Should i Choose GTX 1050 OC 2GB or GTX 960 OC 4GB?

[Diceflix]

Hi Guys,

Another questions, i recently bought a complete new RIG to replace my current one, well, nothing wroong with my current one but i found this new rig for only $450 and given the spec it has i think it's a bang for buck.

Here's my new incoming RIG specs:

• Mobo MSI Gaming plus H310M
• Intel Pentium Gold G5400 3.70Ghz
• Asus Strix GTX 960 OC Edition 4GB GDDR5
• Ram 8GB DDR4 2400ghz Dual Channel
• SSD 120 GB
• HDD 750 GB
• PSU Silverstone Strider 500W Bronze 80+
• CPu Cooler Gammax T200.
• 2x Fan RGB.
• 4x Fan Red.
• Case Gaming Infinty Zeuz

And here is my Currrent one which will be replaced :

• Mobo Maxsun MS H110D4 M.2 Turbo (LGA 1151)
• CPU Intel Pentium G4560 3.5ghz
• VGA Gigabyte GTX 1050 OC 2GB GDDR5
• RAM 8GB Dual Channel DDR4 2400mhz
• SSD 120GB Galax Gamer (OS)
• HDD Seagate 320GB
• PSU 1stPlayer Black Widow 500w Pure Bronze 80+
• CPU fan Deepcool Ice Edge Mini FS v 2.0
• 1x 120mm LED fan Armageddon Sabre
• 1x 120mm Fan Casing
• Case Armageddon Vulcan V1fx White

I firmly believe all components of the incoming new RIG are above my current one, however I would like to see your opinions concerning the GPU.

As you may see above, my current RIg use Gigabyte GTX 1050 OC 2GB, and the new one will be using Asus Strix GTX 960 OC edition 4GB. From what i understand hese two cards may have very similar performance.

Should i stick with GTX 960 or should i keep my GTX 1050 OC on my new RIG?

 

[Ramlethal]

definitly not worth it. The 1050TI version is an upgrade that worths it even if its just slightly better but this... This is meaningless in my opinion.

 

[Diceflix]

definitly not worth it. The 1050TI version is an upgrade that worths it even if its just slightly better but this... This is meaningless in my opinion.

The case is, i did planned to upgrade the GPU to 1050ti or 1060. However i found this deal which i think worth it because the new rig cost almost the same as my current one however with overall better components. so i saw this chance i a grab given my currrent one can still be sold in the same price. You can say that this is not a planned "upgrade" it just happened cause i tempted by the price

But This new RIG comes with GTX 960 OC so i have to deal with it at the moment, i know this cannot be said a meaningful upgrade from my gtx 1050 but at least which one is better?

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

Both builds give a little and take a little, so at the end of the day, it's not an upgrade. I don't know how much you're paying, but it's not worth it.

You're much better off keeping your existing build and replacing individual components. Specifically, the GPU, CPU and RAM.

 

[Vana Ivan Pandovski]

Go for 1060 3gb or 970 because 960s and 1050s are not good cards very bad if you intend to play CS-GO and LOL sure but games as Battlefield or other AAA+ games you will have a lot of FPS issues.

 

[RobCrezz]

If you can sell off all the old parts so it doesnt cost you anything then it could be worthwhile.

Would be worth using all the ram to give you 16gb, the 960 4gb is slightly better than the 1050. and the H310 motherboard gives you the potential to add in a i5 8600 or i7 8700.

 

[Diceflix]

Go for 1060 3gb or 970 because 960s and 1050s are not good cards very bad if you intend to play CS-GO and LOL sure but games as Battlefield or other AAA+ games you will have a lot of FPS issues.

My current GTX 1050 + G4560 can run Battlefield 1 60 FPS on high, i'm not online gamer, so my games are mostly AAA campaign titles.

Ghost Recon Wildlands can runs with mixed setting Low - High at 50 FPS

 

[Diceflix]

If you can sell off all the old parts so it doesnt cost you anything then it could be worthwhile.

Would be worth using all the ram to give you 16gb, the 960 4gb is slightly better than the 1050. and the H310 motherboard gives you the potential to add in a i5 8600 or i7 8700.

Finally..., someone who understand what i meant, thank you sir!

 

[t99]

Not sure if that is worth 400$ as it's really not much better than what you have. I would save and buy an actual upgrade. Basically you are spending 400$ for a motherboard.

Consider this... you can spend 160$ rx470 (basically a 580 or 1060, far better than 1050ti or 970), 100$ on a good b450 that can last years and 150$ on ryzen 2600 which is much better gpu can support 1070ti and 1080ti video cards.

Basically 400$ and use your existing parts and you would have a real upgrade that is an actual improvement in performance. Look up a benchmarks for that card, it's an absolute beast.

AND said the socket will be thru at least 2020 so this means at least 2 more models if not more. If they do 3 then it works out amazing. You could use the same components and just replace the gpu and gpu again in like 3 years.

If you want decent gaming at 1080p what you are planning to buy won't cut it. You will be forced to turn everything on medium and not going to get 60fps in a lot of stuff. You don't want to be forced to have to replace a 400$ investment within a year.

Think about it like this... If the system will do a mediocre job currently and you will be forced to replace the gpu and cpu in a year or let's stretch it to 2, then why not just only replace those 2 parts now with a new board and be set for much longer for the same amount of money?

You can even get a 2200g ryzen 3, 570 and a good board for around 350$. I think 2600 is much better only 50$ more on sale. If it were 200 then a 2200g would make sense. It's also worth spending 100$ on a nice board that can last vs 60 or 70 on one that doesn't even have heatsinks

 

[RobCrezz]

The point is, that he said he can sell off the other parts so the overall cost is very small, while being able to get a 310 motherboard (so potential to drop in much more capable cpus), 16gb of ram. So its not really spending $400.

 

[t99]

If they are making up a majority of the cost then I agree with you. They can then take their time and replace the gpu first and then cpu as needed.

 

[Diceflix]

NVM Now i have RX 570 4GB

 

[t99]

NVM Now i have RX 570 4GB

Nice, that is basically a rx480 4gb and greatly outperforms both other options. Enjoy.