Would you recommend a GTX 950 or a GTX 1050 Ti for this game?

[Company Man]

I am upgrading my GPU and my current budget allows for these two options (in my country, both have roughly the same price for some reason). I don't intend to run the game in Epic, Medium-High-ish something would be good enough for me.

[ELK]

The 1050ti boost to 1800mhz+

[Kresslack]

Postat inițial de ELK:

The 1050ti boost to 1800mhz+

So...?

[ELK]

the 1050ti currently doing better on benchmarks than 960

[Desertworld]

Postat inițial de Harrekin:

Postat inițial de ELK:

The 1050ti boost to 1800mhz+

So...?

it uses less energy by nearly same results while getting less hot

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-960-vs-GeForce-GTX-1050-Ti

[Ragnorok]

Not that I'm going to be all technical... I can say I run the game very well with a 970 most settings high even shadows

[Cobretti]

Postat inițial de Desertworld:

Postat inițial de Harrekin:

An upgrade in generational architecture only helps so much tho.

Some of the 7 series card are two (technically 3) generations behind and are still comparable to the power of the low end 10 series.

but not remotely compareable to the energy consumption.. a newer card uses so less energy it's always better to get it

We are gamers, no one dropping that much money on a gaming card gives a ♥♥♥♥ about power consumption.

I am sick of hearing this energy consumption argument when someone is obviously looking for performance out of a card.

It is like saying don't buy a Ferrari because it uses more fuel than a Nova.

[C.Fodder]

What about radeon? the rx470's and 480's go pretty cheap.

[Desertworld]

Postat inițial de Cobretti:

Postat inițial de Desertworld:

but not remotely compareable to the energy consumption.. a newer card uses so less energy it's always better to get it

We are gamers, no one dropping that much money on a gaming card gives a ♥♥♥♥ about power consumption.

I am sick of hearing this energy consumption argument when someone is obviously looking for performance out of a card.

It is like saying don't buy a Ferrari because it uses more fuel than a Nova.

can you stop generalizing? everybody has other values. energy consumption is pretty important for me for example. i rather spend a bit more on the initial costs and save money for the next few years. the newer generation has a more modern factoring technique resulting in less energy consumption and less heating. that should be reason enough for a lot of people to prefer this card

[g0rml3ss]

Postat inițial de ELK:

the 1050ti currently doing better on benchmarks than 960

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-960-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1050-Ti/3165vs3649

According to actual user benchmarks and not nvidia shill sites like gpu boss the 960 is actually doing better.

Postat inițial de C.Fodder 9001:

What about radeon? the rx470's and 480's go pretty cheap.

The 470 is a good alternative in teh price range, the 480 being slightly more expensive either way both would be better than a 1050

[GPD]

Postat inițial de Cobretti:

We are gamers, no one dropping that much money on a gaming card gives a ♥♥♥♥ about power consumption.

So much this. ^

Postat inițial de C.Fodder 9001:

What about radeon? the rx470's and 480's go pretty cheap.

lol...

[Tachyon]

I have a spare £300 to spend on a GPU and I'm thinking about the GTX 1060 at the moment. Has anyone used this in Ark?

[Kresslack]

Postat inițial de Desertworld:

Postat inițial de Harrekin:

So...?

it uses less energy by nearly same results while getting less hot

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-960-vs-GeForce-GTX-1050-Ti

Lol...

Seriously?

Nearly the same?

There's 20% higher performance on the cheaper card and you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ are telling him to get the more expensive card with less performace because it uses a little less power?

Noobs seriously need to just be quiet in hardware discussions.

Get a Strix 960 and you'll have no issues with temperatures.

[Kresslack]

Postat inițial de Tachyon:

I have a spare £300 to spend on a GPU and I'm thinking about the GTX 1060 at the moment. Has anyone used this in Ark?

I use one, I get 35fps in heavy scenes and close to 50 in less populated scenes at Epic on 1080p.

That might seem ♥♥♥♥♥♥ but it's "because Ark...".

I've never gotten less than 60fps in any other game maxed out (except Crisis 2, obviously, lol).

[Desertworld]

Postat inițial de Harrekin:

Postat inițial de Desertworld:

it uses less energy by nearly same results while getting less hot

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-960-vs-GeForce-GTX-1050-Ti

Lol...

Seriously?

Nearly the same?

There's 20% higher performance on the cheaper card and you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ are telling him to get the more expensive card with less performace because it uses a little less power?

Noobs seriously need to just be quiet in hardware discussions.

Get a Strix 960 and you'll have no issues with temperatures.

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+GTX+960
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+GTX+1050+Ti

actually the gtx1050ti is even better. it's all different in different games so please shut up and stop insulting others. i can show some websites with different results too.. that doesn't help much. real world benchmarks like passmark are way more accurate

also just keep in mind that a GTX960 has 120W TDP. a GTX 1050ti has 75W. that's nearly 40% less power consumption by even better passmark results. now calculate that you keep this card for up to 5 years (or even longer). You would save so much money you can nearly buy another card after these years with the savings

[Kresslack]

Postat inițial de Desertworld:

Postat inițial de Harrekin:

Lol...

Seriously?

Nearly the same?

There's 20% higher performance on the cheaper card and you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ are telling him to get the more expensive card with less performace because it uses a little less power?

Noobs seriously need to just be quiet in hardware discussions.

Get a Strix 960 and you'll have no issues with temperatures.

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+GTX+960
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+GTX+1050+Ti

actually the gtx1050ti is even better. it's all different in different games so please shut up and stop insulting others. i can show some websites with different results too.. that doesn't help much. real world benchmarks like passmark are way more accurate

also just keep in mind that a GTX960 has 120W TDP. a GTX 1050ti has 75W. that's nearly 40% less power consumption by even better passmark results. now calculate that you keep this card for up to 5 years (or even longer). You would save so much money you can nearly buy another card after these years with the savings

So for a 30% percent power differential you'd get a card that averages 20% less performance because it saves you 1/18th of a unit of electricity per hour?

So to save less than 1c an hour you'd take 20% less performance for a higher price?

Wow, this forum just never fails to shock and amaze.