Return of the 1050ti

[McPhee]

doomed if you cant wait a couple of months, the 2080ti was easy to get after a couple of months, the 3000 series just seems worse because corona, people have 0 patience, amazes me that people are so desperate to upgrade from a 2080 or better, its like a new series comes out and everyone thinks the current card they have is ****, then when they have the new card they go back too playing games that run on a potato anyway lmao

Things aren't going to get better in a couple of months. Until Bitcoin peaks, demand from the mining market will be huge. Basically infinite for certain cards. In 2017/18 it took nine months from Bitcoin's peak to when supply recovered. And BTC is still rising right now.

The 2080 Ti launched in completely different circumstances; BTC peaked nine months before the card launched, crypto prices were low, and the 2080 Ti wasn't a great mining card (price/perf). The two months of shortages were caused primarily by gaming demand.

I wouldn't be surprised if it's next year before GPUs are readily available TBH. If BTC prices fell today, and trends followed 2018, it would be November/December by the time stock is readily available. Not great if your card happens to break (worse if you need it for work, rather than just for gaming).

 

[Adam Tench]

Difference is gaming at 8fps vs 16fps, which is not good enough 1050ti is minimum you want to be able to game. Better look at older cards rx 470 or rx 480 IMO

The plan wouldn't be for serious gaming anyway. Would an RX 480 do a better job than the two I mentioned?

 

[Spiritwolf]

The plan wouldn't be for serious gaming anyway. Would an RX 480 do a better job than the two I mentioned?

They are not even in the same league

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GT-1030-vs-AMD-RX-480/m283726vs3634

even with the heavy lean of userbenchmarks against AMD, the score is still night and day.

 

[Begbie]

Everyone should be buying PS5/PS4s at the moment rather than getting into PC gaming, it's a total mess.

1080tis shouldn't even be worth that.

 

[nukem2011]

it would be funny to see some benchmarks on aaa games with this card but its not a gaming card how much will it cost

 

[Adam Tench]

They are not even in the same league

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GT-1030-vs-AMD-RX-480/m283726vs3634

even with the heavy lean of userbenchmarks against AMD, the score is still night and day.

My issue is, I don't want to spend too much now as I plan to buy a decent card once the prices and stocks even out

 

[Kurgen]

back in stock and up £30 lol to £229

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1050Ti StormX 4096MB PCI-Express GDDR5 Graphics Card= £229.99

Total: £239.89 (includes shipping: £9.90)​

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[jaybee]

They're a good little card the 1050ti. I like that they don't need a dedicated power cable. Well...the one I had didn't. Ran quite cool and fairly low power too.

 

[Kurgen]

They're a good little card the 1050ti. I like that they don't need a dedicated power cable. Well...the one I had didn't. Ran quite cool and fairly low power too.

yes i used to have one, but at that price now, i wouldnt go near it.. you probaby better off looking for a second hand Quadro

 

[BS Dave]

i wonder if the 1050ti will be get re-size bar support!!? hope yet for my pascal!!

 

[Uriel]

This price is insane. In my internal "what graphics cards should cost" world, that's roughly RTX 3060 6GB money...

 

[Ravenger]

Put a 1050ti in my son's computer a while ago, and it runs everything he needs at a decent frame rate. I was amazed that it didn't require any additional power, unlike the 560 it replaced.

 

[Uriel]

My son is extremely pleased to see this on sale at over £200. It's making the £70ish we paid 2nd hand for his look like very good value.

 

[no_1_dave]

Everyone should be buying PS5/PS4s at the moment rather than getting into PC gaming, it's a total mess.

1080tis shouldn't even be worth that.

Pretty sure the PS5 is in the same mess

 

[HangTime]

1080tis shouldn't even be worth that.

I dunno, the 1080ti is a very capable card, which performs around the level of the 3060Ti (RRP £369). £200 or £230 or whatever it is would be a good price for a 1080ti even if there was no stock shortage on new cards IMO.

 

[no_1_dave]

I dunno, the 1080ti is a very capable card, which performs around the level of the 3060Ti (RRP £369). £200 or £230 or whatever it is would be a good price for a 1080ti even if there was no stock shortage on new cards IMO.

3060 is faster than a 1080ti so 3060ti is more even to a 2080 Super

Somebody is selling a 1080ti near me for £340 on FB Marketplace, i'm tempted to buy it to sell on eBay for some quick profit

 

[Drizmod]

Looks like you can get £150-200 for a used 1050ti. Insane, more than I paid for one 3 years ago.

Great little card though.

I got a 1050ti a while back second hand for £85

 

[humbug]

£230 for a £140 GPU when it launched in 2016. Clown World.

back in stock and up £30 lol to £229

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1050Ti StormX 4096MB PCI-Express GDDR5 Graphics Card= £229.99

Total: £239.89 (includes shipping: £9.90)
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[LabR@t]

Everyone should be buying PS5/PS4s at the moment rather than getting into PC gaming, it's a total mess.

1080tis shouldn't even be worth that.

Good luck finding one

 

[Begbie]

Good luck finding one

Get a PS4 pro most places 2nd hand at the moment.