i remember wanting to upgrade to a 1050 ti so badly when i had a 750 ti back in the day. was such a good card back then, and i'm glad to see it's still holding up.
In 2017, I played L4D with somebody who had a 980, and they were jealous of my 1050. I kept trying to explain to him that he had the MUCH MORE POWERFUL CARD and just because it's one gen newer doesn't mean it's faster lol. He wouldn't listen. I wonder if he ever got a 1050 and disappointed himself.
the 1050 ti has become the new 750 ti, its reached the legendary status that its predecessor set, now lets see when the 3050 takes its place, the XX50 series has been the holy grail for budget gamers for a long time
@@LePedant But it isn't as legendary as the 1050Ti. Its the same if you look at the 750Ti too as its equivalent the R7 265 was a better deal but the 750Ti got the legendary status. Same with 1050Ti, RX 570 is better but the 1050Ti got the legendary status ;)
When he tells me, welcome to another video, I truly feel welcome. He really is speaking to us, and makes my usual shitty 30 minutes of getting up and getting to work, so much better as I listen to these videos and get dressed/brush teeth/etc. I get ready for work with your videos playing. Thank you so much for adding a boost to my shitty ducking mornings.
And I felt as though you were speaking to my soul. Cause I do this all the time as well.😂 And yeah, RGinHD videos are so calming, consistent, and enjoyable for years by this point. Makes my day.😊
I can totally relate to this. I fucking dread each and every miserable day but when I watch one of his videos and listen to him talk to us about neat hardware and potential builds I am in a temporary state of peace and I think fondly of my own budget builds and the games I played on them.
I honestly think the 7870 was the most impressive card (300$ at release, I bought mine for 250$ in 2011). its alkalies heel was the 2GB VRAM (which was normal at the time of release) as well as AMD ditching driver support later on. But the funny thing is, The card still run modern games in 2022 with the help of community drivers.... 11 years later, that is honestly INCREADIBLE which makes it the most impressive GPU in my book. It has DX12 and Vulkan support. You can run Doom Eternal, Forza Horizon 5, God of War, RDR2 and Cyberpunk even. Sure it's mostly 1080p ~30fps. But still, for a 11 year old ~250$ card it's pretty dope.
Pascal owners should consider selling at this point for a turing card as it performs badly in DX12 unfortunately, so its downhill from here, you should DEFINITELY consider jumping to a used turing card (20 series) if you are on Pascal (10 series) now that prices are down
@@BonusCrook Aside from DX12U they're fully DX12 compliant unlike the 900 series (while compliant they have significant performance penalties when actually running DX12), so that's not entirely true
@@BonusCrook Because you said "they lack a lot of DX12 capabilities" which isn't correct. They're no less compliant with DX12 than anything AMD offers from the RX 5000 series or before, and only lack DX12U compared to RTX 20/30 series cards.
In term of cheap GPU's I personally recommended the rx570 it's really good for 1080p, it's gonna run everything you want and with correct settings. if you don't mind having less than 60 in singelplayer games you can even turn up settings to high/Ultra at for 40ish fps wich still provide a very enjoyable experience, especially if you're using a controller (what I personally do). And let's not forget that it comes in two versions, 4g of vram and 8g, if you can find the 8g version (which I have) that rules out any vram issues you could get with only 4
@@Nalcot it was incredible for me since this is my first graphic card and gaming pc. It's been almost a year and a half since I got it but yet,i still get moments when I'm like "holy shit I have a gaming pc" It was a BIG jump from what I previously had (Nintendo Switch and 2012 MacBook with a gt630
@@amansidhu2138 already doing it when I need some extra performance time to time, mine is pretty stable with a 1400mhz overclock, it's the sapphire pulse with 2 fans
I have an rx570 in my 2nd computer and its pretty good, but it's a little noisy and hot. I think the 1050ti could be a better choice if you play casually, and just want something low power and quiet. But for sure, graphically it is outclassed by the rx570.
I loved my 1050ti, very sad I had to sell it a while ago. Best value gpu I've ever bought, very little power consumption. I enjoyed moving up to a gtx 1070, but I have more love for the 1050ti as to what it can do for the price. Awesome gpu :)
My first desktop GPU was a 660ti, and it was surprisingly awesome at 1080p low settings. Upgrading to a 1050ti was even better for half the power usage
I bought my first gaming build with this couple of weeks ago. got a build with i5 7500, 8 gb ddr4 ram, the cabinet and mouse had rgb and I also got a monitor with it all for $270 very happy the performance It's a big upgrade considering I had a gt 610 prior to this lol
Tidy little system mate, just bring up the RAM to 16GB and you're set. Also if you haven't already got an SSD for a boot drive I seriously recommend that, doesn't have to be posh to boot from, any drive from a 120GB SATA and up will run the computer fast.
@@purusharthagarwal4096 Single best upgrade I ever did was 7 years ago getting a flash deal on a 128GB 2.5 SATA drive at 75% discount(£17 delivered at the time). I know you are expecting the quality of life upgrade but you will still be surprised by how much difference it makes. If I can give you a tip though: If you can once you have put your OS on SSD do a fresh format on your HDD. When you then reinstall your games/data it will be recorded far more lineally meaning that your HDD with all the random OS writes removed will work faster too on top of the fact that it isn't having to stop accessing it's stored files every other millisecond to do OS stuff. Also please remember to never defrag an SSD, totally unnecessary(no mechanical read system) and it shortens the life of the NAND chips.
I've had my current pc with R5 1600 + 1050Ti for like 5 years now, and I think I'll keep this rig again for another year. Looking into these types of videos, it shows that the card is still decent and can still handle most modern games with some adjustments in the settings. Another thing I'd like to add context as well, most of the games being featured in benchmarks like this are games that I have no interest in playing, so I kinda see no reason to upgrade at the moment. Heck, most of the games I've been playing on PC recently are either ports of JRPGs from the PS3/PS4 and some indie games which doesn't really need high specs. For the remainder of the year, I only have one game I plan to get on PC and that's Soul Hackers 2 and the sys req for that isn't even high. So yeah, guess it's another waiting game for me. I don't see the likes of Elder Scrolls VI or the new Witcher game to come out anytime soon anyway, so I might end up building a pc with the RX8000/RTX50 series in the future lol.
The other nice thing about the 1050 Ti is it's still pretty good for NVEnc. Converting raw 28Mbit AVHCD camera files to 8Mbit h264, I get well over 200fps with a 1050 Ti driven by a 2700X.
that's often the case with these end of life items. they're not being produced anymore so supply is limited and prices often stagnate on some arbitrary point when the item becomes obsolete. like just google some prices for a ryzen 5 3600 or something, you'd be crazy to buy one of those new in today's market. also the RX 6400 is kind of shit.
