1 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:12,559 The Cooler Master Glacer 240L CPU cooler delivers the convenience of an 2 00:00:10,639 --> 00:00:17,279 all-in-one and the performance of a custom water cooler. Click now to learn 3 00:00:14,559 --> 00:00:23,279 more. We've actually got a double feature today. A GTX 750Ti with a 4 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:29,039 reference design from NVIDIA and a spoiler alert by the way kick asses 5 00:00:27,119 --> 00:00:34,480 one. But first, the introduction. The GTX 750Ti is not on the surface the most 6 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:39,360 exciting card from NVIDIA that we've ever reviewed. Performance is solid, 7 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:46,160 sure, and power consumption is extremely low due to the GM 107 GPU GPU cores use 8 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:52,559 of NVIDIA's allnew Maxwell architecture, but it's not exactly a Titan challenger 9 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:55,760 in terms of raw horsepower. No, this 10 00:00:52,559 --> 00:00:58,160 product is for tier 1 PC upgraders, uh, 11 00:00:55,760 --> 00:01:04,720 small form factor enthusiasts, folks who are upgrading from older something 50 12 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:08,880 class cards like the 550Ti, or basically anyone who's looking to get solid 1080p 13 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:13,200 performance in modern titles without expecting to crank the details up to 14 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:16,799 maximum. Now, NVIDIA spent a fair bit of time in their press briefing talking 15 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:22,000 about the technologies around the card like G-Sync gameream and GeForce 16 00:01:20,159 --> 00:01:25,680 experience with Shadow Play, uh, gameplay recording, and streaming to 17 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:29,360 Twitch. And these technologies are great and a key differentiator for NVIDIA 18 00:01:27,439 --> 00:01:33,280 compared to their competition, but we've covered most of this stuff in a fair bit 19 00:01:31,439 --> 00:01:38,560 of depth in the past. So, I will refer you instead to our G-Sync video, our 20 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:42,159 Shield streaming latency test, and our GTX 780 Ti review, which I have all 21 00:01:40,799 --> 00:01:45,840 linked below if you can't click on the annotations, where you can learn more 22 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:50,799 about all of that stuff. One other interesting thing to note about G-Sync 23 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:55,600 in particular, that technology, is that neither of the cards in our showcase 24 00:01:52,960 --> 00:02:01,119 today support it due to their lack of DisplayPort output. But don't worry, 25 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:05,360 there will be 750Ti cards that do. Instead, today I want to focus on what 26 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:10,640 exactly NVIDIA has done in order to achieve a 4x improvement in efficiency 27 00:02:08,239 --> 00:02:16,080 over three generations with only one process shrink. Instead of using a 28 00:02:12,879 --> 00:02:18,480 single control logic block for all 192 29 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:23,120 cores in its SM or streaming multipprocessors, NVIDIA has created 30 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:27,599 smaller control logic blocks for 32 cores each. That makes the task of 31 00:02:25,599 --> 00:02:32,879 routing and scheduling traffic easier for each control logic block and allows 32 00:02:30,239 --> 00:02:38,000 Maxwell to improve performance per core by about 35% leading to NVIDIA's best 33 00:02:35,519 --> 00:02:43,200 performance per watt GPU ever. It is so efficient it needs only a tiny little 34 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:46,560 cooler for its 640 CUDA cores and 2 gigs 35 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:49,760 of 5.4 GHz DDDR5 RAM running on a 128 36 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:51,840 bit bus. and it doesn't even require a 37 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:57,840 six pin PCI Express power connector due to its 60W TDP. The second focus point 38 00:02:55,440 --> 00:03:01,519 for me is overclocking. The way NVIDIA has locked down overclocking over the 39 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:06,080 last few generations with respect to maximum voltages and power limits has 40 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:10,800 been frustrating. So, it's refreshing to see them come out and say this card is a 41 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:14,720 great overclocker. And I'm excited that we get to show you results from both of 42 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:19,599 these cards at the same time because they represent two very different 43 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:22,159 approaches to graphics card design. The 44 00:03:19,599 --> 00:03:25,760 reference card is very, very small and requires no power connector, so it'll be 45 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:30,879 compatible with pretty much any PC with a PCI Express slot. ASUS's nonreference 46 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:35,200 benefits list continues to be the same as ever. 10 extra bucks gets you 47 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:39,519 slightly increased stock clock speeds, a better IO layout, although no display 48 00:03:36,879 --> 00:03:45,120 port still. A better cooler, better PCB design with ASUS's SAP um super alloy 49 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:49,360 power components promising cooler operation, longer lifetime, better 50 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:53,760 efficiency, and reduced coil wind. But there's more this time. The 750Ti 51 00:03:52,159 --> 00:03:59,280 normally doesn't have that connector, while the ASUS 1 has a PCI Express 6 pin 52 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:02,080 connector. However weird the positioning of this connector might be, unless 53 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:05,599 you're installing it in a small form factor PC where that's closer to the 54 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:09,519 power supply than the back of a card, it'll be interesting to see how more 55 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:14,640 power affects a card like this when it comes to overclocking and performance. 56 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:19,440 Spoiler alert, a lot. Stay tuned for exactly how much. These two itty bitty 57 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:23,840 graphics cards pack quite a punch. They come on top of both my Far Cry 3 and 58 00:04:21,759 --> 00:04:27,840 Bioshock Infinite benchmarks. And you can tell by looking at these numbers 59 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:32,080 that that ASUS aftermarket card does gain a lot by having that additional six 60 00:04:29,840 --> 00:04:35,440 pin power on top of there. If you want to see how much it helps, you can check 61 00:04:33,759 --> 00:04:40,000 out my overclocking doc in the description of the video down below where you can see all of my settings for 62 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:43,600 both of the cards and their core clock actual so you can see exactly how fast 63 00:04:41,759 --> 00:04:46,560 they are running. Maybe you're someone who wants the additional power and wants 64 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:50,320 to be able to overclock it even more. This card has tons of headroom. And even 65 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:55,280 if you don't want that additional power and maybe just want to go with the reference design, it still has a bunch 66 00:04:53,280 --> 00:05:00,400 of headroom there. This is a very easy card to overclock. I got to run, guys. 67 00:04:57,759 --> 00:05:03,919 As it is 4:00 a.m. Tuesday and I've been up since Sunday morning working on 68 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:07,919 different forum stuff and whatnot. This video has to be edited, uploaded, and 69 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:12,000 released by 6:00 a.m. So, we're going to see how I can accomplish that. But, we 70 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:15,840 will see. Like and favorite and dislike the video and share and subscribe to the 71 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:19,280 channel and all of those things. And in addition, I'm not giving up yet. I want 72 00:05:17,919 --> 00:05:23,520 that second place position for organizations. Uh, check out the PC 73 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:28,560 gaming section of the linesttips.com forum. Look at the Star Citizen thread 74 00:05:25,759 --> 00:05:33,200 and join the organization. We will be number two. We can make it. I'll talk to 75 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:55,919 you guys later. 76 00:05:55,919 --> 00:05:58,000 Heat.