UPDATED.
Wow. So, first I’m going to fill you in on what I’m using so you can make the call yourself.
Dell Optiplex 990
I5-2500 3.3Ghz
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
16GB memory ( 4x4gb 10600 1333mhz sticks- all same brand/model)
250gb HD
Lenovo 24” monitor 1080p
Upgraded from a 2gig ddr3 card and wow what a difference. I have yet to play a game that I couldn’t max out the graphics settings! This GPU isn’t all that loud, I only hear it becaus I have my case open. The OC option is great, it gives it a nice bump, but haven’t really had to use it unless I wanted to feel spoiled. I’m new to gaming and people say this is a mid range card, but to be honest it pushes out WAY more crisp graphics than my x box one S. The responsiveness is also great. I have yet to see the GPU clock higher than 60C even when the OC option is on. I don’t see a reason for the $1k graphics cards too be honest. This has shown all the power I need! Not to mention it is running on the motherboard and stock power supply of 250 something!
Game played with ultra/max settings.
The Witcher 3
FIFA 18
Endless Space 2
Metal Gear Solid 5 phantom pain
Arkham Knight GOTY edition
Far cry primal
GTA 5 on mix of medium/high
GR Wildlands on high/ultra (using OC with some tweaks in bios) even though some features load slow ie. terrain
Edited to add some games I’ve played on this card since I bought it.
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UPDATE:
So when I first got this card I was a bit of a newbie when it came to gaming. This card is still a very good card! If your worried about FPS, I'm sorry, unless you have a beefy system with matching ddr5 memory to add as vram to the card, you won;t get it. The above games I was playing at lower resolutions, with higher settings. I was originally playing with the stock PSU on my pc, but have upgraded recently to 550W PSU. It has made this decent card into a better performing card! With the new PSU I was able to push the card a lot harder when I overclock and it did make a huge difference in how fast the images were rendered in game. The current games I play are below:
These unlike the last review are all on full screen 1080p.
Ghost Recon: Wildands --- Mostly medium settings with ultra texture levels. Average:35-42 FPS
FrostPunk: ALL Ultra settings ---- 40 FPS almost constantly
FIFA 18: Ultra/Max settings ---- 50 FPS plus
Sims 4---Ultra/Max everything-- does it really matter? lol its Sims. Walk in the park even without overclocking.
Fallout 4 GOTY-----High/Ultra mix -- without MODS in game it did well 45-55 FPS, with mods about 35
Batman: Arkham Origins- Max settings 50-55fps
Witcher 3---Mostly Ultra but with a few off or on low---45-50 fps
Splinter Cell:Blacklist-------Ultra preset in game ----50 FPS
This War of Mine-----Ultra Settings----40-45fps
MGS V----Ultra Settings 50 fps SOLID\
The card I think with a strong PSU can take on MUCH more than it can with a stock PSU. I thought about upgrading to the 1060 for future proofing, but I just can't seem to justify it yet :)
Even with only 2 GB VRAM on the card, this this is handling what I throw at it well.
| Max Screen Resolution | 8k |
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| Memory Speed | 7008 MHz |
| Graphics Coprocessor | GeForce |
| Chipset Brand | GTX 1050 |
| Card Description | GeForce GTX 1050 Ti |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 4 GB |
