Tuesday, February 10th 2015
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ASUS Announces GeForce GTX 750 Ti Strix 4GB
In a bid to woo those who choose graphics cards by memory amounts (and cars with engine-displacement), ASUS rolled out a 4 GB variant of its GeForce GTX 750 Ti Strix lower mid-range graphics card. Pictured below, the card is built identical to the standard 2 GB model, but with double the GDDR5 memory amount. It features out of the box clock speeds of 1124 MHz core, 1202 MHz GPU Boost, and 5.40 GHz (GDDR5-effective) memory. Based on the 28 nm GM107 silicon, the GTX 750 Ti features 640 CUDA cores based on the "Maxwell" architecture, and a 128-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface. ASUS didn't disclose pricing.
50 Comments on ASUS Announces GeForce GTX 750 Ti Strix 4GB
he does also say to use dx12 in valley witch is also a bit interesting.
www.pcgamer.com/sli-overclocking-guide-nvidias-tom-petersen-on-maximizing-multi-gpu-performance/#!
But seriously? a 750ti without SLI support?
I enjoyed my 750ti. It clocks really good and its quite. but an insane 4gb? for what?
As for the DX12 thermal throttling of reference cards on an open air bench, I guess that might be a problem for those people that use a test bench but don't know how to use an OC utility, and don't have the common sense to provide airflow. Reference (blower) cards are known to be less effective in cooling than AIB designs, and the cooling is largely predicated upon chassis airflow through the length of the card.
The only real issues I can see is that reviewers using reference cards and an open air stand might under-report the cards ability due to throttling, but anyone using a better cooling solution, and/or an OC utility to either raise Tjmax and/or alter the stock fan profile if required isn't likely to be greatly inconvenienced. I'm also pretty sure that the fan profile could be altered at a driver level for those with a complete absence of tech know-how...i.e. the exact same solution AMD came up with for their thermally throttling cards.
Much ado about nothing.
xzibit had every right to think there might be a issue when toms says thermal ceiling and tpu says temp limit but I guess maybe smoke should be writing the articles if he thinks he is the all knowing technical guru. problem with that though is you have to be a people person.
Firstly, the solutions are pretty self evident as I outlined, and as millions of people put into practice every day when they use their PC's.
Secondly, I don't claim to be a any kind of all-knowing technical guru, although I have written articles, so maybe the problem isn't as large as you envisage.
Memorable Overclocking Friendly CPUs
History of the Microprocessor and the Personal Computer
Iconic Hardware
The Rise and Fall of AMD
The History of the Modern Graphics Processor
Famous and Infamous Tech Quotations & Predictions
and an informal but reasonably comprehensive Watercooling Guide (along with some other smaller help-type articles spread around other sites, and two more historical articles I'm presently working on).
If you want to be involved with a conversation you could actually read it man.
I didnt say it was some huge issue.. I said it was interesting and seemed aggressive due to the target temp I know amd set for 290's.
the engineers must have thought 80c was a good temp for a reason and to explore what the reason might be could be something nice to read for people instead of half way insulting comments.
edit-I just wanted to add I dont think anything bad of you and have respected what you have said several times but maybe its just not your best day
I guess if you don't believe me you couldclick my name (Graham Singer) on the byline> click "Techspot profile" under my name on the page it takes you to, and read the profile post I just put up just for you. I thought it was obvious I was referring to the post you quoted, not what you said, given that you weren't the one that mentioned reference coolers and an open test bench. What you queried (re: the 80C thermal limiter and the 90C+ mentioned in the article/vid) I attempted to answer in a civil manner. The matter brought up by the other poster you quoted is largely inconsequential as they are fully aware. That got the response it warranted. That was explored at Hawaii's launch. The 290/290X limits are somewhat higher than the norm because of the limitations of power/heat production/noise consideration and the reference cooling solution AMD chose to employ (see basically any launch review for confirmation). The 95C limit ensures that the cards using the reference cooler don't throttle themselves excessively. The limit is still in place as part of AMD's specification, but largely negligible, for AIB designed cooling solutions. It is exactly the same paradigm as AMD used - power/heat/noise vs temp vs performance. Why Nvidia chose 80C is best explained when that temp was set when GPU Boost 2.0 intro'd with Titan. If you're still aggrieved please feel free to put me on ignore.
Correct response: You probably won't need the extra memory, so it probably won't make any difference, but if you do, then you'll be glad you have it.
people dont come read reviews for health.. they are just bored or looking for direction.. I mean one great post could help thousands of people over time or inspire a teenager to build a first gaming rig ya know..
I know ya got that love for great literature and what your words can do.
thank you for the titan article.. I have never seen a better explanation with compressive graphs for the subject.
Asus CEO: Nice idea!