GTX 1050 Ti worth it?

[Jloch98]

Hey guys, I'm considering upgrading to a 1050 Ti. I currently have a 750 Ti in my PC, and it would be a good step up if I could get the 1050 Ti. From the way it looks to me, the 1050 Ti is an awesome choice no matter how I look at it. It would fit in my tower (I have a small tower and it's even smaller than the 750 Ti), and it meets basically all of the same system requirements that my 750 Ti required. I really don't want to spend more than $150, so getting anything bigger than it (both physically and financially) is probably not a good idea. This is the one I'm most likely planning on buying:

https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Support-Graphics-04G-P4-6253-KR/dp/B01MEFABEL/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1494106773&sr=1-1&keywords=GTX%2B1050%2BTi&th=1

My Current Rig (yes, it's crap, I know lol):

AMD Athlon II X4 630
4 GB DDR2
300W PSU
GTX 750 Ti

 

[AdeptLink]

It's a good graphics card but i would recommend looking into upgrading your CPU and RAM as you may run into a bottleneck of the CPU. But all in all that is a good price for the GTX 1050 Ti and definitely worth buying if you plan on upgrading.

 

[Jloch98]

It's a good graphics card but i would recommend looking into upgrading your CPU and RAM as you may run into a bottleneck of the CPU. But all in all that is a good price for the GTX 1050 Ti and definitely worth buying if you plan on upgrading.

So... I'm not very familiar with the effects of bottlenecking. What exactly could that do to my computer?

 

[maxalge]

It's a good graphics card but i would recommend looking into upgrading your CPU and RAM as you may run into a bottleneck of the CPU. But all in all that is a good price for the GTX 1050 Ti and definitely worth buying if you plan on upgrading.

So... I'm not very familiar with the effects of bottlenecking. What exactly could that do to my computer?

make you gain 0 fps regardless of gpu

because the system is limited by the slow cpu


you are at max gpu for your current setup
any more gpu power and you need a complete system rebuild, it's just too slow

 

[Jloch98]

It's a good graphics card but i would recommend looking into upgrading your CPU and RAM as you may run into a bottleneck of the CPU. But all in all that is a good price for the GTX 1050 Ti and definitely worth buying if you plan on upgrading.

So... I'm not very familiar with the effects of bottlenecking. What exactly could that do to my computer?

make you gain 0 fps regardless of gpu

because the system is limited by the slow cpu


you are at max gpu for your current setup
any more gpu power and you need a complete system rebuild, it's just too slow

Ok. Thank you for your input.

 

[dontlistentome]

I think you could gain something with this upgrade. In games that need lots of videocard performance, but not much CPU performance, the 1050 Ti will give better framerate. You'll be able to use higher settings with 4gb vram instead of the 2gb a 750 Ti has.

I don't think it's 'worth it' though. Mainly because the types of games that would most benefit from this upgrade will need more CPU power than you have. They'll also need 8gb system ram instead of the 4gb that you have.

My personal recommendation if you want to breathe new life into your computer? Get, as cheap as you can, another 4gb of system ram so you have 8gb. Get an SSD, even though you might only have SATA II ports get a SATA III SSD. If all you can afford is a small 120gb cheap Sandisk, that's fine. Put your OS, programs, and a game or two on there, whatever games you are playing a lot right now. Everything else goes on your current hard drive.

Continue to use your 750 Ti, even if it means dropping to 720p for certain games, or lowering settings at 1080p.

 

[Jloch98]

I think you could gain something with this upgrade. In games that need lots of videocard performance, but not much CPU performance, the 1050 Ti will give better framerate. You'll be able to use higher settings with 4gb vram instead of the 2gb a 750 Ti has.

I don't think it's 'worth it' though. Mainly because the types of games that would most benefit from this upgrade will need more CPU power than you have. They'll also need 8gb system ram instead of the 4gb that you have.

My personal recommendation if you want to breathe new life into your computer? Get, as cheap as you can, another 4gb of system ram so you have 8gb. Get an SSD, even though you might only have SATA II ports get a SATA III SSD. If all you can afford is a small 120gb cheap Sandisk, that's fine. Put your OS, programs, and a game or two on there, whatever games you are playing a lot right now. Everything else goes on your current hard drive.

Continue to use your 750 Ti, even if it means dropping to 720p for certain games, or lowering settings at 1080p.

So, overall, you wouldn't recommend buying the 1050 Ti?