Gtx 960 4g or gtx 1050ti for q9650

[johnupham80]

Hi guys

i am confused to choose a graphic card for my cpu without much problem, so whether gtx 960 or gtx 1050ti will fit in my system without bottlnecking??
I'm running q9650 at stock 3ghz

My pc spec:
-c2q q9650 3ghz
-8gb ram ddr3 1333mhz
-ati radeon hd5570 1gb
-g41m combo rev2.0
-3tb hdd sata

Thanks

 

[Dunlop0078]

Either are going to be bottlenecked by that CPU in most modern games. That said I would certainly go for the 1050 ti if they are both near the same price.

 

[4745454b]

The problem you are going to have is you have a super old system that doesn't support modern hardware due to the ancient BIOS board you have. We moved from BIOS to UEFI, and GPUs now expect to see that. Random link I pulled from the web.

https://forums.evga.com/GTX-960-on-a-motherboard-with-legacy-non-UEFI-bios-m2450370.aspx

In that thread they talked about buying a 6 series card. To be honest I'm not sure what the newest card you can run is. But I wouldn't try either of those cards.

 

[johnupham80]

@Dunlop0078 if i choose 1050 ti, can it reach at least 40-50 fps in 1080p high to ultra setting?
By the way how much it will bottleneck?

 

[Dunlop0078]

No idea that would depend on the game, never seen a q9650 and 1050 ti paired together.

You probably want to listen to 4745454b, I didn't think about that. A 1050 ti or 960 may not even be compatible with the BIOS of your mobo.

 

[oriol.delavega]

I used to have a Q9550 and I upgraded to a R9 380X with no problems at all. In fact, after upgrading the CPU to an i7 6700k I did not notice a dramatic increase in FPS. To be completely honest, the CPU was slightly overclocked, if I remember correctly, to 3100 MHz. That would put it in line with the Q9650. Not sure about Nvidia, but no problems so far with AMD. In fact, if you search the userbenchmark database for that specific build (Q9650+1050Ti) it shows about 130 results. Not sure if link will work, but just in case: http://www.userbenchmark.com/PCBuilder/Custom/S0-M1706.188434vsS3883-M1706.8195.1261.89192?tab=GPU

So, I'd go for the 1050Ti, but in a store that gave me an early return option just in case.

The problem you are going to have is you have a super old system that doesn't support modern hardware due to the ancient BIOS board you have. We moved from BIOS to UEFI, and GPUs now expect to see that. Random link I pulled from the web.

https://forums.evga.com/GTX-960-on-a-motherboard-with-legacy-non-UEFI-bios-m2450370.aspx

In that thread they talked about buying a 6 series card. To be honest I'm not sure what the newest card you can run is. But I wouldn't try either of those cards.

 

[johnupham80]

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3272271/msi-geforce-gtx-1050-4gb-gddr5-graphic-card-gigabyte-g41m-combo-rev.html

They say it work just fine