Just seen this on Ebuyer's weekend deals, so not long left unfortunately. Cheapest I've personally seen this card, been looking at a similar EVGA card for £145 on Amazon. Good for 1080p gaming.
I've just ordered with collect plus, so hopefully will get to pick this up tomorrow.
Latest comments (64)
MRP
5 Sep 17#64
This is even cooler running than normal 1050 lol
40's when gaming. Quiet/silent. Not bad at all. Can be oced too but no major gains. The 4gb is handy in some games.
fiqqer
4 Sep 17#63
£184 now, so whoever didn't buy at this price has to pay £5 more for the new cheapest card. and that is in only 10 days. There really isn't much difference between any of the 1050ti cards in terms of performance. The differences are the size, the loudness and how hot they get, as well as the number of power pins required - older motherboards will only allow 4 pins, newer ones will be able to utilise graphics cards requiring 6 power pins. There will be a reliability issue as well but it is difficult to tell which will be the best cards in the long run.
This is the most powerful graphics card that comes in 4 pin options so you need to be careful which you buy if you only have 4 power pins.
CoumbBarr2000
20 Aug 17#9
Why is this getting any heat? £125 for a pathetically weak graphics card? This is not even worth £100. Just buy a used 970 for a bit more, 970's are almost twice as fast.
jaydeeuk1 to CoumbBarr2000
20 Aug 17#11
And put a 970 in my media centre? Don't be a Muppet.
CoumbBarr2000 to jaydeeuk1
20 Aug 17#12
You numpty you don't even need a graphics card for a 'media centre'. You might as well just run Kabylake integrated graphics :grin:
jaydeeuk1 to CoumbBarr2000
20 Aug 17#15
And play GTA? I doona think so cap'n.
misa426 to jaydeeuk1
21 Aug 17#43
You'd be surprised I remember being able to run GTA reasonably well with integrated Intel 550 graphics
Destard to misa426
21 Aug 17#44
Did you also manage to play Crysis on maximum without a GPU?
misa426 to Destard
21 Aug 17#53
Ive never tried, althoughCrysis 1 I'm quite certain you could run at max settings 1080p reasonably well with Intel 550 integrated graphics
johnmcdon to CoumbBarr2000
20 Aug 17#33
It's not ok to speak to people like that
WalkableBuffalo to johnmcdon
20 Aug 17#37
Is this kindergarten? Didn't realise numpty was that bad of a word
itlums to WalkableBuffalo
20 Aug 17#39
"numpty" was just a part of an insult made up (in my humble opinion) for the insulting person to gratify self indulging supremacy need. Usually a behaviour of teenager mind or a person with (most of the time) hidden insecurities. If there will be a retaliation to my deucated guess with some profanities, insults or deminishing description of my person- I'll rest my case.
misa426 to johnmcdon
21 Aug 17#42
Why not tell the guy who called hums "muppet" first?
be_vigilant to CoumbBarr2000
21 Aug 17#50
Incorrect. If you have a 4k display and want to do upscaling and processing your integrated card will not cut it, not even a kabylake integrated. Have a look at madvr
Also good luck getting [email protected] over your integrated chip that likely doesn't even have HDMI 2.0 but relies on a DP to HDMI converter chip.
So if you want a top of the range media PC then you absolutely need a dedicated GPU like the above.
misa426 to be_vigilant
21 Aug 17#51
This is simply incorrect. Kabylake integrated graphics will display 4K media just fine. DP to HDMI is also capable of 60hz 4K. Someone who is building a "media centre" is actually better off with integrated graphics as they will also run cooler and quieter and consume less power
be_vigilant to misa426
22 Aug 17#55
There was a bug in the converter chip which broke bit stream audio when using it. Its a well know issue. I think it is now fixed on windows but not Linux.
Intel also now claim that HDR is not supported using Apollo lake. So that's a risk too.
Also good luck using madvr on integrated graphics. The 1060 I have in my media centre has passive fans up to 40c so stays silent. Integrated chip fine for your average kodi grandma streamer. Not good for a serious media PC.
misa426 to be_vigilant
22 Aug 17#58
So that was a bug, not a hardware limitation. How many people using a PC as a "media centre" use Linux? About 10 nerds out of all of HUKD maybe? "Average grandma kodi streamer", big exaggeration. Integrated graphics will be absolutely fine for the vast majority of people. I've never even heard of madvr, sounds like some obscure codec but I'll take your word for that one.
