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This FTW version from EVGA brings some serious overclocking to this mainstream GPU, as well as its own Active Cooling eXtreme (ACX) cooling array.
The base clock of this EVGA card has been boosted some 169MHz above the 1,020MHz of the reference version. That frequency gap gets even bigger when you're talking about the boost clock of the reference card, which stands at 1,085MHz compared to the FTW's 1,268MHz. Plus, we saw the EVGA card sitting consistently at 1,333MHz. Compared with the reference card's rating of just over 1GHz, that seems like a big overclock for such a mainstream GPU.
That 16% frequency boost gives, at best, a 16% hike in average frame rates. Mostly, you won't get that. Still, this translates into the price EVGA is asking for this card – it's only around 15% more costly than the reference-clocked versions.
Overcooked
View full EVGA nForce 750i SLI FTW specs on CNET.
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We all know the the trials of buying pre-overclocked cards before. If you're on a budget, buy a reference-clocked graphics card because you'll usually get similar frequency boosts with some light overclocking of your own.
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Where they become more worthwhile – especially the pre-overclocked cards we've seen from EVGA recently – is in the third-party cooling arrays that are strapped to the factory-boosted GPUs. EVGA's ACX cooling array has been impressive when strapped to Nvidia's top graphics cards, such as the GTX 780 Ti, and drops the peak operating temperature by some 13°C. Meanwhile, the dynamic GPU Boost 2.0 adjusts GPU frequencies based on temperature.
That's all win, no foul for a high-end graphics card, but when you're looking at these more price-oriented cards, factory overclocks have less value. The performance boost is small, especially compared to what you can achieve yourself, and with these chilled Maxwell-based cards, the third-party cooling becomes pretty irrelevant.
The reference GTX 750 Ti, with its '90s-style cooling block, only gets up to around 54°C. Granted, the ACX cooler on the FTW card drops that to 45°C, but when the peak operating temperatures are
so low that almost ceases to matter. However, the extra cooling and hefty overclock means that this FTW version requires a six-pin PCIe power connector. Sadly, that makes this card a less versatile upgrade than something like the KFA2 GTX 750 that can be dropped into most PCs.
Not all overclocked, third-party-cooled cards have a price premium (the EVGA GTX 750 Ti FTW is £131). Gigabyte's card is overclocked, with a cooler hitting the same temps as the ACX array, and is the same price as a reference card. Its frame rates are a bit slower, but this could be made up with a little overclocking of your own…
Benchmarks
DirectX 11 synthetic 1080p performance
Heaven 4.0: (Min) Average fps: higher is better
EVGA GTX 750 Ti FTW: (14)27
Gigabyte GTX 750 Ti OC: (14)25
Nvidia GTX 750 Ti: (14)27
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DirectX 11 1080p gaming performance
Battlefield 4: (Min) Average fps: higher is better
EVGA GTX 750 Ti FTW: (22) 38
Gigabyte GTX 750 Ti OC: (23) 35
Nvidia GTX 750 Ti: (23) 36
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Temperature performance
100% GPU load: Degrees centigrade: cooler is better
EVGA GTX 750 Ti FTW: 45
Gigabyte GTX 750 Ti OC: 45
Nvidia GTX 750 Ti: 54
Verdict
The extra 169MHz overclock EVGA has placed on the FTW edition gives it the edge in gaming performance. Sadly, that edge is a little slim to say the least. The (rather loud) ACX cooler really does its job though, even at those high frequencies, cooling the GPU well beyond what the reference card can manage.
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The board itself seems very nice. I love the layout and the on-board cooling is solid. The northbridge fan is a bit loud, although you can force it down to 30% RPM in BIOS which helps a good bit.
There have been a few problems with the install though. Firstly the manual page 15 references the internal USB header, but has the incorrect location pointed out. The location it directs you to is actually the firewire header. Plugging in the front USB ports to this header results in frying anything that you plug in to the port. I lost a pen drive this way, but I've read that others have lost IPods etc. A diagram of the entire mobo on an earlier page (5 or so) shows the correct location, which is just above the CMOS battery.
The second problem that I've experienced involves BSODs when loading windows to the desktop. It was only intermittent at first, but has steadily gotten worse, so much so that I've been unable to reinstall windows as it bombs out on the first system reboot and can't complete the setup.
The EVGA forums pointed me to a possible solution which involves grabbing an updated nforce SATA driver (for the 790 boards) and installing that. Since I can't even load windows, I've got to hope that I can pull the driver .sys file off of a usb drive (the one that still works) so I can direct the vista setup to use that SATA driver for the install.
It seems like a really nice board, but unfortunately some early teething problems have made setup a frustrating experience for some. Such is the price of non-reference hardware I suppose.
Further updates to come as things hopefully get worked out.