Gigabyte Windforce GTX 750 Ti vs MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti Twin Frozr

[JPXH]

I dusted off the family rig and was planning on upgrading the graphics card from a GTX560 TI. The display is just a 32 inch Samsung LEDTV (1080p). General consumption and the occasional battlefield 4 sessions. The mobo is a GA-Z68XP-UD3 and the psu is a zigmatek (650 watts).

I was wondering which of these two graphics card do you guys think edges over the other one?
Thank you and have a great day

 

[Karadjgne]

Save your money. The 750ti and 560ti have similar performance, the 560ti is actually stronger in some games. The only time the 750ti will really show any performance increase is in its ability to run dx12 games (that's gonna take some time to actually get a decent selection).

An actual upgrade would be closer to a gtx960 at minimum or r9-280 or better, both requiring decent psu, which being as you have a 650w is fine. The gtx 960 requiring a 430w, so paired with the zigamatek 650w would be the better option.

 

[JPXH]

Hey there,

hmm... I thought so too. Just with the 560Ti being a close to three year card (from date of purchase) I thought of buying a newer card just to replace it before it dies on me. Btw, are the really similar in performance? Does that mean the 750ti is just a "rebadged' card?

 

[Karadjgne]

Oh no, lol. The 750 is a Maxwell gpu, a total redesign. It's also the oddball. The 560ti is a gtx500 series card, that goes from 540 to 580 for average consumers. In the 700 series, you are looking at 740 to 780. Nvidia basically skipped the 800 series (mostly mobile gpus) and went to the Maxwell gpus in the 900 (960,970,980,980ti) series. The 750/750ti was an early release of Maxwell, and it's major selling point was 560ti/660 performance with no requirement for a psu beyond stock OEM. No additional pcie connector required. So while the 700 series is a couple years newer, until you get to the upper limits, there isn't any difference in performance as such. A gtx960 is somewhere between a 760 and 770, your 560ti is closer to the 750ti, my OC + OC 660ti beats a gtx960 stock.

Just FYI, according to nvidia, the gtx970 was slated as an upgrade for the 500/600/700 series cards below 570/670/760 and the gtx980 is the upgrade for 580/680/770+ gpus. The gtx960 falling in between the 760 and 770 would still be an upgrade for your 560ti, must not so much so as a 970. Standards wise, a 970 will max out just about anything at 1080p, the 960 will max all the cpu strong games, yet still get decent framerates at higher settings on the majority of games.

 

[JPXH]

Oh, I see. Well, thank very much for your advice. I tip my hat to you sire

 

[Karadjgne]

Welcome! Well now you have a clue, its a good start. GL with the search.