GTX 1050 Ti paired with i5 4590

[Liron_]

Hi, my current GPU is the gtx 660 which is kinda starting to see its ages, I am going soon to upgrade my gpu but I am quite on a budget (its also because gpus are $30-$50 more expensive in my country, and I wondered, how is the gtx 1050 Ti with my i5 4590? Will it run nicely, and is my cpu nice enough for it to run 1080p games smoothly? i dont really play heavy titles that much I just want smooth gameplay between low-high settings, also what if I OC it to 2000mhz? would it give better peformance?

 

[madmatt30]

Ita a really good upgrade over a 660 mate.
It'll pair nicely with that i5.

Really that's all you need to know.

 

[nzalog]

That CPU should be fine with that card and even faster cards. In most games the CPU won't be the bottle neck.

If you can afford it I'd spend the little extra for a 1060 as it's a pretty significant speed bump. You probably won't see that much of a speed increase from 660 to 1050 ti...

 

[Liron_]

That CPU should be fine with that card and even faster cards. In most games the CPU won't be the bottle neck.

If you can afford it I'd spend the little extra for a 1060 as it's a pretty significant speed bump. You probably won't see that much of a speed increase from 660 to 1050 ti...

thanks, i know 1060 is really good compared to 1050 Ti but really my country taxes a lot for technology sadly, the CHEAPEST gtx 1060 I could find is $265! and that is the cheapest brand and its the 3GB version.

I also heard gtx 1050 Ti overclocking is a beast, I mean, I saw someone overclocking it to 1911 mhz core clock, that sounds insane or its only me?

 

[nzalog]

That CPU should be fine with that card and even faster cards. In most games the CPU won't be the bottle neck.

If you can afford it I'd spend the little extra for a 1060 as it's a pretty significant speed bump. You probably won't see that much of a speed increase from 660 to 1050 ti...

thanks, i know 1060 is really good compared to 1050 Ti but really my country taxes a lot for technology sadly, the CHEAPEST gtx 1060 I could find is $265! and that is the cheapest brand and its the 3GB version.

I also heard gtx 1050 Ti overclocking is a beast, I mean, I saw someone overclocking it to 1911 mhz core clock, that sounds insane or its only me?

Ahh didn't realize how well it OCs. Wonder if only having pcie power limits the overclock to that or if it overdraws the 75W that the pcie bus has available.

 

[king3pj]

That CPU should be fine with that card and even faster cards. In most games the CPU won't be the bottle neck.

If you can afford it I'd spend the little extra for a 1060 as it's a pretty significant speed bump. You probably won't see that much of a speed increase from 660 to 1050 ti...

Sure, a 1060 would be better than a 1050 Ti but I completely disagree with your comment that you won't see much of an improvement when upgrading from a 660. It's hard to find direct benchmark comparisons between the 660 and 1050 Ti because the 660 is several generations old but we can kind of get there on our own by looking at a few other benchmarks.

First, the 1050 Ti is about 17% better than a GTX 960 on average at 1080p.

Second, a GTX 960 is about 31% better than a GTX 660 at 1080p on average.

If we look at Battlefield 4 benchmarks the 660 gets 37.5 FPS. The 1050 Ti gets 59.7 FPS. To me that would qualify as a significant upgrade.

 

[nzalog]

I just would expect a lot more of a performance boost than ~23FPS when replacing a card that is 5 years old. At that rate you'll be replacing the card again far too soon.

Now since that does not take into account the significant boost from the %50+ overclock, in the end it should be a decent bump in speed.

 

[king3pj]

I just would expect a lot more of a performance boost than ~23FPS when replacing a card that is 5 years old. At that rate you'll be replacing the card again far too soon.

Now since that does not take into account the significant boost from the %50+ overclock, in the end it should be a decent bump in speed.

Keep in mind that this is only one game. It's hard to find comparable benchmarks on the same game for GPUs that are this many generations apart. That's why I also included the performance summary numbers instead of just the Battlefield 4 benchmark.

If the 1050 Ti is 17% better than a 960 on average and a 960 is 31% better than a 660 on average I would expect the 1050 Ti to be a significant upgrade from a 660 in most games. Battlefield 4 may not represent games as a whole. It was just the only game where I could find TPU benchmarks for both the 660 and 1050 Ti.

 

[The Paladin]

looks at GTX 970 could find one from someone that is upgrading to a 1080 and get a deal.
and by looking at those numbers could be an alternative.

 

[The Paladin]

thanks, i know 1060 is really good compared to 1050 Ti but really my country taxes a lot for technology sadly, the CHEAPEST gtx 1060 I could find is $265! and that is the cheapest brand and its the 3GB version.

ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1060 6GB OC (DUAL-GTX1060-O6G) 379.$
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=43_1200_557_559&item_id=098984

the real question is... how much money top dollar you would be willing to spend ?