Palit GeForce GTX 750 Ti StormX Dual - review by benchmarks_of_truth

• benchmarks_of_truth [TS] on 20 Apr 14 @ 06:47 PM #

  NOTE: The Palit GTX 750 Ti StormX Dual used in this review was not supplied by Palit Microsystems, Ltd. or its distributors here in the Philippines. I bought it for personal use and I\'m just sharing my review to our fellow TPC members. I am in no way connected to Palit Microsystems, Ltd. or its distributors here in the Philippines.
  
  
  
  Specifications
  
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB
  <click here for link>
  Graphics Base Clock: 1,020 MHz
  Graphics Boost Clock: 1,085 MHz
  Memory Clock: 5,400 MHz
  
  Palit GeForce GTX 750 Ti StormX Dual 2GB
  <click here for link>
  Graphics Base Clock: 1,202 MHz (17.8% overclock over NVIDIA reference)
  Graphics Boost Clock: 1,281 MHz
  Memory Clock: 6,008 MHz (11.25% overclock over NVIDIA reference)
  Board Length: 216 mm (8.5 in)
  
  
  
  Test System
  
  AMD A10-5800K @ 4.1 GHz
  Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H (F1 bios)
  G. Skill Trident X 4GBx2 DDR3 2400 @ 2133 MHz
  Seagate Barracuda 2TB
  Seagate Barracuda 1TB
  1x DVD writer
  1x 120mm fan (rear exhaust)
  1x 140mm fan (top exhaust)
  Corsair HX 620
  Antec 300
  Deepcool Ice Wind Pro w/ 1x 120mm fan
  
  Windows 7 64-bit with Service Pack 1
  
  Catalyst 14.2 beta
  Forceware 335.23
  
  
  
  Testing Method
  
  Performance will be measured using the built-in benchmark tool of these games
  
  Metro: Last Light
  Sleeping Dogs
  Hitman: Absolution
  
  All the games are updated to the latest version as of April 20, 2014. Benchmarks were run in DX11 mode
  
  The game settings used are playable even in actual gaming.
  
  Built-in benchmark tool was used for the reason of repeatability. Another benefit is our fellow Tipid PC members will be able to replicate my benchmarks for comparison with their own system
  
  
  
  Benchmark Result - Radeon HD 7660D vs GeForce GTX 750 Ti
  
  The game settings used are the ones which are playable using HD 7660D. The reason for this is to give A10-5800K users an idea how much performance increase they will be getting if they upgrade to GTX 750 Ti.
  
  Radeon HD 7660D was running at 950 MHz and shared memory is 1GB
  
  Metro: Last Light
  
  resolution: 1280 x 720
  quality preset: medium
  texture filtering: AF 4x
  tessellation: off
  motion blur: low
  SSAA: off
  PhysX: off
  
  Sleeping Dogs
  
  resolution: 1920 x 1080
  enable quality anti-aliasing: normal
  enable high-res textures: on
  shadow resolution: normal
  shadow filtering: normal
  SSAO: normal
  motion blur: off
  world density: high
  FPS limiter: off
  
  
  
  
  In Metro: Last Light, total system power draw is 155 watts when using the HD 7660D. With GTX 750 Ti, it increased to 180 watts. That is a 16% increase in power draw for a 75% increase in performance.
  
  
  
  Benchmark Result - Effect of Number of CPU cores on GTX 750 Ti
  
  There are 2 reasons for doing this test. First, to give users of dual-core AMD FM2 APU\'s an idea how much performance increase they will be getting if they upgrade to GTX 750 Ti. Second, to show that even mid-range GPU\'s are affected by the number of CPU cores.
  
  The game settings used will be the highest playable settings on 4 CPU cores + GTX 750 Ti
  
  The 2 CPU cores of A10-5800K was disabled thru Windows 7 operating system <click here for link>
  
  Metro: Last Light
  
  resolution: 1920 x 1080
  quality preset: high
  texture filtering: AF 16x
  tessellation: normal
  motion blur: low
  SSAA: off
  PhysX: off
  
  Sleeping Dogs
  
  resolution: 1920 x 1080
  enable quality anti-aliasing: high
  enable high-res textures: on
  shadow resolution: high
  shadow filtering: high
  SSAO: normal
  motion blur: off
  world density: high
  FPS limiter: off
  
  Hitman: Absolution
  
  resolution: 1920 x 1080
  MSAA: 2x
  shadow quality: high
  texture quality: high
  texture filtering: anisotropic 8x
  SSAO: normal
  global illumination: on
  tessellation: on
  refelctions: high
  FXAA: off
  level of detail: high
  depth of field: high
  bloom: normal
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Video Benchmark
  
  Palit GeForce GTX 750 Ti StormX Dual running Metro: Last Light @ 1080p, High - YouTube video <click here for link>
  
  Set the video quality to 480p or 720p to see the details more clearly
  
  
  
  Pricing
  
  At the time of review, Palit GTX 750 Ti StormX Dual can be had for as low as P 8,100.
  