Even my mobile phone can render 4K video.
I feel like you are trying to find ways to justify the GTX 1060 when for most that would be absolutely overkill for a media PC
be_vigilant to misa426
22 Aug 17#59
I feel like you are talking like you think you know what you are talking about but clearly dont.
Resolution and bitrate are very different things. Good luck playing a [email protected] 10bit HDR HEVC on your mobile phone.
At the time when I built my new media PC none of the mITX boards had HDMI 2.0. They all used the display port convertor which broke bit streaming audio. No Dolby atmos is a deal breaker. I hear that maybe patched on Windows now but still broken on linux. Plenty of hotukdeals users have a linux media PC. Have you never heard of Libreelec?
If you want to future proof your mediaPC then a GTX card is needed. The GTX 1030 will do but for decent upscaling algorithms you want a 1050 minimum. Have a look at the madvr and you will be impressed. The upscaled 1080p GOT I watched last night was amazing quality.
misa426 to be_vigilant
23 Aug 17#62
Alright, you do a survey of the percentage here that use Linux and get back to me.
Sorry but I doubt I'll be impressed with any of that stuff you mentioned. It's not my interest.
I believe that new Sony ZX Premium is marketed as displaying 4K HDR, no?
"Upscaled 1080 GOT" - No "hardcore" media enthusiast with such an obsession on absolutely perfect cutting edge quality as you seem to be suggesting, would be watching "upscaled" in the first place. They'd be watching a native 4K uncompressed blu-ray, surely
"Future proof" is a fool's game in the world of technology - there is no such thing. Everything you mention will become obsolete soon enough
be_vigilant to misa426
23 Aug 17#61
Find me a 4k uncompress GOT and I will gladly watch that. The 1080p is the best quality you will find. So upscaling with madvr is the best option.
Oneday77 to CoumbBarr2000
20 Aug 17#24
Would a 970 be suitable to upgrade a machine with a low wattage PSU? Will it fit in a snug full height mATX case? Can you buy a used 970 with a 100% guarantee it hasn't been abused? Do you realise that not everyone plays games on 1080P ultra settings?
gummby
22 Aug 17#60
Price is now £183! Not a good deal at that price! Eakkk.
Naruto
20 Aug 17#2
How quiet are these?
mattturner756 to Naruto
20 Aug 17#5
I’ve got it in my Alienware laptop (got it on a deal before anyone sighs) and it’s dead quiet. Plays pretty much anything quite well with the limited gaming time I get nowadays.
brookheather to mattturner756
20 Aug 17#14
No you don't!
mattturner756 to brookheather
22 Aug 17#56
A 1050ti is a 1050ti. There are no mobile graphic chips anymore.
brookheather to mattturner756
22 Aug 17#57
The question asked was whether this specific graphics card is quiet - it is of little relevance that someone's laptop is quiet - some of the 1050ti cards (e.g. Zotac) have noisy fans that have a minimum speed of 40%.
KonsumerKing
21 Aug 17#54
Been following the prices for a couple of months and this is the best price seen for this model ,reviews on youtube are excellent , perfectly suitable for most games .Thinking of changing my old Geforce 650 ti yet yesterday was playing Batman Arkham on best quality and max screen and 60 fps !! I think it knows I,ve been looking ! :astonished:
MRP
21 Aug 17#52
In stock again with discount price!
MRP
21 Aug 17#49
The 4gb here doesn't add that much performance but it helps in some games where you can go over 2gb. E.g Warcraft in highest settings.
sharpedges12
21 Aug 17#46
Is there much difference between a 960 2gb and this??
GwanGy to sharpedges12
21 Aug 17#48
No there is not .. it might just be a liddle bit faster but that could even be down to 2x memory
michaeljb
21 Aug 17#47
Price back up now, deal has passed
MRP
21 Aug 17#45
This is decent for 1050 ti. Abit better than the standard 2GB 1050 but is an Asus Strix. The strix has an extra fan header and nice cooling etc.
