MSI GTX 750 vs 750 Ti?

Silibant · Mar 18, 2014

So I've returned a faulty HD7770 from ASUS (never buy it, they are broken) and I'm looking at a NVidia replacement. I have narrowed it down to these two: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=CLX59PmWnb0CFeZDMgodEFYAkg&Item=N82E16814127782&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Desktop+Graphics+Cards-_-N82E16814127782&ef_id=UUoy2QAABTetGuY@:20140318225537:s , which is a regular GTX 750 with a good MSI cooler, or this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=CIqDp-qanb0CFTBgMgodM2wAXw&Item=N82E16814127784&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Desktop+Graphics+Cards-_-N82E16814127784&ef_id=UUoy2QAABTetGuY@:20140318231258:s , which is a 750 Ti with a smaller cooler. What's better for the money? Am I overlooking a better GPU? Keep in mind, the first link is my entire budget, so anything above that is less relevant to my end purchase. Thanks, and happy building.

battler624 · Mar 18, 2014

i'd suggest paying 10$ more and going with this http://www.amazon.com/MSI-OC-PCI-Express-N750TI-2GD5/dp/B00I6DLIB8/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1395185213&sr=8-9&keywords=750+ti

also i realize this is your entire budget, but always go for a 750 ti over the 750, its the best bang-per-buck, the second link is fine, but the msi twin frozr is too silent and epic in keeping the card cool and quite.

Silibant · Mar 18, 2014

battler624 :

This card is $170. You realize that's $30 more right? Thanks for the recommendation, but you might have to look harder to stay within the budget. Once again, no insult meant. I appreciate the fact that you took the time to post.

battler624 · Mar 18, 2014

well you have 3 weeks to make up the difference sooo :

S_F · Mar 18, 2014

Silibant :

Both graphics cards will be good, but I would recommend getting the gtx 750. Since the 750 has a better cooler, you can always overclock it and get the performance of the 750 ti without having much heat issues. It will honestly depend on the amount you are looking to spend, and what your using it for. I pulled this performance info from nvidia's website so it gives you a better idea of the performance between the two.

GTX 750 - http://

GTX 750 TI - http://

Silibant · Mar 18, 2014

S_F :

Silibant :

Both graphics cards will be good, but I would recommend getting the gtx 750. Since the 750 has a better cooler, you can always overclock it and get the performance of the 750 ti without having much heat issues. It will honestly depend on the amount you are looking to spend, and what your using it for. I pulled this performance info from nvidia's website so it gives you a better idea of the performance between the two.

GTX 750 - http://

GTX 750 TI - http://

Wow, thanks! Will probably go with the 750 now, but I'll leave this open until ASUS gets my money back to me, so if anyone has any other ideas they can post them.

Silibant · Mar 18, 2014

Something to note is that I'm on an old crappy VGA monitor, so resolutions won't exceed 720p.

S_F · Mar 18, 2014

No problem. If resolution is going to be 720p than 750 ti wont make a very big difference. You will also have the option to change it to hdmi. If you ever need a higher performance from your gpu, you can always get a second gtx 750 and set the two up in a sli config. (if your motherboard has space for 2 gpu's)

Silibant · Mar 18, 2014

S_F :

I thought you couldn't SLI 750's? Also, I'm on an AMD mATX board, lol. Pretty far off from SLI.

Mortiwrath · Mar 18, 2014

You can't SLI 750s.

Silibant · Mar 18, 2014

Mortiwrath :

Exactly. Any thoughts on what GPU I should get, seeing as how you're new to the thread and all?

S_F · Mar 18, 2014

oh sorry, my mistake

Mortiwrath · Mar 18, 2014

I would go with the 750 ti, just got this one a few weeks ago to hold me over until high end 800s come out. Didn't want to drop $700+ on a card to be a gen behind in a few months. I got it overclocked to 1460Mhz stable, definitely worth the extra few dollars over the 750.

