EVGA GeForce GTX750 Ti on an M2N32-SLI Deluxe

My EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS died and I was able to get a warranty RMA. This was the 2nd video card I have used in my 8year old system. I'm running an Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe with an AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+.

EVGA is sending a GTX 750 Ti as a replacement:

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=02G-P4-3757-KR

My question is, which of the options below make the most sense:

1. Use the 750 with my existing setup.
2. Buy a new motherboard and RAM to use the 750 with.
3. Sell the 750 and buy/build a new system.

I would appreciate any feedback.

Well, the first option doesn't cost anything, so I'd go with that.

Depends if you were happy with your system. Some of like any reason we can get to rebuild.

If you want a cheaper system with a little more spunk I built my parents a 3258 (overclocked to 4Ghz without touching voltage) / SSD / 8GB / 270x (750ti would work here).

Depends on what you use it for. If you were happy with the original system just keep the 750ti.

Here is a lot of reviews:
http://m.hardocp.com/news/2014/02/18/nvidia_gtx_750_ti_review_roundup/#.VPUkvtm9Kc0

I'd like something faster since I have some issues with newer games but I am worried the 750 is too old of a card to use in newer systems. I might be building a system sometime in the next 3 months.

The 750ti is not really that old and plays a ton of games at 1080p just fine. I'd grab a cpu/mb/memory upgrade on the cheap and call it a day.

Yeah, the 750 is based on NVIDIA's Maxwell technology, the same in use by the GeForce 900 series. And it just came out last year - it was the first of the Maxwell cards.

Well with that board you have you could always ebay a cheap Phenom II X4, slap it and the 750ti in and call it a day. Check out the cpu support here: http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/M2N32SLI_DeluxeWireless_Edition/HelpDesk_CPU/

But really any of the lowly dual core haswell cpus will destroy these like the G3258, but if you go this route you are going to need ddr3 ram, and basically a new setup.

I wouldn't bother trying to upgrade to a Phenom II, as the only interesting models were 125w, which your ancient motherboard wasn't designed for.

rhansen5_99 said:

But really any of the lowly dual core haswell cpus will destroy these like the G3258, but if you go this route you are going to need ddr3 ram, and basically a new setup.

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This is the best suggestion. Stock, it will run circles around your 6000+, and will be plenty to power it. Stock, it's 2x faster than your processor, and if you overclock it will be 3x faster!!

http://anandtech.com/bench/product/28?vs=1265

And you can get a combo (Pentium + z97 motherboard) at Microcenter in-store for $100, so you could swing an upgrade to 8GB DDR3 for $170.

I helped a buddy of mine upgrade from a 6000+ with an hd 6450 to a $50 Ivy Bridge 2.6 GHz Celeron, and before he replaced that craptastic video card with a capable HD 7770, he told me JUST THE PROCESSOR UPGRADE made his games smoother. The 6000+ was just THAT slow

That GTX 750 Ti is a MASSIVE upgrade over your old 8800GTS, and uses a fraction of the power. If you overclock, it can play most modern games at 1080p high, so no need to sell it. I get the impression you're not into demanding games if you're still using a 6-year-old card.

Big cred to EVGA for shipping you such a powerful lower-midrange beast. They could have just shipped you a GT 740, claim "it's faster," but instead they actually give you the cheapest card I'd use for respectable 1080p gaming.

I'm trying to future-proof for Star Wars Battlefront 3. Other than that I really only play Sins of a Solar Empire and War Thunder. I'll probably get the new Homeworld upgrade as well.

So what about getting a 2nd 750 with a new motherboard/cpu/ram and running in SLI mode? Or is there a newer single card for around $325 that would be better with a new system?

netbrad said:

I'm trying to future-proof for Star Wars Battlefront 3. Other than that I really only play Sins of a Solar Empire and War Thunder. I'll probably get the new Homeworld upgrade as well.

So what about getting a 2nd 750 with a new motherboard/cpu/ram and running in SLI mode? Or is there a newer single card for around $325 that would be better with a new system?

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750/750ti can't do SLI.

in the Green side the GTX 970. in the red side the R9 290X. both cards are around that price... those cards will also destroy the tiny 750ti..

It's going to be hard to find people that don't say rebuild. This is an enthusiast site and 8 years is an old system. Like Dayaks said, some of us are just eager to build a new system for whatever reason we can come up with.

Count me in the new system camp if you have the funds. If not, the 750 ti isn't a bad card.

mls1995 said:

It's going to be hard to find people that don't say rebuild. This is an enthusiast site and 8 years is an old system. Like Dayaks said, some of us are just eager to build a new system for whatever reason we can come up with.

Count me in the new system camp if you have the funds. If not, the 750 ti isn't a bad card.

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You will also be encouraged to upgrade because of the age and performance of your current platform. I am running the aforementioned combo of the Pentium G3258 and 750 Ti in my son's PC. It is night-and-day compared to an old Athlon 64 x2 setup (I also have one of those running the 4800+) especially in newer games. There's a reason why the G3258 keeps getting recommendations from Tom's in their monthly Best Gaming CPU for the Money list.