Final words and conclusion

Final Words & Conclusion

Where I was feeling like a little 'meeeh' with the reference products admittedly I do have to give props top Palit, they deliver an excellent little card. Thanks to the massive factory tweak with the core frequency running 1200 MHz, this little critter offers pretty decent performance for the money, next to that all other variables are done right as well. the card looks good, does not make noise and cools the GPU at roughly 50 Degrees C. Also a big plus is the low energy consumption.

Performance

With the card having a base-clock hovering at 1200 MHz you will be able to play games with the GTX 750 up-to 1600x1200 and 1920x1080 fairly well. 1080P is possible as well as long as you do not opt freaky image quality settings or the most demanding games. The Ti version on its end is a reasonably nice 1080P card that offers pretty solid framerates at that resolution. But you again can't go wild on image quality settings, but it sure is a capable performer for the money. 

Cooling

As you have been able to see in our test sessions, the dual-slot dual-fan cooler does its job really well. The card will stay below 50 Degrees C and that is just great. Low temps often also mean low noise levels and that is the same here. You will not be able to hear the cooler at all. The product is virtually silent even under hefty game stress. And again, while it is stressed it will keep that GPU under 50 Degrees C as well so these are nice figures. 

Power Consumption

Typically high clock frequencies have an adverse effect on your power consumption, but at 28nm and a more energy friendly Maxwell GPU, these cards do not need a lot of voltage. So the product when it's stressed only consumes give or take 90 Watts for factory higher clocked products that the AIB and AIC partners. Average power consumption will sit at 50~60 Watts during gaming. In idle mode (desktop) that number is as low as 5 Watts. 

Overclocking

The card in most scenarios can be tweaked a little more, the power limiter is maxed out, however another 50~75  MHz extra on the GPU core frequency on the card will not be an issue. By applying a notch extra voltage we actually noticed the card boosting well over 1400 MHz (boost is dynamic so it can fluctuate a bit per game / level / stress etc). Memory wise both cards will pass 6.5 Gbps quite easily, and with the 128-bit memory bus being a limiting factor, overclocking on the memory will get you extra performance alright. Overall you'll gain another 10% in performance if you manage to do your tweaking right and if the card allows it of course. Drivers wise we can't complain at all, we did not stumble into any issues. 

Final Words

I think that the Palit StormX Dual GeForce GTX 750 Ti should be on your short-list if you are in the market for a budget gaming card. Now the danger with the factory overclocked products remain in pricing, but if Palit can offer this card at say 140 EUR/USD then I'd be very comfortable recommending it. The factory overclock is downright sweet and the extra performance you gain from it does make this card a capable 1080P performer. Honestly at these clock frequencies the product is in a class of its own. But let me repeat the word capable though, as overall it remains an entry level to mainstream product. Your gaming temps will hover at 50 Degrees C, which is excellent, the good thing of the cooler is that you will not hear it either. So yeah, we can definitely recommend the Palit StormX Dual GeForce GTX 750 Ti. The sweet factory overclock helps out a lot, and for the casual and generic gamers at 1080P is might just be what the doctor ordered. Recommended.

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