Galaxy GTX 750 Ti GC and PNY GTX 750 Ti XLR8 OC
The Galaxy GTX 750 Ti GC model is also custom cooled and uses a custom PCB when compared to the reference setup. Galaxy’s cooler is a bit flashier, a bit more “eastern” in its design, but it accomplishes its goal of keeping the GPU running cool and without a lot of fan noise.
The longer PCB allowed the Galaxy engineers to spread things out while still making room for a 6-pin power connector.
Heatsink and fan design is pretty straightforward here without any heatpipes or more expensive components. The pair of fans run basically silent at idle and ended up being the middle man in terms of gaming noise levels.
The output configuration includes a pair of DL DVI ports and both a DisplayPort and HDMI connection in full size derivatives.
The clock speeds on the Galaxy GTX 750 Ti GC are the lowest of the three being reviewed here today out of the box. Base clock is 1111 MHz, Boost is 1189 MHz and the memory is running at 1350 MHz / 5.4 GHz.
Galaxy graphics cards have become a bit more difficult to find (though they are assuring us that is being fixed) but you can pick up the 750 Ti GC on their website for $159.
The PNY GeForce GT 750 Ti XLR8 OC
Our final contestant in today’s story is the PNY GTX 750 Ti XLR8 OC model and it also happens to be the smallest. With a design that more closely resembles that of the reference card we got from NVIDIA initially, what can you expect in terms of clocks, performance, etc.?
The card has a basic heatsink and single fan, but as it turned out, this card generated the least amount of noise at both idle and load!
Looking under the fan shroud you can see that the heatsink itself is incredibly small and there is no cooling being applied to the memory though as you’ll see below the default clock rates on the PNY card were the highest of the bunch.
PNY stuck with the short PCB design for the GTX 750 Ti which should make it a bit more palatable for SFF users though it does still require a two-slot installation placement. Hopefully we’ll see some single slot GTX 750 Ti options available in the near future.
Also notice that this card does NOT include a 6-pin power connector – just as the reference card did not.
Even so, the PNY XLR8 OC card comes with the highest clock speeds out of the box. We have a base clock rate of 1202 MHz, a Boost rate of 1281 MHz and the memory is running at 1500 MHz / 6.0 GHz. That gives the PNY card the fastest GPU clocks and it is the only vendor that addressed memory speeds to go along with it.
I have yet to see the PNY OC edition of the GTX 750 Ti go on sale, but you can find it listed on their website for $159 or on Amazon for $159.
Where are the single-slot
Where are the single-slot cards? I know a lot of gamers won’t want a single slot cooler due to the increased amount of noise they inevitably produce, but for those of us with different needs (i.e. GPGPU work, coin mining, folding), stacking a ton of cards into a densely-populated motherboard would be ideal.
Galaxy might be making what
Galaxy might be making what you are looking for: http://www.galaxytech.com/__EN_GB__/Product2/ProductDetail?proID=517&isStop=0&isPack=False&isPow=False
I’m just wondering what
I’m just wondering what happened with the 750 Ti contest. It’s been nearly a week since it ended, will you guys reveal the winners soon?
The card linked still
The card linked still requires two slots as the cooler sits higher than one. I really don’t see how this is a “slim” model. They should have spread the cooler out with a larger fan and made it use 1.5x slots; that would use two slots but have a gap for air.
I’m not even sure if cards that only use 1x slots would work for MULTIPLE cards well. You’re likely better off using HALF the number of 2x slot cards.
put automatic captions on at
put automatic captions on at the start of the video and this happened http://imgur.com/40iuSEA
seems accurate for our videos
seems accurate for our videos
I secretly whisper that into
I secretly whisper that into the mic at the beginning of every video. 🙂
Thanks for the review, guys.
Thanks for the review, guys. I’ve been keeping my eye on these early Maxwell reviews. Perhaps a 750ti build for a non-1080p gaming rig, or a friend who may not need Ultra settings for every game. Hopefully when more Maxwell parts are released the miners won’t scoop them all up.
http://www.cryptocoinsnews.co
http://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/category/news/
the above sight has good info for cryptocurrency news
The most important thing for me is that the new asics for litecoin mining are being delivered in July.
all this really means is that pretty soon GPU mining is going to die out soon.
I am happy to have sold off my CF’d 7870 tahiti LE and 7950 twin fzr for a profit. I am without any gaming ability for now but i will buy back in at a low point again soon.
as a reference to when buying was good I had picked up my tahiti le for $215 about 7 months ago and the 7950 for $205 a couple of months after and I sold them both for $550. I needed the cash and am happy for the first time in my life I made a profit off of used hardware but damn do I miss my gaming rig.
Can’t wait till the EVGA FTW
Can’t wait till the EVGA FTW model drops below$150. Maybe a 4th of July sale?
Thinking of updating my
Thinking of updating my beater system. How much of a performance gain is it compared to a 7770 Ghz edition @ 1200p? Just playing Hawken, and Titan Fall.
I’ve been listening to your
I’ve been listening to your podcast. You folks at PC Perspective know about hardware. Recently started buying hardware for a new Gaming PC build and so far I’ve got these hardware parts:
GIGABYTE Z87-HD3 MOBO
Haswell Core i5 4570 processor
Asus VS278Q-P Monitor
So its a bit frustrating right now for me choosing a graphics card because as you might know, the vast selection in specs and budget concerns along with future proofing is confusing. Can the fine folks at PC Perspective recommend a well suited card ?
I do plan on playing TitanFall and later this year maybe upgrade the processor.
Thanks.
-Corona
How can you see no advantage
How can you see no advantage to the 6 pin pcie when the EVGA had a flatline stable overclock which technically put it ahead of the pny overall?
“Even though all three cards can overclock well above their stock speeds, and that equates to quite a bit over the reference speeds, clearly the EVGA card gives us the best result, followed closely by the PNY.”
Actually, the PNY outdoes all
Actually, the PNY outdoes all other cards, because whilst it is not shown in this video (yes I own one), the PNY overclocks to 1372 mhz core clock automatically, and the memory overclocks to 3005 mhz. No bias, just facts.