Mind you the 1050 Asus expedition on Amazon is nice too and below £100. No power connector on that.
llukejames
21 Aug 17#41
Love the days when I got a rx 480 8gb for 150 sold it then got a 1080 lol
Damanc
20 Aug 17#27
1050 Tis are due a small $10-$20 bump in price next week. Nvidia GPU set, IIRC Palit and Asus cards are already up so expect it to filter through to etailers over the next week or two as new stock lands.
If you are going to buy a 1050 Ti in the very near future now is the time to commit.
SavageDonkey to Damanc
20 Aug 17#40
Memory prices are rising too, which will effect GPU's
KITTYBOTS
20 Aug 17#38
Great deal if you are on a budget if you cannot stretch to the cheap RX580 deal.
AnonAnonAgain
20 Aug 17#31
Thanks guys
gummby to AnonAnonAgain
20 Aug 17#34
Graphics is all about money. If you could afford £100 more the RX580 Saphire Pulse
is currently circa £220 on Amazon. However 1050ti requires no power
connector where the RX580 requires 8 and 6 pin. The RX580 would require
a 500-600 watt power supply. It's also a much bigger card (RX580 is currently out of stock.) Albeit £220 is barely above the long term normal price for this card.
It's better to look at what games
you plan to play. Then google reviews for 1050ti and ask if the frame
rates that it shows for 1080p are acceptable to you. Remember you will
be using this card for many years. Even on a RD5670 that will play videos on the web quite easily and the 1050TI is a much better card than my old graphics card.
Pends how basic your system is. The jump from a 1050ti-1060 can be over 50% or more pending on the game. RX580 is equivalent to a 1060 card. Personally I ordered RX580. Yes uses a lot more power than a 1050ti but would handle games like Ashes of Singularity, Civ 6. I also opted for a decent 650w gold rated power supply and a decent large case.
It would not suprise me if graphics card prices went up short term with mining craze and lack of supply,
All that being said this is a good price for this card. Not many sites appear to be selling this exact same model.
Gormond to gummby
20 Aug 17#36
This requires a 6 pin power connector.
Itoreabolokov
20 Aug 17#35
The current pricing of GPUs are what they are, no changing that. If you are after a gtx 1050ti at the moment, this one at this price is undoubtedly the one to go for so long as your psu supports pcie connectors. It has a good few premium features over cards which currently cost £15-£25 more. Great deal.
CivilDrone
20 Aug 17#32
Wanted to buy air cans for sometime now. With 1050 delivery is now free of charge. Great spot op
AnonAnonAgain
20 Aug 17#28
I have just built my first basic pc since 15 years ago, I got a g4560 which has integrated 610 graphics, can anyone recommend a graphics card, maybe this one? All I need it for is 1080 video and maybe a game or two. Do I actually need one, as I've heard the 610 is ok for what I need?
bazleboy to AnonAnonAgain
20 Aug 17#29
This is a good card for 1080p gaming without spending too much. If you're planning on playing older games it may be a bit overkill. An AMD RX 560 may be better for you.
jaydeeuk1 to AnonAnonAgain
20 Aug 17#30
This'll do, otherwise if you spot a £50 750ti on eBay that'll do the job for the odd game, it's what I'm using now in my media centre.
Dude_UK
20 Aug 17#26
I've just ordered, thanks
utopiangames
20 Aug 17#8
Thought the older cards would of come down a bit more by now? Picked up an rx480 4gig about 6 months ago for £150 delivered with doom but think they're more expensive now?
CoumbBarr2000 to utopiangames
20 Aug 17#10
Those can go for about £240+ now for a good custom.
Anomalous123 to CoumbBarr2000
20 Aug 17#21
Why are they so expensive now? Regret not buying one earlier
RedRain to Anomalous123
20 Aug 17#22
Mining i have a rx 480 msi gaming x 8gb thinking about selling it not sure what it would go for
WalkableBuffalo to Anomalous123
20 Aug 17#23
To expand on why they're so expensive, along with many other cards. There has been a sudden surge in mining cryptocurrency, which uses graphics cards. The recent RX 480 and 580 series proved to be very good for it, so stocks were quickly drained by miners and used cards jumped in price from demand. As such, Nvidia cards were also running out of stock and increasing in price, since the AMD cards were so hard to find.