I have had a gtx 1050 ti since 2017 I have been impressed with its performance. Before all the updates on Cyberpunk I was able to have my settings to high at 720p and got a solid 40-55 fps. Idk what happened but last time I tried that it didn't work too well
One of the things that made the 1050Ti significant was that it was spared from the price gouging of the cryptocurrency mining boom at that time. This was circa 2016/2017 and RX580s were being sold upwards of $400. Even in those bad conditions, budget gamers, including myself, could enjoy PC gaming.
I have the ASUS Cerberus 1050 Ti. The box design is over the top. So is the card. Looks similar to the one in video (but "slimmer"). I have a hectic time adjusting the graphical settings to optimize the overall look and performance of each game. Especially BFV.
My cousin still has one going strong all these years later and swears by it. He's repasted it a couple of times, and recently clamped two 80mm fans to it in lieu of its original fans.
A customer wanted me to upgrade his 1050 Ti for a 3060 during the height of the GPU pricing. So I did the sensible thing and replaced his old i5 motherboard with a RYZEN 5 3600 motherboard with 16GB RAM and retained the 1050 Ti. The FPS shot up and he was delighted with the result and the money saved.
i was always split between the 1050ti , 3gb 1060 and the GTX 980 however i went with the 980 just because of its previous flagship status & looks of the founders edition card was slightly better for less money at the time i purchased it around 4 years ago for £120 , ive ran it in 3 different pc's and its still matches ... if not beats the 1050ti
I’ve had a gtx 970, 980, 980TI, 1050TI, 1650Super, RTX 2080, and a 2080ti, the gtx 980 absolutely destroys the 1050ti, surprisingly though the gtx 1650super and gtx 980 were damn near identical in performance or atleast trading blows in most games. The GTX 980 I had was a EVGA classified edition absolute beast in its day!
@@redsenex6127 im still using mine until i can afford a 3060ti , runs okay in most games still but temps are starting to become a problem , hitting 90c in some games with the GPU fan running at 95% on hot days , even with replacing the thermal paste & pads 6 months ago lol
@@PatrickF31 I think people who got the 1650Super cards before the madness begun got a really cracking deal. Just a tenner more than the base card with a jump in performance to just higher than a 1060 6GB with a DX12U compliant Turin chipset was an absolute bargain and beast of a card for the money.
@@PatrickF31 The official prices at the time in the US were $160 for the 1650 and $170 for the 1650Super. Massive upgrade and superb value for money(I mean even though at the time YT tech channels slagged off the 1650 try getting them prices for performance since), 1060 6GB performance for almost half the price. I think the last time Nvidia gave consumers a deal was when they dropped the 1650S and the 1660S.
Recently after agonizing about low-end GPU for my small-factor PC I ended up with a GTX 1650 and I'm super-satisfied with the performance, but what I've seen from the market 1050ti is much easier to get a bargain on, both used and new. I have a lot of affection for both models, they tend to be quiet and reliable thanks to the low power draw and can still offer quite a lot of punch, more than enough for most older titles and Indies. :)
I bought one when they first came out and use it in my main computer. It's been super reliable for years and nothing it can't play at 1080p. I was going to upgrade (sidegrade?) it to an rx5500 but missed the chance. Looking back, probably wasn't necessary anyway.
I have a 1050ti in an old Dell that is my "guest" computer. A solid 1080p gamer. I wish GPU makers would make more low power GPUs that can be put in these old Dell/HP office boxes to upcycle them.
ok wait.. dont get the 3060 bro trust me, get the AMD RX 6600 xt its 20 percent faster doesnt sound much but its like 10-20 fps more and they are cheaper
Actually really impressed with the evga gtx 950 ssc I snagged for my kids pc. It gets within 5fps of the 1050 and has better 1% lows on average. And it only cost me $50 locally!
I love how no thrills this guy is with his presentation. Just a down to earth guy talking about and doing something he loves. You look at someone like PC Centric and he gets more fake and more unoriginal with every video. This guy doesn't need some fake clickbait default photo on his videos pretending to be shocked or surprised over something ridiculous. Never change!
I use to have a gtx 1050ti in my fx 4170. When i uppgraded my pc to ryzen i moved the 1050ti a long for about a year before i got my 1070 ti. The most fun i had in gaming was with the fx 4170 and gtx 1050ti as now it's meh i can run it and i enjoyed gaming back then. It was can i run it. Sad part is i upgraded but stretch my pc's legs cause all the new games are only graphics no real gripping story. Back when i grew up in the final fantasy series. It had a great story regardless of the graphics...
This is my boy !! still holding up today especially when you know how to config the graphics the right way to get most of the performance and when the game is well optimized...
I've had a palit gtx 1050ti in my system for the past 6 years, love that card. I mainly play gta online with high settings at 1080p and it doesn't let me down, my system has an i5 4670k with 16gigs of ram.
Bit of a testament to how 'progress' if you wanna call it that has slowed down a lot in the last 10-15 years - for most of the 90s by the time you got your GPU home from the store it was obsolete!
When my rx480 crapped out and needed a gpu to work from home I ended up buying a 1050ti during the height of the gpu shortage for freaking $280 dollars from microcenter. My company paid for it but still I couldn't believe reputable retail stores where marking these up so much. Freaking clowns.
@Narkomancers well it's a business expense I guess. When covid began they sent us to work from home, some employees didn't have a desktop at home so the company had to buy one for them. I wasn't thrilled about replacing my rx480 for a 1050ti either but that was pretty much the only card they had in stock other than gt730 so in a way that price was what made it possible for me to go in the store and pick one up.
Thanks to rising energy prices I got myself a cheap internet surfing PC to replace my power hungry Ryzen 9 5900x gaming rig for my day to day web browsing needs. I was fortunate enough to pick up a cheap office Fujitsu computer with an i5 4430 and 32GB of DDR3 RAM for just 40€. On top of that I was able to snipe a GTX 1050Ti for just 40€ to plop in there, so I could easily connect all my three monitors and still watch 4k UA-cam videos. This video really got me surprised and curious to test some games on it myself. Seeing the results in this video and considering that I got this rig for just 80€ in total, I can say that I'm upmost pleased.
it's not the 1050Ti that's impressive - it's AMD's FSR tech that's breathing life into these old cards. The problem is - the vast majority of games don't support nor have been patched to support FSR properly. in non-FSR scenarios this card struggles a lot.
1050 Ti is slightly better than original graphics of PS4. Therefore, at 1080p you could play all games that were released for PS4 with similar or slightly better quality. As for PS5 games, 1080p low (with the help of FSR perhaps) is realistic setting until 2026-27 when PS6 is scheduled to be released (if we all do not die in WW3 before that :D )
The low end slot power GPUs are the real reflection of how stagnant graphics hardware has been. Not so easy improving performance when you can’t throw 400w at a card.