Silibant · Mar 19, 2014

Mortiwrath :

Thanks for the advice, but if you don't mind, read my earlier post concerning the 750Ti. You seem to have a much larger GPU budget than I, so good for you, but me.. not so much.

papablista · Mar 19, 2014

Newegg has a 750Ti for $159 USD and a 750 for $119USD

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500327 750Ti

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487026 750

Silibant · Mar 19, 2014

papablista :

I am aware. However, should you take the time to look at the links I posted, you'll see that I'm looking at the MSI one. IMO, it has a better heatsink and thus it should be better for OC'ing to Ti level. Also, Afterburner.

papablista · Mar 19, 2014

But the Zotac Ti card has for $20.more 640 CUDA Cores 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 & Free $150 In-Game Bonus

where the Msi card has: 512 CUDA Cores 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5
you can download afterburner and use it on most nVidia cards. so why not overclock a ti instead .
There are people out there oc'ing these cards with passive heatsinks the cooling on them doesn't take much,they are very power conservative cards.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-750-ti-passive-cooling,3757.html

Silibant · Mar 19, 2014

papablista :

Thanks, that is actually helpful. Wish I'd further examined those cards. How well do Zotacs perform, as a general rule? My ASUS GPU crashed and stuff, and everyone had that issue on Newegg and TigerDirect. That card looks like it's worth the extra $20, it's just the only review is some dude talking about how you can't use it in Linux (which I don't use).

papablista · Mar 19, 2014

I had a few Zotac's and not a problem with them at all, Yes he had a linux problem and these are new cards so there isn't that many reviews yet, Here's a review Tom's done on it..
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-750-ti-review,3750-5.html

Silibant · Mar 19, 2014

papablista :

Thanks. "Same reference PCB" means the guts are the same as always, right? Not very experienced with GPUs.

Eggz · Mar 19, 2014

That bar graph from Nvidia is a little misleading. Look at 780 vs 780 ti. There's only a small difference there, but the cards in actuality are about 20%-30% apart in benchmarks (780ti is that much faster). Then compare that difference in the chart to the different between the 750 and the 750 ti. It's much bigger. If that graph has any consistency at all, the difference between the 750 and the 750 ti is substantial, and much greater than the difference between the 780 and 780 ti (which is large).

Compare them here: http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-750-Ti-vs-GeForce-GTX-750

The 750 ti has twice the textel fill rate, twice the VRAM, and 78 more CUDA cores (512 vs 640). You should look up bench marks also.

Just as an example, this benchmark shows that the 750 ti achieves roughly 20% more frames-per-second in Metro Last Light at 1080p using "High Quality" (32 vs 38.1 fps): http://www.anandtech.com/show/7764/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-750-ti-and-gtx-750-review-maxwell/11

Silibant · Mar 19, 2014

Eggz :

That bar graph from Nvidia is a little misleading. Look at 780 vs 780 ti. There's only a small difference there, but the cards in actuality are about 20%-30% apart in benchmarks (780ti is that much faster). Then compare that difference in the chart to the different between the 750 and the 750 ti. It's much bigger. If that graph has any consistency at all, the difference between the 750 and the 750 ti is substantial, and much greater than the difference between the 780 and 780 ti (which is large).

Compare them here: http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-750-Ti-vs-GeForce-GTX-750

The 750 ti has twice the textel fill rate, twice the VRAM, and 78 more CUDA cores (512 vs 640). You should look up bench marks also.

Just as an example, this benchmark shows that the 750 ti achieves roughly 20% more frames-per-second in Metro Last Light at 1080p using "High Quality" (32 vs 38.1 fps): http://www.anandtech.com/show/7764/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-750-ti-and-gtx-750-review-maxwell/11

So I take it you root for the Ti?

papablista · Mar 19, 2014

Same card also note this 750 Ti doesn't need a external 6 pin power hookup.

Eggz · Mar 19, 2014

Silibant :

I don't "root" for either card, just helping you get accurate information

Silibant :

Nothing in the 750-series requires a power connector except for special edition cards (e.g. EVGA's FTW edition).

Silibant · Mar 19, 2014

battler624 :

What do you mean?

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