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For our review today we are using the ForceWare 334.89 and Catalyst 14.2 beta drivers.
As mentioned earlier in the review – notice the ridiculous placement of the PCI e power connector, close to the I/O plate on the opposite side of the PCB. This will make routing difficult in some cases, especially if all your cables are fed from holes in the middle of the chassis. The Asus GTX 750 Ti OC sadly won't operate at all unless this connector is in place.
We are using one of our brand new test rigs supplied by PCSPECIALIST and built to our specifications. If you want to read more about this, or are interested in buying the same Kitguru Test Rig, check out our article with links on this page.We are using an Apple 30 inch Cinema HD monitor for this review today.
Comparison cards:
Palit GTX 750 Ti (1,202 mhz core / 1502 mhz memory)
MSI GTX750 Ti Twin Frozr OC (1,085mhz core / 1,350mhz memory)
eVGA GTX760 SC (1072mhz core / 1502mhz memory)
Sapphire R7 265 Dual X (925mhz core / 1400mhz memory)
VTX3D R9 270X X Edition (1,080mhz core / 1400mhz memory)
ASUS R9 270 Direct CU II OC (975mhz core / 1,400mhz memory)
VTX3D HD7870 Tahiti LE (975mhz core / 1500mhz memory)
VTX3D VChamp HD7850 (1000mhz core / 1225mhz memory)
ASUS HD7850 (860mhz core / 1,200mhz memory)
Gigabyte GTX650TI (1,033mhz core / 1,350mhz memory)
Software:
Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit
Unigine Heaven Benchmark
Unigine Valley Benchmark
3DMark Vantage
3DMark 11
3DMark
Fraps Professional
Steam Client
FurMark
Games:
Sleeping Dogs
Total War: Rome 2
Dirt Showdown
Tomb Raider
Metro Last Light
GRID 2
Alien V Predator
Splinter Cell Blacklist
Battlefield 4
All the latest BIOS updates and drivers are used during testing. We perform generally under real world conditions, meaning KitGuru tests games across five closely matched runs and then average out the results to get an accurate median figure. If we use scripted benchmarks, they are mentioned on the relevant page.
Good card, but yeah no need for a 6 pin power connector. my own MSI card sits at 1,200mhz and doesn’t need it.
ull need it if gets unlocked or u get a bios mod
Sure would have like to have a R7 260X represented, while the extra Higher end 270X up taken out just to not complicate things. Your B-M don’t paint that great of picture, largely due to the higher setting. It just isn’t realistic for that grouping of cards to expect advanced setting on 1920x. Would rather see adjusted settings that keep the 1980x average more in the 35-45Fps “playable” range. I mean to drop £131.99 [$180 USD] and only get entry level seem unimpressive, sure the power is low but IDK.
Here’s my thinking it’s nothing more than an “entry gaming” card that’s basically the reincarnation of the HD 5670 from 4 years ago. Same basic “plug-n-play” card that permits “medium” settings on (what was at that time) the mainstream 1680x resolution. Today that resolution is clearly 1080p, but now the price has jumped like 110%… that’s not progress, it’s just a 5670 for today… and today entry gaming has an exorbitant price!