I have 2 1050ti cards. They are ok until you try your friends much better card in you system and realise that they are really underpowered. Also I can somehow get 100+fps at 1440p on high with assett corsa, no clue either
Turn off ansitropic filtering an all cards, or set to lowest, you don't need it. When you move or move the mouse, you automatically blur any sharp jagging lines, and ansitropic filtering puts a massive hit on FPS. Unfortunately, it's usually on by default and sometimes set as absurdly high as 16x. Set it to OFF.
I had my 1050ti from 2017-2022 back when the G4560 + 1050ti combo was such a nice budget option. Keeping in line with love for 50 series I got the 3050. Ofc upgraded to a 6 core cpu rather than a dual core. I had a lot of amazing memories with my graphics card and im glad i was able to give it to my sister who was using a 1050.
My first PC's I built for my 2 kids back in 2016 had these. They where great cards. At the time they where young and just played Roblox. Now they are older they want nothing lower than a 2070. The card was a great card for as you say entry level. I wish they still played Roblox, be a lot cheaper.!
Great vid! I keep finding myself binge watching your videos. I would love to see a vid on the r5 430, it is an extreme budget card- I used it in a sub 100$ AUD build. I found the oem gpu for 34$ free shipping, it’s got 2gb gddr5, and after overclocking I found it had around half the performance as the 1030, which for 35$ I would say it is alright for the price. Also something to note it comes in low profile great for sff builds, which is what I was using it for. The overclocking ability of this card was insane, i managed to get a 1100 MHz for core, and 1400 MHz in memory clock, or 6500 MHz depending on the program you use for overclocking. This saw a from a 24 fps to a 40 fps jump at least in one of my games. I had used gpu tweak 3, and I went into settings and enabled higher overclocking limits. I don’t recommend overclocking quiet this high but I saw that it was stable while running. But anyway if you made it this far, Thankyou I would just love to see a review of this card including overclocking.
Such a good card, stuffed one in a tiny little alienware x51 a few years ago for my nephew, terrible little oven I know but it's what he wanted, when you're in a pinch for what you can do, it ticks a lot of boxes, and it has held up for several years as you say. I bought a gtx 980 back in 2014 and I'm still using it 8 years later, far longer than any other card I'd had before, these new gen consoles will be the end of it for sure, but what an investment it has proved to be.
Yeah I bet, I have a 3770 still, it is all a bit long in the tooth. Still, I went from a couple of early ATi Radeons I don't even remember the names of to a pair of 7900 gtx in sli, to a gtx 260, to a gtx 660ti before this gtx 980, and none of those cards lasted more than 2 or 3 years, so 8 years, it's exceptional longevity.
I got my 1050ti with a new Ryzen 1500x (first gen) system back 5 years ago and it's still going along well! I'm not a big Triple-A player, and I max out at 1440p and have zero desire to go up to 4k, so that 1050ti is still going strong, easily handling everything I throw at it.
What's up with 10 series GPUs still being good enough for modern gaming at 1080p? We never saw this in previous generations. I'm assuming it's because modern games target 4K and gaming in regular HD is less GPU-intensive , but maybe it also has something to do with the diminishing returns we've seen in game graphics over the past decade? Whatever the reason, I love that I can still play at high or ultra settings in newer games on my 6 year old 1070.
The 1050ti nowadays is really cheap tbf!. But i think i prefer the gtx 1650 4gb GDDR6, since it is only $10 more, at least in my country, Argentina!. Great vid!
Yeah the 1050 Ti was horribly priced when it launched, it should have been a $120 card, anyone who bought it instead of an RX 570/580 either lacked any other option or was in a situation where the 580 was a little bit more expensive (like me, for instance).
I bought a GTX 1050 Ti back in 2019 at $120 on Amazon, but I wasn’t able to use it until I got a new motherboard with UEFI (instead of legacy BIOS). The problem seemed to be some incompatibility between my pre-2015 AM3 motherboard and the VBIOS on the EVGA video card. But, It also didn’t work on my brothers’ PCs (both with Proper UEFI, and one Intel and the other AMD). I almost sell it, but I keep it anyway. Nowadays I avoid video cards that don’t require auxiliary power and only consider 60 series cards or above. Both GTX 1060 and RTX 2060 didn’t have this weird incompatibility problem, although rare it was very frustrating. Never had a problem with the GTX 760 and GTX 560 either. Just sharing my first hand experience.
I was finally able to get a GTX 1660 with 6 gig RAM for under $200 shipped. It replaced a GTX 1050, not Ti, with 2 gig. The main reason was because the GTX 1660 is the lowest cost nVidia GPU with the newer version of nvenc that does B-frames in h.265 video encoding. B-frames allow even greater compression while maintaining image quality. So how about a video testing a 2 gig non-Ti GTX 1050 to see how it fares?
I do also use a 1050 Ti in a HP Pavilion prebuild system with a Ryzen 2600 and 16 Gigs 3200 and it also runs well! I play Forza Horizon 5, AC Origins and Subnautica Below Zero all at high settings in 1080p. And in FH5 it's between 45 and 55 fps, which is fine by me, because I am used to 30 fps. Don't know why so many want to play at exactly 60. I think I cannot see when there are 5 or 8 fps missing. ;o) I was surprised as well by its performance, but it's 75 Watt still is a blessing for an OEM system with a non standard PSU with 310 Watts and no 6 Pin connector.
“I didn’t intend to buy a new 1050ti” When something is addicting it’s hard not to, and in this case, a sub $100 gpu capable of decent 1080p gaming is euphorically addicting
I have a Asus Strix GTX 980 and a FX 8350 black edition CPU. OS runs on a SSD. Water-cooled fan system for cooking my CPU. 12gb of DDR3 Ram. It's surprising how cheap I was able to buy this from craigslist list, local, pre-owned but it's been a amazing affordable "first gaming PC"
I saw this Asus Expedition card advert on the cash converters website, lol! So you purchased it! Given it's a 1050ti 4gb Asus Expedition card without the need for extra pin connectors, it's decent enough and can make for a simple upgrade for someone adding it to an 'office system', or an older gaming setup.
I had purchased this really underestimated card for 140 € NEW about 4 years ago and I was happy with it for the whole time. It saved my life in 2020 until recently and it became worth around 250 € USED on ebay one year ago. When my newest upgrade option (Msi Gtx 1660 super) finally hit the 300 € threshold 🤭, the 1050 ti became the lifesaver of my dad, who is into "Retro Gaming" of the 2010s.
Just FYI, you can use a cheap little program called Lossless Scaling to inject AMD's FSR into any game that can run in a windowed mode (it will run the window in full screen using FSR or a number of other scaling methods)
My old computer has a Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti, and if I remember correctly, it does have a 6-pin power connector because I remember having to go get a new power supply with my dad because the one that was in the computer wasn't modular and didn't have a 6-pin cable or enough power to run it.
My 1070 died and I'm just lucky a friend wasn't using (and was willing to sell) their 1060 for a reasonable price. It's a downgrade for sure but most things still remain pretty playable at decent settings at 1080p, so I can't complain too much. Definitely want to get the savings together for a 3060 or at least 3050 before the crypto cycle swings up again and miners start sucking up stock.
