The Maxwell-powered graphics adapters run at 1150 MHz

Apr 1, 2014 09:36 GMT  ·  By

The GeForce GTX 750 and 750 Ti graphics cards from NVIDIA may not be meant for overclockers or enthusiasts, but their clocks can, nevertheless, be tweaked. That's exactly what Leadtek just did in fact.

Overclocking a graphics card is the main method through which NVIDIA's, and AMD's too for that matter, OEMs differentiate their products from the competition.

Sales are scored based on the price-performance ratio, the cooling effectiveness and even the overall look of a product.

In theory, the GeForce GTX 750 and GTX 750 Ti graphics cards don't need to look all that fancy, because people likely to get a case with a side window are the same ones with money and the disposition towards better video cards, like GeForce GTX Titan.

Still, there are plenty enough mid-range cases with side windows, and LED-lit fans aren't that uncommon or expensive now.

So Leadtek has figured it would cater to the needs of mid-range and performance-segment customers that want a good-looking computer, both on the outside and the inside.

The GTX 750 Ti OC and GTX 750 OC are the result, with black PCBs (printed circuit boards) and cooler shrouds.

The company also pushed the base GPU frequency from 1020 MHz to 1072 MHz, and the GPU Boost 2.0 top clock to 1150 MHz instead of 1085 MHz.

For those who have forgotten, the GeForce GTX 750 and GTX 750 Ti are identical in most ways, save for how much of the GM107 GPUs are operational.

The GeForce GTX 750 Ti has all the 640 CUDA cores unlocked, but the GTX 750 only has 512 working (the faulty but salvageable chips as it were).

That said, the GTX 750 and 750 Ti also have differing memory capacities: the former has 1 GB, the latter has 2 GB (128-bit interfaces on both).

Needless to say, Leadtek's new WinFast GTX 750 Ti OC and GTX 750 OC support all NVIDIA technologies: NVIDIA GameStream, GPU Boost 2.0, 3D Vision, CUDA, DirectX 11, PhysX, TXAA, Adaptive VSync, FXAA, NVIDIA Surround, G-SYNC.

3D Vision, 3D gaming and 3D Vision Live (Photos and Videos) are supported as well. As for connectivity, you'll find a mini-HDMI output and two dual-link DVI ports.

Unfortunately, the company did not mention what prices the two newcomers sported, or when sales would begin (assuming they haven't already). Until anyone says otherwise, we'll assume that the GTX 750 Ti OC sells for around $150 / €150 and the non-TI for $120 / €120 or so.