Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 Getting The Maxwell 2.0 Treatment – Will Be Upgraded to ‘GM206-150-A1’ Silicon

[Mr_Troll]

Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 Getting The Maxwell 2.0 Treatment – Will Be Upgraded to ‘GM206-150-A1’ Silicon
 

The Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 graphic card was originally based on the GM107 chip, which as we know is the first iteration of Maxwell architecture. While the architecture was very power efficient, it wasn’t as polished as Maxwell 2.0 and had some modern features missing.  In a report by Hwbattle.com it is revealed that the GM107-300 silicon is not available anymore, but demand for the card is still very high and Nvidia is going to instead supply AIBs with a cut down variant of the GM206 chip.

 

 

 

 

Nvidia retires the GM107 die in the GTX 750 – upgrades it to a cut-GM206
 

Naturally once we heard this, we did our own digging and came across multiple points of confirmation. The source mentioned that the silicon in question will be named “GM206-150” and we were able to find the die in PCI id code databases. The full nomenclature is actually “GM206-150-A1”. I was also able to find listed models of the GM206 based Geforce GTX 750, from which we can confirm that the core count will remain exactly the same as before (512 CUDA cores).

 

 

 

While the core count remains the same, the ROP count was modified and a plethora of new features was introduced. To begin with HDMI 2.0 is fully supported. New technologies such as Dynamic Super Resolution, Third Generation Delta Color Compression, Multi-Pixel Programming Sampling, Nvidia VXGI (Real-Time-Voxel-Global Illumination), VR Direct, and Multi-Frame Sampled Anti-Aliasing(MFAA) were introduced. Many of these technologies are courtesy of the fact that the card will now support DirectX 12 API upto feature level 12_1. 

 

 

 

The GM206 based Geforce GTX 750 will also now support encoding resolutions at 1440p/60FPS & 4K/60FPS compared to Maxwell 1.0 architecture which only supported H.264 1080p/60FPS encoding. Full fixed function HEVC hardware based decoding is also now supported. In short, the Geforce GTX 750 is now a very good choice for casual HTPC builds. According to the source, the price will remain the same, although a slight slight price point adjustment could make it should sell like hot cakes. While most chinese retailers have the GM206 based model listed, it remains to be seen how long it will take for the same to trickle into the US and EU market although the lack of GM107-300 silicon availability should make it happen soon enough.

It is unclear at this point whether Nvidia will give the same treatment to the Geforce GTX 750 Ti. The card, which has 640 CUDA cores would require a GM206 die with 5 SMMs – just 1 SMM short of the GTX 950. While it would make for an absolutely killer configuration (at the same price point), it might also undercut the 950’s positioning, making it somewhat of a tradeoff for Nvidia. A GM206 die with 5 SMMs should be named GM206-200-A1, keeping with the existing nomenclature, so we will keep a lookout on the usual hideouts for the same.

 

 

Dont quite see the point of this decision. Its probably going to get outperformed by the gtx 950. #confused

Source: http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-750-gm206-maxwell-2-0-architecture/

http://www.hwbattle.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=news&wr_id=11720

[Mohenjo]

Huh, im surprised nvidia still cares about the 700 series.

[Homicidium]

Why though? I always thought that the 950 replaced the 750(ti)?

[don_svetlio]

750 only or 750 Ti as well?

[patrickjp93]

Why though? I always thought that the 950 replaced the 750(ti)?

To deal with Intel's GT4e and the low end of the Rx 300 series.

[Str_Mape]

Why not re-release it as the GT 940?

[NeatSquidYT]

Why not re-release it as the GT 940?

GTX = gaming oriented

Wouldn't make sense to release a gaming oriented card as a low power HTPC/office PC kind of thing

[AresKrieger]

GTX = gaming oriented

Wouldn't make sense to release a gaming oriented card as a low power HTPC/office PC kind of thing

They could call it a gtx 940 which would be interesting but your right on with the market label as his comment stated

[don_svetlio]

They could call it a gtx 940 which would be interesting but your right on with the market label as his comment stated

it used to be GT 450 or GTS 450. Now it's GTX 950 and 750. Not the weirdest thing to have a GTX 940

[Guest Kloaked]

Nvidia being dumb with naming conventions again. I'm so surprised.

[Castdeath97]

Ahhh why not release a new card? That's confusing.

[MEC-777]

[That Norwegian Guy]

Still no widely available single-slot variant, so they can get out for all I care. Anything that low on the performance ladder needs to be single slot and/or low profile.

[AlTech]

Nvidia is stopping manufacturing GM10x desktop cards. And nobody should care about this.

[CommandMan7]

I just want them to release a 950 ti with no PCIe power pins. That would be amazing for budget mini-itx builds.

[Curufinwe_wins]

I just want them to release a 950 ti with no PCIe power pins. That would be amazing for budget mini-itx builds.

It draws just too much power. That is literally the point of the 750ti.

 

You can pull 75W from the PCIe slot, the 950 is rated at 90W TDP (so obviously with any actual overclocking it goes closer to 120W)

[connorpiper]

I'm guessing this is for OEM PCs.

[CommandMan7]

It draws just too much power. That is literally the point of the 750ti.

 

You can pull 75W from the PCIe slot, the 950 is rated at 90W TDP (so obviously with any actual overclocking it goes closer to 120W)

Oh. Forgot that 750TI is also Maxwell. So making another PCIe power only card wouldn't be any faster. Duh.

[RyanMacRocks]

Why not just a 950 Ti?

[Curufinwe_wins]

Why not just a 950 Ti?

Cause the 950 is a higher power card.... Also you do realize that the 950 ti has no available configuration outside the 960 right?

 

The 750 (ti) is the most powerful pcie only powered card on the market, and will remain so at least until Pascal/Arctic Islands drop (as it is maxwell already and amd doesn't have a competitor available). This is merely refreshing it with newer features and retiring an aged node that nvidia probably didn't want to product anymore.