GTX 1050ti or GTX 1060

JMcGarva

Member
Pretty much what the title asks.. Which is one better for the price.

The GTX 1060 is by either EVGA or MSI.. If you choice the 1060, should I get it by EVGA or MSI?


https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Support-Graphics-06G-P4-6161-KR/dp/B01IPVSGEC

https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GAMING-GTX-1060-6G/dp/B01IEKYD5U/


OR the GTX 105 ti

https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-GAMING-Support-04G-P4-6253-KR/dp/B01MF7EQJZ/

I dont plan on over clocking anything other then what it is stock. So I figured the single fans would be fine.

The GTX 1050 is the #1best seller for gpu on amazon
 

Deadpool

Active Member
Neither. Get the RX 480. 4Gb or 8Gb depending on your monitor.

The general rule for deciding is this:

If you plan to upgrade in the next year, year and a half, get the 1060 6Gb. Is better right now. If you are gonna use it till it dies, get the 480. Drivers are still developing and it's pulling ahead. Will eventually.

If you do get the 1060, get the 6Gb version. Is faster. The same doesn't go for the 480. Both versions will perform the same in 1080-1440p.

1050<460<1050Ti<470<1060 3Gb<1060 6Gb=~480
 

mistersprinkles

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adrianuswibowo

New Member
Pretty much what the title asks.. Which is one better for the price.

The GTX 1060 is by either EVGA or MSI.. If you choice the 1060, should I get it by EVGA or MSI?


https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Support-Graphics-06G-P4-6161-KR/dp/B01IPVSGEC

https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GAMING-GTX-1060-6G/dp/B01IEKYD5U/


OR the GTX 105 ti

https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-GAMING-Support-04G-P4-6253-KR/dp/B01MF7EQJZ/

I dont plan on over clocking anything other then what it is stock. So I figured the single fans would be fine.

The GTX 1050 is the #1best seller for gpu on amazon

If You have more bugdet buy GTX 1060 Is significant better than 1050 Ti, MSI and EVGA Is Same But If you want more cooling system and headsink you must choose MSI
 

lincsman

Member
I've heard from an IT tech that AMD is death basically for drivers. Nvidia comes out with new drivers often, and on top of that if you want to record, shadowplay makes it easy. Also Nvidia is VR ready. I'd go with that myself. Well I did, lol. Honestly the 50 series cards are not really for gaming. Maybe light gaming. The 1060 is much, much better and worth every penny. I agree, MSI is much better.
 

beers

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Staff member
Look at this, an i3 beating a 5960x? Really
It's not wrong, the clock speed benefit in single thread has the i3 winning. Clearly the multithread and overall scores go to the 5960x, as is listed in their charts.
 

Calin

Well-Known Member
It's not wrong, the clock speed benefit in single thread has the i3 winning. Clearly the multithread and overall scores go to the 5960x, as is listed in their charts.
but the i3 gets a 8.7 score and the 5960x 5.5? Really?
 

Intel_man

VIP Member
Correct. They use all kinds of different metrics for scoring. I don't look at the score, I use it to compare both of the GPU's or CPU's specs and use my own damn sense.
I normally wouldn't solely rely on CPUBoss numbers to determine performance. I'd look at a bunch of reviews of the processor I'm interested and see how they perform at real-world tasks compared to the other processors the reviewer has tested previously under similar scenarios.
 

Darren

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Staff member
CPUBoss and GPUBoss are pretty garbage. At the very least they're misleading on many occasions, particularly to hardware noobs.

This far superior, although no 1050 results on there which is somewhat surprising.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU16/1489

I've heard from an IT tech that AMD is death basically for drivers. Nvidia comes out with new drivers often, and on top of that if you want to record, shadowplay makes it easy. Also Nvidia is VR ready. I'd go with that myself. Well I did, lol. Honestly the 50 series cards are not really for gaming. Maybe light gaming. The 1060 is much, much better and worth every penny. I agree, MSI is much better.

