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NVIDIA Launches GTX 750 Ti With New Maxwell Architecture

Posted by Soulskill on from the new-hardware-for-the-graphics-arms-race dept.

Vigile writes "NVIDIA is launching the GeForce GTX 750 Ti today, which would normally just be a passing mention for a new $150 mainstream graphics card. But company is using this as the starting point for its Maxwell architecture, which is actually pretty interesting. With a new GPU design that reorganizes the compute structure into smaller blocks, Maxwell is able to provide 66% more CUDA cores with a die size that is just 25% bigger than the previous generation all while continuing to use the same 28nm process technology we have today. Power and area efficiency were the target design points for Maxwell as it will eventually be integrated into NVIDIA's Tegra line, too. As a result the GeForce GTX 750 Ti is able to outperform AMD's Radeon R7 260X by 5-10% while using 35 watts less power at the same time."

16 of 110 comments (clear)

  1. Maxwell? by ackthpt · · Score: 3, Funny

    That sounds Smart...

    I'll get me coat.

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    1. Re:Maxwell? by Hillgiant · · Score: 4, Funny

      Good to the last drop.

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  2. Heat and noise.... by Kenja · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Am I the only one annoyed that average operating temperature and noise output are not standard graphic card benchmarks?

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    1. Re:Heat and noise.... by ustolemyname · · Score: 5, Informative

      The benchmarks on Phoronix did temperature, and commented on (though didn't measure) noise. Was actually a fairly comprehensive, well done benchmark, the only thing missing was frame latency measurements.

    2. Re:Heat and noise.... by gman003 · · Score: 5, Informative

      They are at Anandtech. They do noise/temps/power at idle, in a game, or under full synthetic load. They even do an overclock and then re-compare game/synth numbers.

    3. Re:Heat and noise.... by Rhywden · · Score: 3, Insightful

      By your standard, almost anything would be subjective. Let's go through your line of thinking:

      The tester chose an enclosure you probably don't have at home. As such, the card will not demonstrate the same values in your enclosure at home. As a result the tests are "subjective".

      Power consumption? Well, you've probably got a different PSU. Subjective.

      FPS? You've probably got a different CPU, different OS configuration, motherboard, harddisc... Subjective!

      In summary: If the tester uses the same enclosure for every card they test, I don't see how it's subjective. Sone or dB as a unit of loudness are measurable, as is temperature. Or do you want to tell us that, say, the distance to Betelgeuze is subjective just because you don't happen to have the proper equipment to measure it?

    4. Re:Heat and noise.... by lordofthechia · · Score: 5, Funny

      I opened the link scrolled through it, only to get all excited that my card (the R9 290) was trouncing everything else in one of the charts!

      Then I realized I was looking at the temperature charts....

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  3. Re:Believe it! by LordLimecat · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I had understood that anyone with half a brain was on ASICs now.

    Then again anyone with half a brain wouldnt be joining the pyramid scheme so late in the game.

  4. Re:66%? big deal. by amorsen · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you had read the article, you would have known that they went from 118 mm2 to 148mm2, i.e. a 25% increase in area.

    If Slashdot entered the 21st century, it would be able to render superscript.

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  5. Re:believe it when I see it by TyFoN · · Score: 3, Informative

    What else would you use an amd card for?
    I you want to game and/or use linux with any performance and stability you need a nvidia card.

    Intel integrated gpu works fine for linux though if you don't need the performance,

  6. Re:66%? big deal. by Ash+Vince · · Score: 4, Funny

    If Slashdot entered the 21st century, it would be able to render superscript.

    Maybe the beta supports it :)

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  7. FUCK BETA by synapse7 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Hype or not, games on my gtx 760 look amazing. Looks like they are testing the waters for the next flagship.

  8. Re:Wow by fsck-beta · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Meanwhile, in CPU land we've been stuck for years of Intel charging $BUTT for marginally better

    If you think Haswell, Ivy Bridge or Sandy Bridge were 'marginally better' you aren't paying attention.

  9. Re:66%? big deal. by mrchaotica · · Score: 4, Informative

    Maybe the beta supports [superscript] :)

    I just checked; it does not. (I tried both ways: using unicode character entities and using the <sup> tag.)

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  10. Re:Wow by viperidaenz · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You say the big advance is in power, then mention the 290X, which has a single precision GLOPS/W figure of 19.4, between the new GTX750's 19.0 and the GTX750TI's 21.8

    The 290X has a double precision GFLOPS/W of 2.6, the GTX750TI gets 0.68. Compared to the 65W TDP Radeon 250's double precision performance of 0.74, its a loser.

    This is just hype and selective benchmarks for a new architecture that was supposed to be 20nm. They couldn't get it built on 20nm so they've had to stick with 28.
    If it was 20nm, it probably would be better all round.

  11. Re:believe it when I see it by Mike+Buddha · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well, for one, you can use it.

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