750 TI or 1030?

[hdgro11]

Ok, so, the 750 TI is 155$ with shipping in my country. Meanwhile, the 1030 is only 104$ with shipping. From different benchmarks, I noticed there isn't really that much of a difference between these 2 cards. Userbenchmark.com shows only a 20% speed increase for the 750 TI compared to the 1030, but the 1030 is 30% cheaper and its newer, thus it will have support for longer. I intend to use my build to play titles like Borderlands 2 (and future Borderlands 3), Fallout 3/4/New Vegas, maybe GTA V but nothing more recent. So which one is more worth it? Is there going to be that large of a difference? Note that I don't really care about texture quality (low or medium settings don't bother me that much) only about fps (prefferably 45 or higher, but I can work with 30 too) and resolution (HD or FHD). As a teenager, I can't really afford much and I want the best price to performance ratio for cheap graphics card.

 

[smorizio]

wait a few weeks...nvidia due to crypto mining going bust has a glut of 10xx cards. one abi vendor ask to return 300,000 cards for credit. at this time at the end of this month info on the next gen cards are dropping. when the next gen cards drop there going to force the price of the older gpu into fire sale mode. you may be able for the money now to pick up a faster 1050/1050ti or 1060 gpu.

 

[justin.m.beauvais]

I would advise you to avoid the 1030 for the time being. There are two versions available, one with GDDR5 and one with DDR4. The DDR4 version is HALF the performance. So, unless you can be for sure that you are getting the right version of GT 1030, then pass on it.

 

[hdgro11]

wait a few weeks...nvidia due to crypto mining going bust has a glut of 10xx cards. one abi vendor ask to return 300,000 cards for credit. at this time at the end of this month info on the next gen cards are dropping. when the next gen cards drop there going to force the price of the older gpu into fire sale mode. you may be able for the money now to pick up a faster 1050/1050ti or 1060 gpu.

yeah, but my cpu will really bottleneck a 1050ti or 1060. It's an old Athlon II X3 455 (3.3 GHz), and I don't really have the time to wait a few weeks...

 

[hdgro11]

I would advise you to avoid the 1030 for the time being. There are two versions available, one with GDDR5 and one with DDR4. The DDR4 version is HALF the performance. So, unless you can be for sure that you are getting the right version of GT 1030, then pass on it.

I want to buy it online, on trusted sites, so I am sure it will be the right, DDR5 version, thanks for the suggestion.