edit: I should inform potential buyers about the EVGA $10 rebate on this card. When you follow the links to the forms, it is FOR CANADA ONLY! I complained about this and reported it to Amazon, but they have not fixed this! Don't buy based off the rebate if you are from the U.S.! EVGA will refuse to honor it!
review:
I am a long time PC gaming veteran, and I typically buy upper mid to high end cards. Recently my GTX 580 (a $500 card at the time) gave up the ghost after 3 years. It was a beast, and tore up everything it touched. Luckily, it was one of the last of the lifetime warranty cards, so I was able to get an RMA. That said, I didn't want to be 2+ weeks without a way to be gaming, so I bought this GTX 750 as a temporary holdover card, then to be relegated to backup card status when my 580 comes back to me.
This is the shocker ... I may just leave this 750 in the PC. Why? because it's doing everything I want from a gaming video card, and it does so QUIETLY and with very little power draw (55w, compared to 244w from the 580). These new Maxwell GPU's are amazing. These are some of the benchmarks I've managed from this 750 ... but first, my specs:
intel i7-920 CPU in turbo, 2.8ghz
16 GB DDR3 1600 mhz RAM
27" Samsung S27C500H monitor @ 1920x1080, 60 hz
Nvidia 334.89 WHQL drivers (16x Anisotropic Filtering forced on in the nvidia control panel)
the games:
Batman Arkham City DX11 benchmark, settings maxed, Physx = normal
min 25 fps
max 58 fps
avg 41 fps
Batman Arkham City DX9 benchmark, settings maxed, Physx = normal
min 39 fps
max 100 fps
avg 68 fps
Crysis 3, medium/high hybrid settings
min 38 fps
max 55 fps
avg 45 fps
X-plane flight simulator, default Cessna 172 aircraft
43 fps inside 3D virtual cockpit
HUD only view, 47 to 90 fps with most settings on high, a few on medium.
The following games gave me 60 fps sustained, with vsync/triple buffer on
* Diablo 3, completely maxed settings
* Mass Effect 3
* Orcs Must Die
* Skyrim
* Kingdoms of Amalur
* Assassin's Creed Revelations
This is a $130 card, running on my 5 year old motherboard/CPU. This isn't supposed to happen! This is truly the best bang for the buck card I've ever encountered. This, and it's big brother the 750 Ti are the fastest cards available that don't require an external power supply.
If you're on a budget, I HIGHLY recommend the GTX 750!
| Max Screen Resolution | 2560 x 1600 |
|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 5012 MHz |
| Graphics Coprocessor | Nvidia GeForce |
| Chipset Brand | NVIDIA |
| Card Description | GeForce GTX 750 |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 1 GB |
