Overclocking
A new architecture is always reason enough to overclock a mainstream GPU. The latest revision of EVGA's Precision X utility enables a maximum 135MHz offset for the GPU (max clock 1,155MHz) and our sample managed that without issue. Memory overclocked from the default 5,400MHz to 6,600MHz.
The 10 per cent gain is on the low side of what we expected, but it's enough to put the GTX 750 Ti in GTX 660 territory. Far Cry 3 and Battlefield 4 performance at 1080p rose by 13 per cent and 15 per cent, respectively.
We've since been informed that software tools need to be updated to support the Maxwell architecture fully, which should happen in the next two weeks or so. The update will remove the +135MHz GPU offset restriction and add in higher power targets - we're limited to 100 per cent right now.
