Seems like a nice card at a nice price. It's a big upgrade for a PC with no graphics. The performance is inline with a GTX 960, so it's probably not much of an upgrade for people with a graphics card from the last couple of generations. But for an older PC, or a HTPC build, it's excellent. (the gtx 1050 ti is obviously better still, but for £30 or so more.)
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dudedude to Danjw91
9 Dec 164#8
you'd rather pay more than double the price?
great, but not really relevant if you want to spend ~£100
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biglugs1
13 Dec 16#27
If I was going to splash out on a new card (which I might well do) I would rather pay the extra £25 and get a 1050ti.
paneds
10 Dec 16#26
looking at benchmarks on various sites it seems that you get roughly 7 fps better but better textures and shaders just all depends if you have £30 extra
satchef1
9 Dec 16#25
He's not mistaken. He's just glued to spec sheets and reviews, seemingly missing that these things very rarely sell for their RRP in the UK.
MBeeching
9 Dec 16#24
You're mistaken, it's around £30 extra for a Ti variant of the card with twice the VRAM.
Pound-for-pound there's a good performance gain for very little extra.
satchef1
9 Dec 16#23
Actually, I suspect Amazon are price matching Overclockers. Both cards are the same price at both retailers.
Three generations isnt 'ever', kid. I was remarking as someone who has been out of the PC game for a few years - based on what I used to pay, the new cards seem a tad pricey, and the older generations a tad underperforming. To be fair, I suspect the latter is due to the new console generation ending the graphical stagnation that was the norm from 2010 up to 2013.
I can't really be bothered to research my point. All I know is I'm looking at building my first PC for over five years and I'm quite shocked at component prices vs performance. For the same relative performance I'm looking at £100-£150 more on a budget machine.
SavageDonkey
9 Dec 16#18
Do you get a free game? Nvidia are offering a choice of 3 for 1050 to 1060.. I just bought a code from someone and redeemed raw data for £16ish
GPUs got expensive. *50 cards used to be cheap budget models, good for HTPC use and a bit of gaming, but likely to be out-dated 12 months down the line. If you wanted 2 years (plus a third at low settings), you bought a *60 card. If you wanted 3 years at high to medium, you bought a *70.
Reading around, it doesn't look like that has changed much. But the price has jumped about 80%.
the 750ti is now obsolete at the new prices; if you already own one this is ~50% faster. It's comparable to a 960.
It's kind of not worth upgrading, but maybe if you can sell your 750 ti for a good price.
An Rx470 or GTX 1060 or higher is a more concrete upgrade, if your PSU is ok for it.
dudedude
9 Dec 16#16
You what?
The TI costs 30% more and only offers 22% more performance.
Plus when you get to THAT price point you might as well just get the RX470, which is considerably faster.
nealgs
9 Dec 16#9
What about in a HP microserver N36L variant ?
steffcip to nealgs
9 Dec 16#12
should work fine, depending W of the current PSU and how many HDDs you have I guess to make sure another 75W is fine for the PSU
1050 should work fine with pci-e x16 gen2
Diab
9 Dec 16#11
I own the gtx950 which is a little slower then this and I find it's rather good for basic gaming, overwatch on high settings, a lot of games in the last year run well enough and look good, 1080p is fine with a lot of stuff.
Personally I would try to get the Ti model but this is still a good price for someone who wants to build a simple gaming rig or just have a gpu for their setup.
MBeeching
9 Dec 161#10
Agreed, can't compare the two. Though it's borderline insanity choosing a 1050 over a 1050Ti to save £30.
Danjw91
9 Dec 16#5
I would rather pay £140 more and future proof the GPU more and get a 6gb 1060. You'd struggle to get past quite a few games at medium with this card.
dudedude to Danjw91
9 Dec 164#8
you'd rather pay more than double the price?
great, but not really relevant if you want to spend ~£100
Naruto
9 Dec 161#2
I would only consider a passive GPU for a HTPC
OrribleHarry to Naruto
9 Dec 16#6
If it's in same room......all my AV stuff is in a dedicated media cupboard upstairs.
steffcip to Naruto
9 Dec 16#7
you can use this gpu run passive cooling with hdplex h5 :smiley:
Msic
9 Dec 16#4
I have a different brand 1050, but they are all very similar.
Great card.
Good find, and excellent price. Well done OP
sim11
9 Dec 161#1
Nice find but it's doubtful that it will run quiet , I have a gtx750 with a singular fan and that creates a fair amount of noise , this fan appears to be the same ..
Just another side note this also runs about 25-30% faster than the gtx750.
dudedude to sim11
9 Dec 161#3
Which GTX 750?
I'm not sure what you mean by runs 25% faster. Do you mean the performance?
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This card is a particularly good choice for a small PC, as it's only 145mm long, and requires no power cable. It runs 'cold and quiet' http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/zotac-geforce-gtx-1050-video-card-review/6/
Seems like a nice card at a nice price. It's a big upgrade for a PC with no graphics. The performance is inline with a GTX 960, so it's probably not much of an upgrade for people with a graphics card from the last couple of generations. But for an older PC, or a HTPC build, it's excellent. (the gtx 1050 ti is obviously better still, but for £30 or so more.)
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great, but not really relevant if you want to spend ~£100
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Pound-for-pound there's a good performance gain for very little extra.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/zotac-geforce-gtx-1050ti-mini-4096mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-109-zt.html
I can't really be bothered to research my point. All I know is I'm looking at building my first PC for over five years and I'm quite shocked at component prices vs performance. For the same relative performance I'm looking at £100-£150 more on a budget machine.
Reading around, it doesn't look like that has changed much. But the price has jumped about 80%.
The 650 was $109, the 750 $119 http://www.anandtech.com/show/7764/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-750-ti-and-gtx-750-review-maxwell/4, the 1050 $109 http://www.anandtech.com/show/10768/nvidia-announces-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-gtx-1050
$109 = £104, after VAT
The 650 ti was $149, the 750 ti was $149, the 950 was $159 http://www.anandtech.com/show/9547/nvidia-launches-geforce-gtx-950-gm206-the-lesser-for-159, the 1050 ti $139
So cheaper than ever, it's just that the brexit exchange rate adds on 15-20% to the POUND price.
In the region of 20% maybe. Not worth upgrading from a 750Ti though, i dont think.
Just a random review comparing 750Ti and this:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3134528/components-graphics/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1050-and-gtx-1050-ti-review-the-new-budget-gaming-champions.html?page=5
It's kind of not worth upgrading, but maybe if you can sell your 750 ti for a good price.
An Rx470 or GTX 1060 or higher is a more concrete upgrade, if your PSU is ok for it.
The TI costs 30% more and only offers 22% more performance.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1050_Gaming_X/27.html
Plus when you get to THAT price point you might as well just get the RX470, which is considerably faster.
1050 should work fine with pci-e x16 gen2
Personally I would try to get the Ti model but this is still a good price for someone who wants to build a simple gaming rig or just have a gpu for their setup.
great, but not really relevant if you want to spend ~£100
Great card.
Good find, and excellent price. Well done OP
Just another side note this also runs about 25-30% faster than the gtx750.
I'm not sure what you mean by runs 25% faster. Do you mean the performance?
Anyway, this German test https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=enhl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tweakpc.de%2Fhardware%2Ftests%2Fgrafikkarten%2Fzotac_geforce_gtx_1050_ti_mini%2Fs06.php shows that the Zotac card is extremely quiet.