Palit GTX 750 Ti StormX Dual 2 GB Review 27

Palit GTX 750 Ti StormX Dual 2 GB Review

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Here it is, NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 750 Ti, one of the first GPUs based on its next-generation "Maxwell" GPU architecture. First reports of the chip being based on "Maxwell" hit us by surprise as we presumed that a new micro-architecture is invariably pegged to NVIDIA's foundry partner, TSMC, to launch its next-generation 20 nanometer silicon fabrication process. The fact that TSMC's 20 nm node isn't in a position to ship out such complex ASICs as graphics processors right now and that NVIDIA wouldn't want its new architecture to in any way be hit by unforeseen issues arising out of the move to a new process may have led to the decision to use the existing 28 nanometer process.

The GeForce GTX 750 Ti and the GTX 750 (also launched today) are based on the 28 nm GM107 (GeForce-Maxwell 107) silicon. This 1.87 billion-transistor GPU features a basic component hierarchy that's not too different from that of "Kepler," but sees some under-the-hood changes in the design of its key parallel processing sub-unit, the streaming multiprocessor "Maxwell" (SMM). The GTX 750 Ti is positioned between the GTX 760 and GTX 660, which is a sizable gap to fill. NVIDIA is promising some huge performance-per-watt gains with "Maxwell." Given that the GM107 is based on the same 28 nm process as the GeForce Kepler series, there's only one way NVIDIA can deliver on its promise - by developing a better overall architecture.



Palit's GeForce GTX 750 Ti StormX Dual uses a large dual-fan cooler, which does increase the size of the card to accommodate both fans. The card also comes with the highest overclock out of the box; that is, of all the GTX 750 Tis we tested today.

According to Palit, the card will retail at $155, which is only a small $5 over NVIDIA's reference-design pricing.

Palit GTX 750 Ti Market Segment Analysis
 GeForce
GTX 650 Ti
Radeon
HD 7790
Radeon
HD 7850
GeForce
GTX 750
Radeon
R7 260X
GTX
650 Ti Boost
GeForce
GTX 750 Ti
Palit
GTX 750 Ti
StormX Dual
Radeon
R7 265
GeForce
GTX 660
Radeon
HD 7870
Radeon
R9 270X
GeForce
GTX 660 Ti
GeForce
GTX 760
Shader Units768896102451289676864064010249601280128013441152
ROPs1616321616241616322432322432
Graphics ProcessorGK106BonairePitcairnGM107BonaireGK106GM107GM107PitcairnGK106PitcairnPitcairnGK104GK104
Transistors2540M2080M2800M1870M2080M2540M1870M1870M2800M2540M2800M2800M3500M3500M
Memory Size1024 MB1024 MB2048 MB1024 MB2048 MB2048 MB2048 MB2048 MB2048 MB2048 MB2048 MB2048 MB2048 MB2048 MB
Memory Bus Width128 bit128 bit256 bit128 bit128 bit192 bit128 bit128 bit256 bit192 bit256 bit256 bit192 bit256 bit
Core Clock925 MHz1000 MHz860 MHz1020 MHz+1100 MHz980 MHz+1020 MHz+1202 MHz+925 MHz980 MHz+1000 MHz1050 MHz915 MHz+980 MHz+
Memory Clock1350 MHz1500 MHz1200 MHz1250 MHz1625 MHz1502 MHz1350 MHz1502 MHz1400 MHz1502 MHz1200 MHz1400 MHz1502 MHz1502 MHz
Price$100$115$150$120$130$130$150$155$150$190$190$200$260$240
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