Thank you, you just helped make my mind up. I’m pairing it with a 3770k and 16gb ddr3 in a custom white case that looks a bit like a biker scouts helmet from Star Wars. Time to swap out my trusty 980ti into my 5930k Plex system, can’t wait to see how that performs
Gotta tell ya. My go-to video card to this day is still the GTX 1650. (In my own personal rig, I have the Palit fanless version that I ordered special from the UK back in the day. Those are almost impossible to find nowadays, though.) The 1050 Ti card is still quite respectable, however, and I still buy them when I can get a decent deal. I'm the family (and work) computer geek, so when I put a system together for someone, it's usually because they need something that performs reasonably well yet doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
this Asus model of the card is pretty solid , i have the gtx950 version of it and it holds temperatures pretty well without any noises .. as well as durability
I am dabbling in VR and peruse the message boards/Reddit a lot to read about people’s experiences. More people than you think are using 1050 TI’s for VR, which is wild to me. A would still recommend a 1060 6GB as VR entry level tho
Our extra gaming pc for friends that come over has a 750ti and a 1050ti. 750ti being secondary monitor for discord/webbrowsing and the 1050ti for main gaming monitor. Taking as much needless load off the 1050ti in my dual monitor setup gives a pretty decent gaming experience in most newer games we've tried on it. I also feel like Windows 11 handles the weird dual GPU setup a bit better than any version below it, not entirely sure but it runs a tad better than 10 did. Edit: Just noticed the one we have is a MSI Gaming 1050ti 4GB that requires auxiliary power, giving it the ability to kick into either a Gaming or OC mode for a little boost on the clock speed.
It's worth noting that these cards usually take pretty well to a mild overclock, at least from the two cards I have experience with. I live with someone that has an MSI low profile 1050 Ti in their system, and I have an EVGA 1050 Ti SSC in my own system, paired to a Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i5-3570K respectively. My own card will take a +120/+400 core/memory overclock reliably and while it doesn't provide a _huge_ boost, it's another 5-10% to performance without significantly affecting the temperatures or power draw.
In 2017 i had two options 1050ti and rx 470, rx 470 costed just slightly more and in terms of performance was way ahead of 1050 ti so I went for 470. Little did i know what I was getting myself into: random no signals while gaming, blue screen crashes while gaming, beep beep beep while gaming. I couldn't even play for 15 mins straight. I couldn't even refund it as it came from outside of my country (us) and there was no refund policy. I'm certain everything else from psu to cpu was perfect it was just the crappy gpu causing this problem. To this day I still regret that decision. I still don't have enough money to buy a new gpu and I am stuck with integrated graphics (i sold that 470 for a little money). I wish that day I bought 1050 ti 😭😭😭
My current rig is a prebuilt that came with a 1050ti... I must admit, the only thing left from the original system is the case... But if it wasn't for VR, I would be perfectly happy with that card for casual gaming.
You need a display cabinet to showcase all your gpu's! The wall of gpu's...cool!!! Impressive performance for a 6 yr old gpu! My first pc I built had an evga ftw3 1080ti, sure was a great gpu and still is today! Thanks for sharing 👍!
I got a 1050 2gb and still rocks games even play Icarus on it got a rtx 2060 and use both laptop and pc for me and my misses even on holiday we play lol good review as usual remember when you first started 👌
i remember wanting to upgrade to a 1050 ti so badly when i had a 750 ti back in the day. was such a good card back then, and i'm glad to see it's still holding up.
went from gt, gtx 660m to gtx 1080. Like a BOSS
@@VinnyUnion 750 ti boost to 1060 for me
@@thisemptyworm4677 I came from gtx 1060 3gb to a rtx 2060 6gb!
@@thisemptyworm4677 i remember when the 780 used to be a faraway dream for me, the non plus ultra graphics card
In 2017, I played L4D with somebody who had a 980, and they were jealous of my 1050. I kept trying to explain to him that he had the MUCH MORE POWERFUL CARD and just because it's one gen newer doesn't mean it's faster lol. He wouldn't listen.
I wonder if he ever got a 1050 and disappointed himself.
the 1050 ti has become the new 750 ti, its reached the legendary status that its predecessor set, now lets see when the 3050 takes its place, the XX50 series has been the holy grail for budget gamers for a long time
Ok hang on, were getting into glorification here
The RX 570 4gb is faster than the 1050TI 4gb, and cost less. (in the US at least).
At this point though I feel the rx 6600 may be the budget holy grail. Except for fan boys at least
@@LePedant But it isn't as legendary as the 1050Ti. Its the same if you look at the 750Ti too as its equivalent the R7 265 was a better deal but the 750Ti got the legendary status. Same with 1050Ti, RX 570 is better but the 1050Ti got the legendary status ;)
@@LePedant It needs a power connector though, the 10fiddy TI is popular because its cheap you can game on any old piece of shit PC.
When he tells me, welcome to another video, I truly feel welcome. He really is speaking to us, and makes my usual shitty 30 minutes of getting up and getting to work, so much better as I listen to these videos and get dressed/brush teeth/etc. I get ready for work with your videos playing. Thank you so much for adding a boost to my shitty ducking mornings.
Mate i love his videos and only wish he'd upload more content, i'm getting hungry for videos like this.
It's always more preferable to the annoying "What's up guys" intro. I hate that with a passion.
And I felt as though you were speaking to my soul. Cause I do this all the time as well.😂
And yeah, RGinHD videos are so calming, consistent, and enjoyable for years by this point. Makes my day.😊
I can totally relate to this. I fucking dread each and every miserable day but when I watch one of his videos and listen to him talk to us about neat hardware and potential builds I am in a temporary state of peace and I think fondly of my own budget builds and the games I played on them.
@@Vile-Flesh I feel you my guy. My life has been hell for nearly a decade now, I don't even enjoy living and I have no motive to keep on going.
The fact that this entry level graphics card from more than 5 years ago is still good enough for most games at reasonable settings
1000 series was overkill from nvidia ;) 1070 mid range was basicly titan x maxwell in games performance wise
It is slightly better than graphics chip on original PS4, and they are still making games for PS4 and that is all to it :D
I honestly think the 7870 was the most impressive card (300$ at release, I bought mine for 250$ in 2011). its alkalies heel was the 2GB VRAM (which was normal at the time of release) as well as AMD ditching driver support later on. But the funny thing is, The card still run modern games in 2022 with the help of community drivers.... 11 years later, that is honestly INCREADIBLE which makes it the most impressive GPU in my book. It has DX12 and Vulkan support. You can run Doom Eternal, Forza Horizon 5, God of War, RDR2 and Cyberpunk even. Sure it's mostly 1080p ~30fps. But still, for a 11 year old ~250$ card it's pretty dope.