  UPDATE: As of May 07, 2014, it now sells for as low as P 7,500 only which makes it more competitive against the Radeon R7 260X
  
  
  
  Should you buy it ?
  
  YES if:
  - you just want a mid-range GPU that draws power only from the PCI-E slot or if you have an old low-capacity PSU
  - you cannot afford a Radeon R9 270X but need something faster than Radeon R7 260X
  - you play games for 8 hours or more a day, every day
  - you want a high factory overclock (GPU and memory) for GTX 750 Ti
  
  NO if:
  - you can afford a Radeon R9 270X
  
  -- edited by benchmarks_of_truth on May 22 2014, 01:58 PM

• dino on 20 Apr 14 @ 07:13 PM #

  nice, am planning to get one too...
  
  but i\'m considering the non-dual storm oc version w/c is almost p1k cheaper!
  
  am currently using a 650ti oc and it would definitely be a step up in performance plus all the advantages of the newer maxwell architecture!
  
  :-)

• benchmarks_of_truth [TS] on 20 Apr 14 @ 08:46 PM #

  Testing Forceware 337.50 beta on GeForce GTX 750 Ti
  
  
  Test System
  
  AMD A10-5800K @ 4.1 GHz
  Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H (F1 bios)
  Palit GeForce GTX 750 Ti StormX Dual
  G. Skill Trident X 4GBx2 DDR3 2400 @ 2133 MHz
  
  Windows 7 64-bit with Service Pack 1
  
  
  Testing Method
  
  Performance will be measured using the built-in benchmark tool of these games
  
  Metro: Last Light
  Sleeping Dogs
  Hitman: Absolution
  
  All the games are updated to the latest version as of April 20, 2014. Benchmarks were run in DX11 mode
  
  The game settings used are playable even in actual gaming.
  
  Built-in benchmark tool was used for the reason of repeatability. Another benefit is our fellow Tipid PC members will be able to replicate my benchmarks for comparison with
  
  their own system
  
  Metro: Last Light
  
  resolution: 1920 x 1080
  quality preset: high
  texture filtering: AF 16x
  tessellation: normal
  motion blur: low
  SSAA: off
  PhysX: off
  
  Sleeping Dogs
  
  resolution: 1920 x 1080
  enable quality anti-aliasing: high
  enable high-res textures: on
  shadow resolution: high
  shadow filtering: high
  SSAO: normal
  motion blur: off
  world density: high
  FPS limiter: off
  
  Hitman: Absolution
  
  resolution: 1920 x 1080
  MSAA: 2x
  shadow quality: high
  texture quality: high
  texture filtering: anisotropic 8x
  SSAO: normal
  global illumination: on
  tessellation: on
  refelctions: high
  FXAA: off
  level of detail: high
  depth of field: high
  bloom: normal
  
  
  Benchmark Result
  
  
  

• ed_alan on 20 Apr 14 @ 08:58 PM #

  try mo din sa video rendering pafs, hingi ka tips kay boss juntzo.hehe
  
  nice review though
  
  thanks

• ambin on 20 Apr 14 @ 09:35 PM #

  i have the evga version bought it for 150$. running hitman absolution,. splinter cell blacklist, skyrim, payday2, far cry3. all at high. not ultra. but my gtx 660 or 570 or 760 all plays at ultra settings.

• benchmarks_of_truth [TS] on 20 Apr 14 @ 10:34 PM #

  
  
  
  
  

• benchmarks_of_truth [TS] on 21 Apr 14 @ 10:10 AM #

  Testing Palit GeForce GTX 750 Ti StormX Dual on Luxmark 2.0
  
  Room Scene benchmark
  
  Based from GPU-Z 0.7.8, GPU core clock varied from 1,333 MHz to 1,346 MHz and GPU temperature peaked at 60 C. I have no air-con unit in my room. Room temperature probably around 32 to 35 C. Benchmarks conducted at 10:30 AM
  
  GTX 750 Ti - score is 690
  
  
  
  A10-5800K + GTX 750 Ti - score is 800
  
  
  
  -- edited by benchmarks_of_truth on Apr 21 2014, 10:35 AM

• benchmarks_of_truth [TS] on 21 Apr 14 @ 02:33 PM #

  Stress Testing Palit GeForce GTX 750 Ti StormX Dual
  
  
  Test System
  
  AMD A10-5800K @ 4.1 GHz
  Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H (F1 bios)
  G. Skill Trident X 4GBx2 DDR3 2400 @ 2133 MHz
  Seagate Barracuda 2TB
  Seagate Barracuda 1TB
  1x DVD writer
  1x 120mm fan (rear exhaust)
  1x 140mm fan (top exhaust)
  Corsair HX 620
  Antec 300 (side fan bay was covered)
  Deepcool Ice Wind Pro w/ 1x 120mm fan
  
  Windows 7 64-bit with Service Pack 1
  
  Forceware 337.50 beta
  
  
  Testing Method
  
  The built-in benchmarking tool of Metro: Last Light was used.
  
