Upgrade to 1060 from 1050 ti

[emperormeow]

I'm not completely knowledgeable when it comes to properly upgrading computers. I'm thinking of upgrading from a gtx 1050 ti to a 1060. Would I be able to do that with no problems?
Here are my specs

AMD Ryzen 5 1600
AMD B350M motherboard
8gb DDR4
600W EVGA

 

[John Philips]

No doubt you are good to go! But do not expect high gains... and do not forget there is a 3gb model and a 6gb one...

 

[Titanz]

go for gtx 1070 if u have money.... that will be worth upgrading

 

[JackNaylorPE]

The 1050 Ti is nVidia's weakest card against competition from AMD... I would prefer the 570 before prices shot up due to mining.

But as you can see below the reference 1060 is a whopping 60% faster than the 1050 Ti at 1080p

The MSI 1060 3 GB Gaming X is about 6% slower than the Reference 6GB 1060
The MSI 1060 6 GB Gaming X is about 3% faster than the Reference 6GB 1060

The jump from the MSI 1060 Gaming 6 GB to the 1070 is quite a bit less impactful at 36%

 

[John Philips]

As I said, not much of a gain... there are many better options to go .

 

[emperormeow]

I was gunning for the 1060 6gb because it's more in my price range. A 1070 would be nice, but I don't see it coming down in price anytime soon. Thank you all for your responses, appreciated.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

As I said, not much of a gain... there are many better options to go .

I gotta ask, what do you consider "much of a gain? Getting a fps increase in 18 games that runs from +56% to + 85% (74% average seems pretty significant. That's the biggest 1 level jump anywhere in the nVidia lineup.... yes, of course there are better cards, but it's hard to justify them at resolutions like 1080p. The move from a 1050 Ti to a 1060 is surely the easiest to justify, then any one or even two above it.

1080 => 1080 Ti = + 20% performance jump
1070 - 1080 = + 22%
1060 => 1070 = + 34.0%
1050 Ti => 1060 = + 74%

1070 => 1080 Ti = +47%
1060 => 1080 = +53%

Here's the relative increase in FPS going from an OC'd 1050 Ti to a OC'd 1060 in TPUs 18 game test suite

1050 Ti has 3 games < 30 fps / 1060 has 0
1050 Ti has 8 games < 40 fps / 1060 has 0
1050 Ti has 11 games < 50 fps / 1060 has 1
1050 Ti has 13 games < 60 fps / 1060 has 3


Anno 2205 185.3%
AC Syndicate 156.9%
BF4 174.2%
Batman AK 173.7%
COD:BO3 178.8%
Dues Ex: Mankind 179.5%
Doom 173.8%
F1 180.1%
Fallout 4 173.5%
Far Cry Primal 174.2%
GTAV 171.5%
Hitman 178.0%
Just Case 3 171.2%
No Man's Sky 169.5%
Rainbow 6:Siege 173.0%
RoTR 167.7%
Witcher 3 177.6%
Total War:WH 182.2%

 

[John Philips]

Much of a gain would be a 1070, 1080, 1080ti... agreed?