Most games at high med settings
Yes
1050ti to 1080ti, these cards aged so well
Pascal owners should consider selling at this point for a turing card as it performs badly in DX12 unfortunately, so its downhill from here, you should DEFINITELY consider jumping to a used turing card (20 series) if you are on Pascal (10 series) now that prices are down
@@BonusCrook Aside from DX12U they're fully DX12 compliant unlike the 900 series (while compliant they have significant performance penalties when actually running DX12), so that's not entirely true
@@AliceC993 why even comment
@@BonusCrook Because you said "they lack a lot of DX12 capabilities" which isn't correct. They're no less compliant with DX12 than anything AMD offers from the RX 5000 series or before, and only lack DX12U compared to RTX 20/30 series cards.
Pascal was a great line-up of cards
In term of cheap GPU's I personally recommended the rx570 it's really good for 1080p, it's gonna run everything you want and with correct settings. if you don't mind having less than 60 in singelplayer games you can even turn up settings to high/Ultra at for 40ish fps wich still provide a very enjoyable experience, especially if you're using a controller (what I personally do). And let's not forget that it comes in two versions, 4g of vram and 8g, if you can find the 8g version (which I have) that rules out any vram issues you could get with only 4
I agree with all of this. I bought one just yesterday and its capabilities astonish me!
@@Nalcot it was incredible for me since this is my first graphic card and gaming pc. It's been almost a year and a half since I got it but yet,i still get moments when I'm like "holy shit I have a gaming pc" It was a BIG jump from what I previously had (Nintendo Switch and 2012 MacBook with a gt630
Undervolt and overclock it, you will be amazed further, i had mine running at max 60c temps overclocked to 1345mhz - Sapphire pulse ITX mini
@@amansidhu2138 already doing it when I need some extra performance time to time, mine is pretty stable with a 1400mhz overclock, it's the sapphire pulse with 2 fans
I have an rx570 in my 2nd computer and its pretty good, but it's a little noisy and hot. I think the 1050ti could be a better choice if you play casually, and just want something low power and quiet. But for sure, graphically it is outclassed by the rx570.
I loved my 1050ti, very sad I had to sell it a while ago. Best value gpu I've ever bought, very little power consumption. I enjoyed moving up to a gtx 1070, but I have more love for the 1050ti as to what it can do for the price. Awesome gpu :)
Thanks for still covering this card when no one else is, i am still rocking with this.
My first desktop GPU was a 660ti, and it was surprisingly awesome at 1080p low settings. Upgrading to a 1050ti was even better for half the power usage
I bought my first gaming build with this couple of weeks ago. got a build with i5 7500, 8 gb ddr4 ram, the cabinet and mouse had rgb and I also got a monitor with it all for $270 very happy the performance It's a big upgrade considering I had a gt 610 prior to this lol
Tidy little system mate, just bring up the RAM to 16GB and you're set. Also if you haven't already got an SSD for a boot drive I seriously recommend that, doesn't have to be posh to boot from, any drive from a 120GB SATA and up will run the computer fast.
@@darthwiizius thank you, just planning to get an SSD now :)
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Single best upgrade I ever did was 7 years ago getting a flash deal on a 128GB 2.5 SATA drive at 75% discount(£17 delivered at the time). I know you are expecting the quality of life upgrade but you will still be surprised by how much difference it makes. If I can give you a tip though: If you can once you have put your OS on SSD do a fresh format on your HDD. When you then reinstall your games/data it will be recorded far more lineally meaning that your HDD with all the random OS writes removed will work faster too on top of the fact that it isn't having to stop accessing it's stored files every other millisecond to do OS stuff. Also please remember to never defrag an SSD, totally unnecessary(no mechanical read system) and it shortens the life of the NAND chips.
You would be able to play all games released for PS4 at original settings or slightly better.
@@darthwiizius Might as well get a 1TB SSD. They can be had for about $75.
The 750Ti and 1050Ti were great cards and still are when using it in the right purpose! :-)
I've had my current pc with R5 1600 + 1050Ti for like 5 years now, and I think I'll keep this rig again for another year. Looking into these types of videos, it shows that the card is still decent and can still handle most modern games with some adjustments in the settings.
Another thing I'd like to add context as well, most of the games being featured in benchmarks like this are games that I have no interest in playing, so I kinda see no reason to upgrade at the moment. Heck, most of the games I've been playing on PC recently are either ports of JRPGs from the PS3/PS4 and some indie games which doesn't really need high specs. For the remainder of the year, I only have one game I plan to get on PC and that's Soul Hackers 2 and the sys req for that isn't even high.
So yeah, guess it's another waiting game for me. I don't see the likes of Elder Scrolls VI or the new Witcher game to come out anytime soon anyway, so I might end up building a pc with the RX8000/RTX50 series in the future lol.
bought the 1050ti recently, and im extremely glad with how it's
holding up
It's still a decent card and will be for some years.
The other nice thing about the 1050 Ti is it's still pretty good for NVEnc. Converting raw 28Mbit AVHCD camera files to 8Mbit h264, I get well over 200fps with a 1050 Ti driven by a 2700X.
What's insane is this card costs around 200 dollars in my country 🤦🏻♂️ while you can by rx 6400 for around 140 dollars which is also a lot newer
that's often the case with these end of life items. they're not being produced anymore so supply is limited and prices often stagnate on some arbitrary point when the item becomes obsolete. like just google some prices for a ryzen 5 3600 or something, you'd be crazy to buy one of those new in today's market. also the RX 6400 is kind of shit.
I have had a gtx 1050 ti since 2017 I have been impressed with its performance. Before all the updates on Cyberpunk I was able to have my settings to high at 720p and got a solid 40-55 fps. Idk what happened but last time I tried that it didn't work too well
Had a 1050ti for 5 years and its still working overclocked. Had to sell it but i will miss her :(
Thanks for doing this card justice. I'm still using it now
One of the things that made the 1050Ti significant was that it was spared from the price gouging of the cryptocurrency mining boom at that time. This was circa 2016/2017 and RX580s were being sold upwards of $400. Even in those bad conditions, budget gamers, including myself, could enjoy PC gaming.
Yay, the 1050Ti! That's the graphics card in my HP OMEN 15 gming laptop, and it does a good job for what I need it to do.
Just did a trade in for one of the kids… upgraded cpu & GPU …I’m keeping the old 1050ti.. was playing games flawlessly at 1080p @ 60…works great!!
I have the ASUS Cerberus 1050 Ti. The box design is over the top. So is the card. Looks similar to the one in video (but "slimmer"). I have a hectic time adjusting the graphical settings to optimize the overall look and performance of each game. Especially BFV.
My cousin still has one going strong all these years later and swears by it. He's repasted it a couple of times, and recently clamped two 80mm fans to it in lieu of its original fans.
Would love a look at the gtx 970! I'm still rocking an OC 4gb version and it's still a beast!
