Return GTX950 for 1050Ti?

[Guest]

I bought a GTX950 about a week ago for $150, but I hear Nvidia will be releasing the 1050Ti soon. I've also heard it should be around the same price point. Should I return the 950 and get the 1050Ti instead?

 

[Hellfire13]

You should do that if you still have the option.
NVIDIA has yet to officially announce the GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 Ti cards and speculations claim that they will be launched in October.
NVIDIA's GTX 1050 Ti beats the GTX 950 with the same 768 CUDA core count but with a higher memory at 4GB and faster boost clock speed of 1382MHz compared to the latter's 1188MHz, TrustedReviews reported. The core clock is also higher with the GTX 1050 Ti card at 1290MHz vs the GTX 950's 1024MHz frequency.

Read more: http://en.yibada.com/articles/163420/20160928/nvidia-gtx-1050-ti-specs-vs-950-amd-radeon-rx.htm#ixzz4Lzc6RgY3

 

[dontlistentome]

I'd return it but not necessarily for that reason. $150 is a lot to pay for a card of that level. You're buying what is essentially a budget level card but paying between budget level($110) and mainstream($200) price. Assuming the 1050 is at least GTX 960 performance and costs $150, then yeah I think you'd be better off doing that.

 

[Sam Hain]

If you can return the card and can budget, GTX 1060's can be had on Newegg for as low as $199 to $219 range (3GB cards) and go up from there and will definitely topple a 1050 Ti that you are "waiting for"; more bang-for-buck!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100007709%20601210955

 

[rhysiam]

You're so close investment wise to a significantly better tier of card too. 1060 3GBs start around the $190 mark, which is only $40-50 more than your 950, but approaching (and in some games exceeding) twice as fast.

If your budget really is fixed, the 1050ti/1050 might be the way to go, but if you can stretch to a 1060 3GB, you'll likely be getting more performance for your money.

 

[Guest]

It looks like the GTX 1050Ti will be released October 18th, according to this: http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-launch-leak/

So not too far away. How would the 1050Ti with it's 4GB compare to the 1060 with 3GB? I've also read that the 3GB 1060 is weaker than the 6GB 1060 in more than just the ram decrease. So maybe the 1050Ti will be a better buy?

 

[rhysiam]

It looks like the GTX 1050Ti will be released October 18th, according to this: http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-launch-leak/

So not too far away. How would the 1050Ti with it's 4GB compare to the 1060 with 3GB? I've also read that the 3GB 1060 is weaker than the 6GB 1060 in more than just the ram decrease. So maybe the 1050Ti will be a better buy?

If WCCF's leaked tech specs are correct (and note the all-important "IF" in that statement), then you're looking at 4TFLOPs from the 1060 3GB vs 2.1 TFLOPs on the 1050ti. Now TFLOPs aren't generally a great way to compare cards, but it gives you an indication that the 1060 is like to be in a different performance tier (again, IF leaks are correct).

The 3GB 1060 is slightly cut down from the 6GB version (1152 CUDA cores vs 1280). It should be the 1050ti IMHO, or the 1060 6GB should have been called the 1060ti, but in any case, there's very close to 10% gap between them if VRAM is not an issue. But at the moment the 6GB versions start around $50 more (or 25% higher cost relative to the 3GB). In terms of the the 3GB VRAM, my guess would be that it is likely to be a bit of an issue over the next two years, and increasingly more so beyond that. It would probably require you to drop AA and a few settings in some games. But, from what we know at the moment, if the choice is 1050ti 4GB or 1060 3GB, the latter is looking like the vastly superior card.

 

[Hellfire13]

gather some more fund and get this...
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