  Here are the settings
  
  resolution: 1920 x 1080
  quality preset: very high
  texture filtering: AF 16x
  tessellation: very high
  motion blur: low
  SSAA: off
  PhysX: off
  
  Number of runs was set to 20
  
  MSI Afterburner 3.0.0 beta 19 was used to monitor the GPU temperature and the GPU core clock speed
  
  Stress testing was started at 10:40AM. I don\'t have a thermometer but I feel that the room temperature was around 32 to 35 C
  
  
  Testing Result
  
  GPU core clock speed varied from 1,333 MHz to 1,346 MHz in the first few runs. From the 18th to 20th run, GPU temperature reached 70 C and the GPU core clock speed would dip momentarily to 1,280 MHz and sometimes as low as 1,254 MHz. But it never dipped to or below 1,202 MHz which was the rated GPU core base clock of Palit GeForce GTX 750 Ti StormX Dual
  
  Here are the average results of 20 runs
  
  max. frame rate = 68.31 fps
  avg. frame rate = 33.70 fps
  min. frame rate = 6.51 fps

• benchmarks_of_truth [TS] on 23 Apr 14 @ 08:00 PM #

  Testing Method
  
  The built-in benchmarking tool of Metro: Last Light was used.
  
  Here are the settings
  
  resolution: 1920 x 1080
  quality preset: very high
  texture filtering: AF 16x
  tessellation: very high
  motion blur: low
  SSAA: off
  PhysX: off
  
  Number of runs was set to 20
  
  MSI Afterburner 3.0.0 beta 19 was used to monitor the GPU temperature and the GPU core clock speed
  
  Stress testing was started at 10:40AM. I don\'t have a thermometer but I feel that the room temperature was around 32 to 35

  
  
  I repeated the benchmark this morning using the same image settings but I now enabled SSAA (Super Sampling Anti-Aliasing)
  
  I used the log function of MSI Afterburner and opened the \".hml\" file in Libre Office spreadsheet
  
  Each run of the benchmark is around 180 seconds. Benchmark duration is 20 runs
  
  Here are the specs of Palit GTX 750 Ti StormX Dual according to GPU-Z
  GPU base clock: 1,202 MHz
  GPU boost clock: 1,280 MHz
  
  Here are the actual GPU clock speed during the benchmark
  
  
  
  

• myki on 26 Apr 14 @ 10:13 AM #

  Thanks for the review... I\'m also looking for a card to replace my GTX 650 Ti.

• on_arb on 27 Apr 14 @ 04:11 PM #

  i recently bought a palit gtx 750 ti and cdr king mini hdmi adapter for my itx build. kaso problem is hindi nadedetect yung hdmi connection. pero when i used the vga cable, nadedetect naman ng mga lcd tv namin yung pc. also tried the mini hdmi adapter to 3 hdmi cables. kaso wala pa din. ano kaya may probs? yung mini hdmi adapter or yung mini hdmi port ng video card?
  
  any others who experienced this issue?

• on_arb on 28 Apr 14 @ 04:39 AM #

  ^
  Just when back to CDRK*ng yesterday to have the mini HDMI adapter replace, when it was tested by the technician the adapter works when they tried connecting it to their android tablet and lcd monitor.
  
  So I decided to purchase a mini hdmi to hdmi cable, tested also again using their android tablet and lcd monitor.
  
  When I got back home I tried the newly purchased mini hdmi to hdmi cable.
  
  The PC is still not detected by my lcd tv. :(
  
  Is this an issue with the vPalit GTX 750 TI? Planning on returning the video card to the shop and have it checked it and replaced. :(

• jmj92180 on 29 Apr 14 @ 12:12 AM #

  Thanks sa review @benchmarks_of_truth, by the way paano nakahook up yung Palit 750 Ti mo? HDMI, VGA, DVI?
  
  @on_arb, na-isolate mo na ba kung Video Card or mini HDMI yung problema? Plan ko din kasi bumili nito to connect to my LED TV.

• benchmarks_of_truth [TS] on 29 Apr 14 @ 06:09 PM #

  by the way paano nakahook up yung Palit 750 Ti mo? HDMI, VGA, DVI?

  
  
  VGA

• pctechdude on 29 Apr 14 @ 06:27 PM #

  Very Nice Review Pafs. This video card is indeed on the sweet spot. Isa kang asset ng TPC bro. Keep Up The Good Work.