970 6gb?
@@Kzxhy 4gb! My bad, thanks for the correction
Rx 570 or 580 better buy at that price point, also can undervolt and overclock them for better performance, power consumption, temps etc
A customer wanted me to upgrade his 1050 Ti for a 3060 during the height of the GPU pricing. So I did the sensible thing and replaced his old i5 motherboard with a RYZEN 5 3600 motherboard with 16GB RAM and retained the 1050 Ti. The FPS shot up and he was delighted with the result and the money saved.
another good one is the rx 470, i just bought one the other day for £75 and it performs closely to a 1650 :)
Yeah still a great card also
75? what a steal
@@NexTDesigns if you live somewhere that has CEX check it out they have some fair prices on some graphics cards :)
i was always split between the 1050ti , 3gb 1060 and the GTX 980 however i went with the 980 just because of its previous flagship status & looks of the founders edition card was slightly better for less money at the time i purchased it around 4 years ago for £120 , ive ran it in 3 different pc's and its still matches ... if not beats the 1050ti
I’ve had a gtx 970, 980, 980TI, 1050TI, 1650Super, RTX 2080, and a 2080ti, the gtx 980 absolutely destroys the 1050ti, surprisingly though the gtx 1650super and gtx 980 were damn near identical in performance or atleast trading blows in most games. The GTX 980 I had was a EVGA classified edition absolute beast in its day!
@@redsenex6127 im still using mine until i can afford a 3060ti , runs okay in most games still but temps are starting to become a problem , hitting 90c in some games with the GPU fan running at 95% on hot days , even with replacing the thermal paste & pads 6 months ago lol
Man, the 50 series are great for budget builders. Built my first system with a 1650 ddr6 oc.
Went the same route about 3 months ago and I'm really happy with what I could get for less than 500$/€ in total
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I think people who got the 1650Super cards before the madness begun got a really cracking deal. Just a tenner more than the base card with a jump in performance to just higher than a 1060 6GB with a DX12U compliant Turin chipset was an absolute bargain and beast of a card for the money.
@@darthwiizius interesting, never thought about the Super, for how much was it sold at that time?
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The official prices at the time in the US were $160 for the 1650 and $170 for the 1650Super. Massive upgrade and superb value for money(I mean even though at the time YT tech channels slagged off the 1650 try getting them prices for performance since), 1060 6GB performance for almost half the price. I think the last time Nvidia gave consumers a deal was when they dropped the 1650S and the 1660S.
Recently after agonizing about low-end GPU for my small-factor PC I ended up with a GTX 1650 and I'm super-satisfied with the performance, but what I've seen from the market 1050ti is much easier to get a bargain on, both used and new. I have a lot of affection for both models, they tend to be quiet and reliable thanks to the low power draw and can still offer quite a lot of punch, more than enough for most older titles and Indies. :)
I bought one when they first came out and use it in my main computer. It's been super reliable for years and nothing it can't play at 1080p. I was going to upgrade (sidegrade?) it to an rx5500 but missed the chance. Looking back, probably wasn't necessary anyway.
Your 1650 will be compatible for a lot longer too due it's DirectX 12U compliance.
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I have a 1050ti in an old Dell that is my "guest" computer. A solid 1080p gamer. I wish GPU makers would make more low power GPUs that can be put in these old Dell/HP office boxes to upcycle them.
I'm still rocking a 1050ti and I'm waiting to find a good deal on a rtx 3060 before upgrading.
Not sure if you have a micro center near you but they have some freaking great deals on 3060s they are the single fan kind but reviews look good.
ok wait.. dont get the 3060 bro trust me, get the AMD RX 6600 xt its 20 percent faster doesnt sound much but its like 10-20 fps more and they are cheaper
buy 3060 when it's 300 or less, if within a year.
@@Celerate. rx 6600 is slower than 3060 on average. And even more on higher resolution.
Same here. Swapped my processor(from an i5 7400 to a ryzen 5600). Just Waiting for a good deal on a RTX 3060
2:38 Battlefield actually added Garand thumb lmao
Actually really impressed with the evga gtx 950 ssc I snagged for my kids pc. It gets within 5fps of the 1050 and has better 1% lows on average. And it only cost me $50 locally!
EVGA indeed making killer cards I swear
Old budget gpu's aren't bad. My brother has an HD 6850 and it works fine. He will be upgrading to a 960 soon
Man I've been going around all day saying "hello everyone and welcome to another video." GG!
Me: “my card is good enough to last the chip shortage”
My GT 220: “PLEASE STOP PLAYING WARZONE IM DYING HERE!!!!”
I bought an gtx 1050ti laptop for $800 without knowing anything about graphics cards in 2019. It plays most of my games and I'm satisfied 😌
I love how no thrills this guy is with his presentation. Just a down to earth guy talking about and doing something he loves. You look at someone like PC Centric and he gets more fake and more unoriginal with every video. This guy doesn't need some fake clickbait default photo on his videos pretending to be shocked or surprised over something ridiculous. Never change!
I use to have a gtx 1050ti in my fx 4170. When i uppgraded my pc to ryzen i moved the 1050ti a long for about a year before i got my 1070 ti. The most fun i had in gaming was with the fx 4170 and gtx 1050ti as now it's meh i can run it and i enjoyed gaming back then. It was can i run it. Sad part is i upgraded but stretch my pc's legs cause all the new games are only graphics no real gripping story. Back when i grew up in the final fantasy series. It had a great story regardless of the graphics...
I had the 1050ti since 2016, and just upgraded to a 1660 super last month. Thank you for 6 and half years 1050ti. Great video brother!
The GTX 1050 ti is the smallest GPU that can reliably transcode 4K video, which is why I love the one I have in my Unraid home server.
Still holding the 4th place baby
This is my boy !!
still holding up today especially when you know how to config the graphics the right way to get most of the performance
and when the game is well optimized...
I've had a palit gtx 1050ti in my system for the past 6 years, love that card. I mainly play gta online with high settings at 1080p and it doesn't let me down, my system has an i5 4670k with 16gigs of ram.
Bit of a testament to how 'progress' if you wanna call it that has slowed down a lot in the last 10-15 years - for most of the 90s by the time you got your GPU home from the store it was obsolete!
When my rx480 crapped out and needed a gpu to work from home I ended up buying a 1050ti during the height of the gpu shortage for freaking $280 dollars from microcenter. My company paid for it but still I couldn't believe reputable retail stores where marking these up so much. Freaking clowns.
@Narkomancers well it's a business expense I guess. When covid began they sent us to work from home, some employees didn't have a desktop at home so the company had to buy one for them. I wasn't thrilled about replacing my rx480 for a 1050ti either but that was pretty much the only card they had in stock other than gt730 so in a way that price was what made it possible for me to go in the store and pick one up.
Thanks to rising energy prices I got myself a cheap internet surfing PC to replace my power hungry Ryzen 9 5900x gaming rig for my day to day web browsing needs.
