Gigabyte 'Black Edition' GTX 750 Ti: Tested for 168 Hours
Gigabyte has achieved an excellent factory overclock of a well-tested GTX 750 Ti.
Gigabyte is currently working on a new variant of its GTX 750 Ti graphics card – a Black Edition card. This card will come out in two versions: a standard variant and an OC variant.
Both of the cards come with the company's dual-fan version of the WindForce cooler, along with respectable factory overclocks. The GM107 GPU aboard has been overclocked to 1033 MHz base, with a boost frequency of 1111 MHz for the standard version, while the OC version is set to boost up to 1242 MHz with a base frequency of 1163 MHz. Chances are, though, that you can still take the cards further a good bit by hand, as the GTX 750 Ti cards are known to have quite a bit of overclocking headroom. The 2 GB of GDDR5 memory aboard the cards is clocked at 5.4 GHz.
Gigabyte also teases "168-Hour Server Level Durability Testing." This essentially means that the card is tested to run super-stable. It'll even come with a certificate. It is also why the card is labelled to be a black edition card.
No word on pricing yet, though we don't expect too large a premium over reference solutions. Otherwise, buyers would already be looking at GPUs in a higher price class. The card will be available soon.
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http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5083#ov
This is looking like a great entry level gaming GPU for many users.
Yeah I'm gonna go ahead and expect a pretty big premium considering that the 168 hour Black Edition of the GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-UD5H motherboard is $45 more than the regular one and that represents an increase of almost 25%. Pretty ridiculous if you ask me, especially to have your product used and abused for 168 hours.
haha i know right.. might as well mine coins with that wasted power
My cards run 100% 24/7/365 days a year running Folding@Home.
The 460s@851 are 2 1/2 years old. The 650Tiboost@1267 is 4 months old.
If you keep them cool, overclocking has minimal effect on life span.
One thing people should note, is that even at the clocks this card will be running the performance really does not go up much at all.... http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_750_ti_windforce_review,22.html These clocks are even higher and there is not a huge performance difference.
I run a "conservative" overclock on my HD7950, The stock clocks are 880/1250mhz, and I have been running 1100/1500mhz clocks for over a year now with a modded bios. I even have a modded bios that allows up to 1300/1750, but I would want better cooling to attempt those clock speeds. I see a lot higher gains than what the GTX750ti card does, and there are a lot of other cards out there that would be way more impressive overclocked that high IMO. http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_radeon_hd_7950_twin_frozer_iii_review,24.html I do use a fair amount more power though
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5083#ov
This is looking like a great entry level gaming GPU for many users.
Probably 150-200 USD card... Seems like you and I do not "enter at the same level..." ;-(
There's only a certain amount of cards and motherboards that can be produced weekly as they all take a week to burn....
The card is mostly like going to be available for around $169.99, so that's $20 higher than the standard GTX 750 Ti card.
168 hours at full load is laughable. It's only 7 days. It has absolutely zero impact on a card that's designed, powered and cooled properly. My 7950 has almost 3000 hours running at full load. Hardcore gamers will accrue more than 168 hours at full load on a graphics card in a 30 day period. The average gamer will be pretty close after 2 months.