Palit GeForce GTX 750 Ti StormX Dual

Review: Palit GeForce GTX 750 Ti StormX Dual

Conclusion

Palit's name has become synonymous with some of the most value-conscious Nvidia graphics cards available. Unlike many other partners, the company's overclocked cards rarely attract a significant price premium over reference models. This is true of practically any GeForce GPU and, thankfully, the Maxwell-powered GTX 750 Ti is no exception.

An overclocked StormX is available for £107, which, frankly, is where pricing should have been in the first instance, and Palit goes for the performance jugular with the StormX Dual. Increasing frequencies by a healthy amount on both core and memory, enough to deliver a 15 per cent uplift over the reference card, the StormX Dual mixes it up with larger, meatier cores present in the AMD Radeon R7 265 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 GPUs.

Palit has shown that a little care and attention to specifications and design can go a long way in the mainstream market. The card is cool, quiet, looks good and performs well, easily justifying the small price premium over the cheapest cards.

You needn't spend a fortune on the next graphics-card upgrade. Those with just over £100 to lay down on a card don't have too many compelling choices. AMD's Radeon R7 265 is very scarce, if available at all, and older stock of GeForce GTX 660 is disappearing quickly. Palit recognises this and, right now, has very solid GTX 750 Ti offerings in both the StormX and StormX Dual.

The Good

Very quiet and cool
Attractive looks
High core speed
Overclocked memory
Better-than-reference components
No six-pin PCIe connector

The Bad

No SLI support

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I'm very tempted to get one of these, alas it all depends how they compare directly to my XFX 5870. Less power draw and more performance is exactly what I look for in a card these days.

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I'm very tempted to get one of these, alas it all depends how they compare directly to my XFX 5870. Less power draw and more performance is exactly what I look for in a card these days.

Any of the current generation cards will do that as the HD5870 required dual PCI-E power connectors. Your HD5870 should get a reasonable price if you sell it now due to mining.

Moreover,the GTX750TI 2GB is not that great when compared to the R9 270 cards at under £130.

Ebuyer had Powercolor R9 270 cards for £120 recently too.

They are also plenty of nice R9 270 cards for around the £130 mark.

This MSI has good reviews:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-msi-radeon-r9-270-gaming-2g-28nm-5600mhz-gddr5-gpu-900mhz-boost-975mhz-1280-streams-dp-dvi-hdmi

It has a quiet fan too. That is only a £10 difference when compared to the pre-overclocked Palit which is the fastest GTX750TI card ATM.

What you save in a bit of power consumption,won't make up for the fact if you get a slower card now,it will have to be replaced quicker. Hence over 5 years you will be spending more on hardware.

The GTX750TI is already struggling at 1920X1080.

If the R7 265 is under £120,its going to not look pretty. HD7850 cards can hit high overclocks too,which redeems them to a degree.

My GTX660 cost me just under £140 last year with a game worth nearly £30,and it is still 20% faster in BF4,even though I bought it 10 months ago. It is also a pre-overclocked one meaning it is probably closer to an R9 270.

My whole system including a SB based Xeon E3 1220 and a GTX660 at most consumes around 200W at the wall during gaming and is generally less than that.

No, we make mention that the basic OC version is available for £107 (now £108, funnily enough) and that this model, the Dual, is likely to be £120, based on conversations with Palit. We draw attention to this in the first page of the review.

'The basic, overclocked StormX is available from £107, and this dual-fan model is set to retail for £120, or £5 more than many other reference-like cards.'