I was fortunate enough to pick up a cheap office Fujitsu computer with an i5 4430 and 32GB of DDR3 RAM for just 40€. On top of that I was able to snipe a GTX 1050Ti for just 40€ to plop in there, so I could easily connect all my three monitors and still watch 4k UA-cam videos. This video really got me surprised and curious to test some games on it myself. Seeing the results in this video and considering that I got this rig for just 80€ in total, I can say that I'm upmost pleased.
Straight to the point, no bullshit. Just the way I like it.
that frametime line on cyberpunk being that smooth surprised me to be honest...1050ti may end up being one of the best low end video cards of all time
it's not the 1050Ti that's impressive - it's AMD's FSR tech that's breathing life into these old cards. The problem is - the vast majority of games don't support nor have been patched to support FSR properly. in non-FSR scenarios this card struggles a lot.
1050 Ti is slightly better than original graphics of PS4. Therefore, at 1080p you could play all games that were released for PS4 with similar or slightly better quality. As for PS5 games, 1080p low (with the help of FSR perhaps) is realistic setting until 2026-27 when PS6 is scheduled to be released (if we all do not die in WW3 before that :D )
The low end slot power GPUs are the real reflection of how stagnant graphics hardware has been. Not so easy improving performance when you can’t throw 400w at a card.
I'm using this model with my laptop eGPU, picked it up new for £130 about 4 years ago and it was an excellent buy!
I still have my EVGA 1050ti SSC tested it out lately still runs like a champ, awesome video mate makes me want revisit my EVGA 980ti lol
I have 2 1050ti cards. They are ok until you try your friends much better card in you system and realise that they are really underpowered. Also I can somehow get 100+fps at 1440p on high with assett corsa, no clue either
Turn off ansitropic filtering an all cards, or set to lowest, you don't need it. When you move or move the mouse, you automatically blur any sharp jagging lines, and ansitropic filtering puts a massive hit on FPS. Unfortunately, it's usually on by default and sometimes set as absurdly high as 16x. Set it to OFF.
I had my 1050ti from 2017-2022 back when the G4560 + 1050ti combo was such a nice budget option. Keeping in line with love for 50 series I got the 3050. Ofc upgraded to a 6 core cpu rather than a dual core. I had a lot of amazing memories with my graphics card and im glad i was able to give it to my sister who was using a 1050.
1050ti is still a surprising card for sure! My laptop has one (can't use Res scaling) but i am still impressed at how well it plays 1080p content!
My first PC's I built for my 2 kids back in 2016 had these. They where great cards. At the time they where young and just played Roblox. Now they are older they want nothing lower than a 2070. The card was a great card for as you say entry level. I wish they still played Roblox, be a lot cheaper.!
"no" is an answer too... A 1650 super or 1660 runs basically every game on 1080fps at 60fps if you drop the settings
Great vid! I keep finding myself binge watching your videos. I would love to see a vid on the r5 430, it is an extreme budget card- I used it in a sub 100$ AUD build.
I found the oem gpu for 34$ free shipping, it’s got 2gb gddr5, and after overclocking I found it had around half the performance as the 1030, which for 35$ I would say it is alright for the price. Also something to note it comes in low profile great for sff builds, which is what I was using it for.
The overclocking ability of this card was insane, i managed to get a 1100 MHz for core, and 1400 MHz in memory clock, or 6500 MHz depending on the program you use for overclocking. This saw a from a 24 fps to a 40 fps jump at least in one of my games. I had used gpu tweak 3, and I went into settings and enabled higher overclocking limits. I don’t recommend overclocking quiet this high but I saw that it was stable while running. But anyway if you made it this far, Thankyou I would just love to see a review of this card including overclocking.
Such a good card, stuffed one in a tiny little alienware x51 a few years ago for my nephew, terrible little oven I know but it's what he wanted, when you're in a pinch for what you can do, it ticks a lot of boxes, and it has held up for several years as you say. I bought a gtx 980 back in 2014 and I'm still using it 8 years later, far longer than any other card I'd had before, these new gen consoles will be the end of it for sure, but what an investment it has proved to be.
Anybody who built a 4970 rig with a 980ti back in the day is STILL running high settings eight years later in most modern titles
Yeah I bet, I have a 3770 still, it is all a bit long in the tooth.
Still, I went from a couple of early ATi Radeons I don't even remember the names of to a pair of 7900 gtx in sli, to a gtx 260, to a gtx 660ti before this gtx 980, and none of those cards lasted more than 2 or 3 years, so 8 years, it's exceptional longevity.
Do you happen to have any reviews on the 1660 super? I'm interested to see how it stacks up against its generation of cards and current gen.
Yeah been meaning to test it again
I had that, it was such a smooth card... good to know if i would have stayed with it i could still play current games 👍
A 1050ti was my first card, I still have mine, I have soft fuzzy feelings for this card still
Thanks for the video, my dude. Take care.
I got my 1050ti with a new Ryzen 1500x (first gen) system back 5 years ago and it's still going along well! I'm not a big Triple-A player, and I max out at 1440p and have zero desire to go up to 4k, so that 1050ti is still going strong, easily handling everything I throw at it.
I use this GPU and it still holds up pretty well.... planning to upgrade soon to run modern titles at higher settings
What's up with 10 series GPUs still being good enough for modern gaming at 1080p? We never saw this in previous generations. I'm assuming it's because modern games target 4K and gaming in regular HD is less GPU-intensive , but maybe it also has something to do with the diminishing returns we've seen in game graphics over the past decade? Whatever the reason, I love that I can still play at high or ultra settings in newer games on my 6 year old 1070.
It's something to do with both targeting higher resolutions and graphical stagnation.
The 1050ti nowadays is really cheap tbf!. But i think i prefer the gtx 1650 4gb GDDR6, since it is only $10 more, at least in my country, Argentina!. Great vid!
Here in the states a 1050ti 4gb costs 90 USD while an RX 570 8GB costs around $120, so if given the choice I'd rather have the larger VRam.
Yeah the 1050 Ti was horribly priced when it launched, it should have been a $120 card, anyone who bought it instead of an RX 570/580 either lacked any other option or was in a situation where the 580 was a little bit more expensive (like me, for instance).
Thanks for the videos, learn alot. Really enjoy your content!!
Thanks for watching :)
I bought a GTX 1050 Ti back in 2019 at $120 on Amazon, but I wasn’t able to use it until I got a new motherboard with UEFI (instead of legacy BIOS). The problem seemed to be some incompatibility between my pre-2015 AM3 motherboard and the VBIOS on the EVGA video card. But, It also didn’t work on my brothers’ PCs (both with Proper UEFI, and one Intel and the other AMD). I almost sell it, but I keep it anyway. Nowadays I avoid video cards that don’t require auxiliary power and only consider 60 series cards or above. Both GTX 1060 and RTX 2060 didn’t have this weird incompatibility problem, although rare it was very frustrating. Never had a problem with the GTX 760 and GTX 560 either. Just sharing my first hand experience.