• on_arb on 29 Apr 14 @ 07:56 PM #

  @benchmarks_of_truth
  
  Sir have you tried using the MINI HDMI connection? Tried with my unit 2 MINI HDMI to HDMI cables and also tried with 2 LCD TVs but HDMI was not being detected.
  
  However VGA connection was detected. Have you also encountered this issue?

• benchmarks_of_truth [TS] on 29 Apr 14 @ 08:46 PM #

  Very Nice Review Pafs. This video card is indeed on the sweet spot.

  
  
  Thanks, bro
  
  Yeah, it\'s a great card. There\'s even a review site which said that this is what the reference GTX 750 Ti should have been
  
  
  

  have you tried using the MINI HDMI connection? Tried with my unit 2 MINI HDMI to HDMI cables and also tried with 2 LCD TVs but HDMI was not being detected.
  
  However VGA connection was detected. Have you also encountered this issue?

  
  
  Sorry, I don\'t have an HDTV or an LCD monitor with mini HDMI port

• jerroldroid on 29 Apr 14 @ 09:16 PM #

  Nice review BOT. Maganda daw pang mining yan ah. Mababa sa kuryente compared sa ibang ka-level ng hash niya.

• jmj92180 on 29 Apr 14 @ 11:22 PM #

  @on_arb
  I just got this Video Card, mine is working thru mini HDMI hooked up to a LED TV.
  
  -- edited by jmj92180 on May 02 2014, 11:57 PM

• leo_ricq on 20 May 14 @ 10:26 AM #

  pwede po ba pa benchmark sa world of tanks sa gtx 750 sir??? wala kc ako idea kung ilang FPS nyan at pwede po ba mag maximum setting... please po sir

• leo_ricq on 21 May 14 @ 01:30 PM #

  pwede po ba pa benchmark sa world of tanks sa gtx 750 sir??? wala kc ako idea kung ilang FPS nyan at pwede po ba mag maximum setting... please po sir

• kitt0y on 24 May 14 @ 05:10 AM #

  Anu po mai recomend nyo? etong Palit na ito or yung Zotac Gtx 750ti Oc\'ed ?

• sixshot619 on 25 May 14 @ 06:54 AM #

  may review po kayo sa GTX 750 lang? 1600 x 900 lang kasi ang monitor ko... tnx
  
  nice review btw

• ed_alan on 25 May 14 @ 07:15 AM #

  @ kittoy
  
  Sa pagkakaalam ko may 6-pin ang Zotac Gtx 750ti Oc\'ed, ang Palit wala
  
  Halos pareho lang din price at performance ng dalawa
  
  Preference na lang
  
  -- edited by ed_alan on May 25 2014, 07:39 AM

• ricperez on 09 Jun 14 @ 10:37 AM #

  Umaabot po ng 69 degrees Celsius yung temp ko at 69% fan speed kapag naglalaro ng Watch Dogs. normal lang po ba yun? :/

• knjin_himura on 15 Jun 14 @ 02:33 PM #

  Ask ko lng mga boss. Perfect combo ba tong gpu na to sa i3-4130 @3.4 ghz? Or mag bottleneck sya?

• JBagsic on 17 Jun 14 @ 02:05 AM #

  ^ i was going to ask the same question too...i am currently using an i3 4130 and a gtx560
  
  1. will there be any bottle neck on i3 4130 + 750ti?
  
  
  2. will changing to 750ti improve the gaming performance on my rig or will it have the same performance with my gtx 560?

• core2pentium4 on 21 Jun 14 @ 08:24 PM #

  @jbagsic
  
  1. no. actually a perfect combo :)
  
  2. gtx750ti is on-par with gtx 560ti/hd7850/gtx650ti-boost. so its faster.
  
  -- edited by core2pentium4 on Jun 21 2014, 08:48 PM

• erickmeister on 25 Jun 14 @ 12:34 AM #

  Mga Pafs Yung Palit GTX 750ti ko Baka hnd rin Gumana Yung HDMi ah Kinakabahan ako tuloy. Hnd ko kc Magamit Nasa Vacation ako . sna hnd rin sira. VGA lng Gamit ko sa Dell ko. :-(

• chibibot on 14 Jul 14 @ 03:39 PM #

  Question sa mga may 750 ti. Anong card ang pipiliin nyo? Anong advantage ng dual fan na palit? May 6pin req ba yan zotac? Dualslot ba ito and kasya sa mga mini itx?
  
  Vga Palit Geforce GTX 750 Ti StormX Dual 2G GDDR5 128Bit
  
  Vga Palit Geforce GTX 750 Ti StormX OC 2G GDDR5 128Bit
  
  Vga Zotac GTX 750 Ti 2gb 128bit