Final words and conclusion

Final Words & Conclusion

I find the Geforce GTX 750 Ti in general to be a fun product. Though not the fastest kid on the block it will certainly give you a nice gaming experience up-to 1600x1200. Even at Full HD 1920x1080 the card manages to keep up quite well. Especially if you are able to tweak these cards a bit, you can gain another 10 to 20% extra performance out of them, making them damn good value for money.

Admittedly, being all passively cooled I do have to give props to Palit, they deliver an excellent little card. This product offers pretty decent performance for the money, next to that all other variables are done right as well. The card looks good, does not make noise and cools the GPU at anywhere from 50 to 80 Degrees C depending on your level of airflow inside the PC chassis. Also a big plus is fairly low energy consumption.

Performance

With the card having a base-clock hovering at 1200 MHz you will be able to play games with the GTX 750 up-to 1600x1200 and 1920x1080 fairly well. 1080P is possible as long as you do not opt for freaky image quality settings or the most demanding games. The Ti version on its end is a reasonably nice 1080P card that offers pretty solid framerates at that resolution. But you again can't go wild on image quality settings, but it sure is a capable performer for the money. 

Cooling

As you have been able to see in our test sessions, the passive cooler does its job really well. The card will stay below 55 Degrees C if you seat it into a properly ventilated chassis. With little airflow however that dynamic changes fast and you'll be looking at roughly 80 Degrees C in that scenario. Due to the nature of the cooler you will not be able to hear the cooler at all, however creating airflow inside your PC will, so it is all a little trivial. 

Power Consumption

Typically high clock frequencies have an adverse effect on your power consumption, but at 28nm and a more energy friendly Maxwell GPU, these cards do not need a lot of voltage. So the product, when it's stressed, only consumes (give or take) 90 Watts for factory higher clocked products from the AIB and AIC partners. Average power consumption will sit at 50~60 Watts during gaming. In idle mode (desktop) that number is as low as 5 Watts. 

Overclocking

The card in most scenarios can be tweaked a little more, the power limiter is maxed out, however another 175~225 MHz extra on the GPU core frequency on the card will not be an issue. You do need to apply decent airflow to the cooler though, that obviously is a requirement. By applying a notch extra voltage we actually noticed the card boosting towards almost 1400 MHz (boost is dynamic so it can fluctuate a bit per game / level / stress etc). Not bad for a passively cooled product eh?

Memory wise both cards will pass 6.5 Gbps quite easily and you can safely move onwards to the 7 Gbps region. And with the 128-bit memory bus being a limiting factor, overclocking on the memory will get you extra performance alright. Overall you'll gain another 10%, maybe 20% in performance if you manage to do your tweaking right and if the card allows it of course. Drivers wise we can't complain at all, we did not stumble into any issues. 

Final Words

I do have a soft spot for the 750 Ti series. They are affordable, fun and very tweakable. What I did not expect was a passively cooled card to behave so well, especially with overclocking in mind as that really is a viable option with this product. If Palit can offer this card at say 140 EUR/USD then I'd be very comfortable recommending it. The overclock you can reach with it is downright sweet and the extra performance you gain from it does make this card a capable 1080P performer. Overall it remains an entry level to mainstream product. Your gaming temps will hover at acceptable levels depending on the airflow inside your chassis, the good thing about the cooler is that you will not hear it. So yeah, we can definitely recommend the Palit KalmX GeForce GTX 750 Ti. The sweet cooler is really good, and for the casual and generic gamers at up-to 1080P it might just be what the doctor ordered value wise. Recommended, though remember... you need a little airflow inside the PC.

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