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I was finally able to get a GTX 1660 with 6 gig RAM for under $200 shipped. It replaced a GTX 1050, not Ti, with 2 gig. The main reason was because the GTX 1660 is the lowest cost nVidia GPU with the newer version of nvenc that does B-frames in h.265 video encoding. B-frames allow even greater compression while maintaining image quality.
So how about a video testing a 2 gig non-Ti GTX 1050 to see how it fares?
I do also use a 1050 Ti in a HP Pavilion prebuild system with a Ryzen 2600 and 16 Gigs 3200 and it also runs well!
I play Forza Horizon 5, AC Origins and Subnautica Below Zero all at high settings in 1080p. And in FH5 it's between 45 and 55 fps, which is fine by me, because I am used to 30 fps.
Don't know why so many want to play at exactly 60. I think I cannot see when there are 5 or 8 fps missing. ;o)
I was surprised as well by its performance, but it's 75 Watt still is a blessing for an OEM system with a non standard PSU with 310 Watts and no 6 Pin connector.
You should get a VR headset and do VR benchmarks on low end hardware
“I didn’t intend to buy a new 1050ti”
When something is addicting it’s hard not to, and in this case, a sub $100 gpu capable of decent 1080p gaming is euphorically addicting
Certainly is 😂
I have a Asus Strix GTX 980 and a FX 8350 black edition CPU. OS runs on a SSD. Water-cooled fan system for cooking my CPU. 12gb of DDR3 Ram. It's surprising how cheap I was able to buy this from craigslist list, local, pre-owned but it's been a amazing affordable "first gaming PC"
How much did you pay?
Hi dude. Nice to see you again. Good video. I liked it. :)
I saw this Asus Expedition card advert on the cash converters website, lol! So you purchased it! Given it's a 1050ti 4gb Asus Expedition card without the need for extra pin connectors, it's decent enough and can make for a simple upgrade for someone adding it to an 'office system', or an older gaming setup.
I had purchased this really underestimated card for 140 € NEW about 4 years ago and I was happy with it for the whole time. It saved my life in 2020 until recently and it became worth around 250 € USED on ebay one year ago. When my newest upgrade option (Msi Gtx 1660 super) finally hit the 300 € threshold 🤭, the 1050 ti became the lifesaver of my dad, who is into "Retro Gaming" of the 2010s.
Just FYI, you can use a cheap little program called Lossless Scaling to inject AMD's FSR into any game that can run in a windowed mode (it will run the window in full screen using FSR or a number of other scaling methods)
My old computer has a Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti, and if I remember correctly, it does have a 6-pin power connector because I remember having to go get a new power supply with my dad because the one that was in the computer wasn't modular and didn't have a 6-pin cable or enough power to run it.
My 1070 died and I'm just lucky a friend wasn't using (and was willing to sell) their 1060 for a reasonable price.
It's a downgrade for sure but most things still remain pretty playable at decent settings at 1080p, so I can't complain too much.
Definitely want to get the savings together for a 3060 or at least 3050 before the crypto cycle swings up again and miners start sucking up stock.
Brother, I just upgraded to the 1070. I can feel your pain :P
Thank you, you just helped make my mind up. I’m pairing it with a 3770k and 16gb ddr3 in a custom white case that looks a bit like a biker scouts helmet from Star Wars. Time to swap out my trusty 980ti into my 5930k Plex system, can’t wait to see how that performs
Gotta tell ya. My go-to video card to this day is still the GTX 1650. (In my own personal rig, I have the Palit fanless version that I ordered special from the UK back in the day. Those are almost impossible to find nowadays, though.) The 1050 Ti card is still quite respectable, however, and I still buy them when I can get a decent deal. I'm the family (and work) computer geek, so when I put a system together for someone, it's usually because they need something that performs reasonably well yet doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
this Asus model of the card is pretty solid , i have the gtx950 version of it and it holds temperatures pretty well without any noises .. as well as durability
I am dabbling in VR and peruse the message boards/Reddit a lot to read about people’s experiences. More people than you think are using 1050 TI’s for VR, which is wild to me. A would still recommend a 1060 6GB as VR entry level tho
Our extra gaming pc for friends that come over has a 750ti and a 1050ti. 750ti being secondary monitor for discord/webbrowsing and the 1050ti for main gaming monitor. Taking as much needless load off the 1050ti in my dual monitor setup gives a pretty decent gaming experience in most newer games we've tried on it.
I also feel like Windows 11 handles the weird dual GPU setup a bit better than any version below it, not entirely sure but it runs a tad better than 10 did.
Edit: Just noticed the one we have is a MSI Gaming 1050ti 4GB that requires auxiliary power, giving it the ability to kick into either a Gaming or OC mode for a little boost on the clock speed.
It's worth noting that these cards usually take pretty well to a mild overclock, at least from the two cards I have experience with. I live with someone that has an MSI low profile 1050 Ti in their system, and I have an EVGA 1050 Ti SSC in my own system, paired to a Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i5-3570K respectively. My own card will take a +120/+400 core/memory overclock reliably and while it doesn't provide a _huge_ boost, it's another 5-10% to performance without significantly affecting the temperatures or power draw.
In 2017 i had two options 1050ti and rx 470, rx 470 costed just slightly more and in terms of performance was way ahead of 1050 ti so I went for 470. Little did i know what I was getting myself into: random no signals while gaming, blue screen crashes while gaming, beep beep beep while gaming. I couldn't even play for 15 mins straight. I couldn't even refund it as it came from outside of my country (us) and there was no refund policy. I'm certain everything else from psu to cpu was perfect it was just the crappy gpu causing this problem. To this day I still regret that decision. I still don't have enough money to buy a new gpu and I am stuck with integrated graphics (i sold that 470 for a little money). I wish that day I bought 1050 ti 😭😭😭
My current rig is a prebuilt that came with a 1050ti... I must admit, the only thing left from the original system is the case... But if it wasn't for VR, I would be perfectly happy with that card for casual gaming.
You need a display cabinet to showcase all your gpu's! The wall of gpu's...cool!!! Impressive performance for a 6 yr old gpu! My first pc I built had an evga ftw3 1080ti, sure was a great gpu and still is today! Thanks for sharing 👍!
Pascal was such a serioudly great generation of cards.
2:35 you just got a rare reload animation lol
The low-profile version of the 1050ti is a great card to do gaming on those small form factor office PCs.
Yeah great little cards
I got a 1050 2gb and still rocks games even play Icarus on it got a rtx 2060 and use both laptop and pc for me and my misses even on holiday we play lol good review as usual remember when you first started 👌
I remember running the Witcher 3 when I got mine and it did a pretty good job. It's still in the box ready to go.
Low crowd density should be a setting for Mustang drivers