You really are clueless aren't you. "VR Ready". Tell me, what does that actually mean. What IT tech told you AMD is "death for drivers." Do they not release drivers anymore? Do they kill you upon downloading them? Do you have any idea how frequently either brand releases drivers before making broad stroke claims? 50 series not really for gaming? That's always been Nvidia's entrypoint into the gaming market for GPU's.

Misinformation everywhere.
 

lincsman

Member
the 1060 advertises being VR ready as in the oculous rift, you know, the virtual reality glasses. Also, the 50 series is good enough but still pretty weak. Perhaps my friend was misinformed. But I can tell you, if you want high end gaming, even the 1050 is going to disappoint. Even my 6GB 1060 can't properly max titanfall 2.
 

Calin

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But I can tell you, if you want high end gaming, even the 1050 is going to disappoint. Even my 6GB 1060 can't properly max titanfall 2.
I think that for 1080p both of these cards are ok. With the 1050ti you might have to turn down AA and stuff like that though.
 

Darren

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Staff member
I think that for 1080p both of these cards are ok. With the 1050ti you might have to turn down AA and stuff like that though.
I think a lot of people underestimate low to midrange cards. Gone are the days of spending $100 bucks on a GPU just get multiple monitors. There are a lot of gaming capable GPU's out there. The RX 550 looks pretty solid considering its cheap price. Those 1050's are no slouch by any means.
 

lincsman

Member
Well my experience is with a GTX 650 Ti 1GB. Couldn't even play Battlefield 1 at high settings 1080p. It actually did about the same if not worse than my laptop with a GT 940MX. Compare to the GTX 770 2GB I had, which almost maxed out Battlefield 1. However if you don't care about crazy graphics, yes the 1050 will do well. I don't know what the benches are, but basically there's a major difference each level of card does. I would love a 1070 but like you both said though the 1060 is great for 1080p. But I would imagine the 1050 would at least be able to play every new game at the point where it is enjoyable to play. Depends how much you want to spend and how bad you want high graphics. The only reason I want a 1070 is because I want to be able to not worry about upgrading for a long time, maxing every game. It just isn't in my budget for a 1070, nor is it in my budget to get a 4k or 2k monitor. To be honest I don't much care either. 1080p does plenty good in my opinion, especially with today's anti-ailising, texture filtering and sharpening etc. I just would love to get 120 fps on every single game I play at max settings, but yeah the 1060 is doing quite well for now. Either way, if you have a 10 series card you're good to go.
 

Darren

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Staff member
Well my experience is with a GTX 650 Ti 1GB. Couldn't even play Battlefield 1 at high settings 1080p. It actually did about the same if not worse than my laptop with a GT 940MX. Compare to the GTX 770 2GB I had, which almost maxed out Battlefield 1. However if you don't care about crazy graphics, yes the 1050 will do well. I don't know what the benches are, but basically there's a major difference each level of card does. I would love a 1070 but like you both said though the 1060 is great for 1080p. But I would imagine the 1050 would at least be able to play every new game at the point where it is enjoyable to play. Depends how much you want to spend and how bad you want high graphics. The only reason I want a 1070 is because I want to be able to not worry about upgrading for a long time, maxing every game. It just isn't in my budget for a 1070, nor is it in my budget to get a 4k or 2k monitor. To be honest I don't much care either. 1080p does plenty good in my opinion, especially with today's anti-ailising, texture filtering and sharpening etc. I just would love to get 120 fps on every single game I play at max settings, but yeah the 1060 is doing quite well for now. Either way, if you have a 10 series card you're good to go.


You can't really draw comparisons across generations. Stuff changes fast in this industry and if you don't keep up with it you're probably best off not spreading misinformation. I'm not trying to be an a-hole about this but I occasionally see you posting a stuff that's just misguided or flat out wrong, particularly in regards to GPU's. If you're not familiar with stuff there's no shame in that, I avoid threads I don't know how to help with like Networking.

Just trying to keep the quality of info provided around here as high as possible. Carry on. ;)
 
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