not spending $800, not installing a 250W card

[hmazuji]

my 65 watt 750 ti is working great. i would rather go with that again or go with onboard video of an i7. but i am not spending eight hundred on a 250 watt device. the 750 ti is several years old, but is it still the best 65 watt video card? if i build another system, should i go with the i7, 750 ti, or is there a pragmatic alternative that i'm not seeing? i'm just saying 'no' to the 1080 ti, unless i live in alaska, and want to heat my igloo with it six months out of the year

 

[ko888]

What's wrong with a GeForce GTX 1050 Ti? It's a 75 Watt card with 1.88 times the performance of your GeForce GTX 750 Ti and can be had for under $150.

 

[hmazuji]

What's wrong with a GeForce GTX 1050 Ti? It's a 75 Watt card with 1.88 times the performance of your GeForce GTX 750 Ti and can be had for under $150.

i'm using one of those now
i think i was agonizing over whether to go with an apu or cpu+gpu, and decided to not use apu because many reviews cited stability issues