyer. Indeed, in addition to the standard 1 GB video memory for all devices based on the Maxwell chip, the manufacturer provided its product with two gigabytes. The future owner will also like the cooling system, which consists of one fan and a plastic casing covering the entire surface of the adapter, as is realized with top-end devices. Naturally, such a video card during installation takes two places in the case, this must be taken into account when buying.
The powerful cooling system unambiguously hints that the Geforce GTX 750 graphics card is capable of showing greater potential. The performance of the adapter can be improved by software overclocking (the utility is supplied in the box with the device) by 12%, raising the frequency of the graphics core from 1085 MHz to 1154 MHz. Overclocking practically does not affect the fan noise level, judging by the test results, nobody succeeded in heating the chip over 57 degrees, which means that the cooling system copes with its task 100%.
Proper cooling will lead to victory.
Seeing a Gigabyte Geforce GTX 750 Ti product, a customer might think that a well-known Chinese brand has created their vision of an Nvidia video card based on the Maxwell chipset. At first glance, the device is no different from the top-end. However, upon a detailed examination, it turns out that under the huge cooling system of two coolers, a lot of radiators and copper tubes for heat dissipation, the appearance of the video adapter has not changed.
Gigabyte didn’t install powerful cooling for fun. Thanks to efficient heat dissipation, the manufacturer was able, unlike competitors, to overclock the GPU as efficiently as possible. A 30% increase in potential for an air-cooled Geforce GTX 750 Ti graphics card is nonsense for the entire computer market. In the media on the Geforce GTX 750 chips, reviews by many owners assure that even the overpriced product price from the manufacturer Gigabyte in no way spoils the overall impression of the purchase. After all, not every device, being on the market in a budget class, is able to work at the level of top models.
Gigabyte pitfalls
Having got acquainted with the technical characteristics of the Gigabyte Geforce GTX 750 Ti video card, the user will find that, in addition to the advantages, the owners of these devices discuss the shortcomings, which are plentiful. First of all, these are the sizes of the video adapter. The budget option is much larger than its “colleagues” in the price niche, and many users who purchased an inexpensive computer gave preference to a small case, in which you will have to prioritize: a basket for hard drives or a fast video adapter.
Negatives of the owners' reviews include the quality of the cooling system itself. Very low quality coolers are responsible for the air flow, which vibrate strongly during operation, creating a terrible noise (even without acceleration). It is very strange that specialists did not notice this in many reviews and tests, in which the Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 Ti video card from Gigabyte participated. If you believe the positive reviews on the cooling system of the other half of the owners, we can assume that the quality is highly dependent on the party or the market.
The old guard does not give up
Fans of products from the EVGA manufacturer were very lucky - their favorite brand took the responsibility of making a very productive Geforce GTX 750 graphics card. Reviews from many owners claim that EVGA technologists coped with the task perfectly. As expected, the manufacturer paid all the attention to the cooling system, and, unlike competing products, provided the video card with rather expensive coolers. As a result, even at maximum speeds, the user will not hear an extraneous hum. The system also copes perfectly with cooling, in none of the existing tests did the GPU temperature exceed 70 degrees.
As always, the EVGA brand was distinguished from its competitors by the software that was created specifically for the video adapter in question. The video card operation control panel looks very impressive, any change occurs almost instantly, in real time, which will allow the user to observe the result with their own eyes.
Demonstration of economy in a budget class
But the well-known manufacturer Inno3D, which loves to fight for the best performance in the video card market, made a move with the horse, or rather, refused to race with competitors and showed the world's most economical video adapter in the budget class. The Inno3D Geforce GTX 750 Green graphics card is designed to save energy. To do this, a program has been introduced in the graphics accelerator BIOS, which in idle mode forcibly reduces the frequency of the graphics adapter to 200 MHz. Naturally, the energy consumption of the device is significantly reduced (up to 15 W on average). When the video adapter is loaded, the frequencies rise again, pulling the performance to the maximum. The manufacturer supplemented a rather interesting solution with a specific cooling system, which attracts the views of many potential buyers.
Overlocker Favorite
But the Geforce GTX 750 from Zotac, a very well-known manufacturer on the Russian market, is unlikely to please its fans with anything. There are a lot of negative reviews in the media regarding this brand, because everyone was expecting another breakthrough from the best workshop for the production of the most productive video accelerators. The owners of the device note the almost silent operation of the cooling system and recommend this video card to all customers who have the micro-ATX form factor housing, because this is one of the few cards that has kept the factory dimensions.
Externally, the Zotac device looks very attractive, but the low profile of the video card declares directly to customers: this video accelerator will not be able to compete with representatives of the game class. It’s a pity, because it’s for this brand that many fans are ready to give all their savings.
Passive cooling budget
Gainward also quickly navigated the budget device market by releasing passive-cooled Geforce GTX 750 2048Mb. This manufacturer has always created unique devices that, having one chipset, have a lot of distinctive features. To recall at least the built-in VIVO module with image capture (by the way, in this budget model this module would be interesting to many owners, judging by their reviews).
And if a potential buyer thinks that, along with the lack of noise, the video card has poor performance, then he certainly never knew Gainward. To be competitive, the manufacturer overclocked the graphic core from the factory settings by 8%. And to remove competitors in one niche, he gave his product a five-year warranty. The bottom line: a silent board with excellent performance and a huge warranty period. What else does a buyer need in a budget class?
Gold series in a budget class?
Gainward never ceases to amaze its fans. The release of the GeForce GTX 750 Ti Golden Sample clearly attracted a lot of attention. Indeed, in the gold series of this manufacturer, video cards are always used, which have passed rigorous selection and testing for overclocking and overheating. Naturally, the final product is pre-dispersed at the factory, as Gainward claims in the documentation supplied with the video card.
In this case, the GeForce GTX 750 Ti Golden Sample received increased performance by 20% - 1202 MHz overclock on the graphics core and 6008 MHz memory frequency. All this is seasoned with a proprietary cooling system from the golden series, which guarantees high-quality and continuous operation for 5 years.
The tests of this video adapter and their comparison with inexpensive game-class devices lead to speculations that the manufacturer deliberately limited the overclocking of the video card so that its performance does not go beyond the budget class. However, the user can continue the undertakings of the Gainward company, because the proprietary utility Expert Tool is included in the kit for the video card.
Leader in price-quality reviews
Who would have thought that a series of gaming graphics cards MSI GAMING replenished with a budget device. The most interesting thing is that the famous world brand does not hide this. And how surprised the user is when he brings the purchase home, because in the huge box with the device he will find a lot of interesting things, not to mention the video card itself, whose appearance deserves a standing ovation.
In the box you can find: Geforce GTX 750, a driver for installing the device, software, adapters for video outputs, cable for connection. MSI has a complete set of all accessories that should be delivered with a video adapter (as it was many years ago). Users will also like the software that comes on one of the disks in the kit, because it contains utilities for monitoring, tuning and overclocking the video card. It is noteworthy that MSI programs work seamlessly with different chipsets and devices from different manufacturers.
Finally
Anyone who understands computer components knows that devices belonging to the same price category cannot compete with higher-class electronics. Accordingly, the Geforce GTX 750 chipset will not be able to get from the budget class to the gaming one, no matter how much the manufacturer wants it. A potential buyer should understand this before buying, at least read the reviews of the owners and watch the reviews in the media, studying the recommendations of specialists.
In terms of performance, a video card with a Maxwell chip is the most technologically advanced and productive device in the niche of budget video adapters. This fact confirms a large number of tests and comparisons. IT experts note that the Geforce GTX 750 chips have low potential for independent overclocking and warn many users against rash actions.