Anomalous123 to WalkableBuffalo
20 Aug 17#25
Didn't know that, it's a shane
MonkeyMan90
20 Aug 17#16
Will this play recent titles in highest settings paired with an i5 7500?
bazleboy to MonkeyMan90
20 Aug 17#17
Depends on the titles, and how many fps you want. 60fps you'll be looking at medium to high for most recent games. Esports games like Overwatch, Dota and others will play on max settings at 1080p. Others like GTA or battlefield would probably drop below 60fps.
MonkeyMan90 to bazleboy
20 Aug 17#18
When you say drop below 60fps will it still be decent quality?
MysticalUndies to MonkeyMan90
20 Aug 17#19
Hugely depends on the game. Some games you'll be lucky to hit 30fps 1080p on high others will easily do 60fps.
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I've just ordered with collect plus, so hopefully will get to pick this up tomorrow.
Latest comments (64)
40's when gaming. Quiet/silent. Not bad at all. Can be oced too but no major gains. The 4gb is handy in some games.
This is the most powerful graphics card that comes in 4 pin options so you need to be careful which you buy if you only have 4 power pins.
Usually a behaviour of teenager mind or a person with (most of the time) hidden insecurities.
If there will be a retaliation to my deucated guess with some profanities, insults or deminishing description of my person- I'll rest my case.
Also good luck getting [email protected] over your integrated chip that likely doesn't even have HDMI 2.0 but relies on a DP to HDMI converter chip.
So if you want a top of the range media PC then you absolutely need a dedicated GPU like the above.
Intel also now claim that HDR is not supported using Apollo lake. So that's a risk too.
Also good luck using madvr on integrated graphics. The 1060 I have in my media centre has passive fans up to 40c so stays silent. Integrated chip fine for your average kodi grandma streamer. Not good for a serious media PC.
Even my mobile phone can render 4K video.
I feel like you are trying to find ways to justify the GTX 1060 when for most that would be absolutely overkill for a media PC
libreelec.tv/
madvr.com/
forum.kodi.tv/sho…312
Resolution and bitrate are very different things. Good luck playing a [email protected] 10bit HDR HEVC on your mobile phone.
At the time when I built my new media PC none of the mITX boards had HDMI 2.0. They all used the display port convertor which broke bit streaming audio. No Dolby atmos is a deal breaker. I hear that maybe patched on Windows now but still broken on linux. Plenty of hotukdeals users have a linux media PC. Have you never heard of Libreelec?
If you want to future proof your mediaPC then a GTX card is needed. The GTX 1030 will do but for decent upscaling algorithms you want a 1050 minimum. Have a look at the madvr and you will be impressed. The upscaled 1080p GOT I watched last night was amazing quality.
Sorry but I doubt I'll be impressed with any of that stuff you mentioned. It's not my interest.
I believe that new Sony ZX Premium is marketed as displaying 4K HDR, no?
"Upscaled 1080 GOT" - No "hardcore" media enthusiast with such an obsession on absolutely perfect cutting edge quality as you seem to be suggesting, would be watching "upscaled" in the first place. They'd be watching a native 4K uncompressed blu-ray, surely
"Future proof" is a fool's game in the world of technology - there is no such thing. Everything you mention will become obsolete soon enough
Will it fit in a snug full height mATX case?
Can you buy a used 970 with a 100% guarantee it hasn't been abused?
Do you realise that not everyone plays games on 1080P ultra settings?
Mind you the 1050 Asus expedition on Amazon is nice too and below £100. No power connector on that.
If you are going to buy a 1050 Ti in the very near future now is the time to commit.
It's better to look at what games you plan to play. Then google reviews for 1050ti and ask if the frame rates that it shows for 1080p are acceptable to you. Remember you will be using this card for many years. Even on a RD5670 that will play videos on the web quite easily and the 1050TI is a much better card than my old graphics card.
Pends how basic your system is. The jump from a 1050ti-1060 can be over 50% or more pending on the game. RX580 is equivalent to a 1060 card. Personally I ordered RX580. Yes uses a lot more power than a 1050ti but would handle games like Ashes of Singularity, Civ 6. I also opted for a decent 650w gold rated power supply and a decent large case.
It would not suprise me if graphics card prices went up short term with mining craze and lack of supply,
All that being said this is a good price for this card. Not many sites appear to be selling this exact same model.
Esports games like Overwatch, Dota and others will play on max settings at 1080p. Others like GTA or battlefield would probably drop below 60fps.
Check out this review for an idea.
pcgamer.com/gtx…ew/