GTX 1050 Ti or RX 470 4GB?

[erik8ouk]

I'm stuck in choosing between GTX 1050 Ti and RX 470 4GB within my budget. If I want to save electricity bill, isn't GTX 1050 Ti a better choice since Nvidia GPU consume less power than AMD GPU therefore less heat and less noise right?

 

[karik666]

Buy the rx 470,its a much faster card.
The 1050ti will use less power and will proberly save you £10 - 15 a year on you electric bill.

 

[Curlyriff]

You can get the 480 at excellent price right now so I would say that has to be your best bet.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18766854

And it would take you decades to make the difference in power consumption on your electric bill noticeable.

 

[karik666]

I wouldnt buy the ref cooler version,they run hot and loud.

 

[Curlyriff]

£150 for the GTX1050Ti
£180 for the 470
£200 for the 480

I think the £50 over the 1050Ti would be really worth the difference in performance. If you don't like to manually overclock then the Nitro+ 8GB at £240 is excellent but a lot more money wise. Although only £30 more than the 470.

The GTX 1050Ti is really a level below the AMD cards.

To give you an idea on difference in cost. For every hour of gaming you play it costs you 1p more for the AMD card to the Nvidia card. So if you game 2 hours every day of the year then it will cost you £9.22 a year more.

It is almost double the performance though.

 

[eddyr]

@OP. That's a big gulf in both price and performance. About £40 more for +25% performance.

What is your budget exactly. Which 1050ti and which 470 were you looking at?

 

[Panos]

I'm stuck in choosing between GTX 1050 Ti and RX 470 4GB within my budget. If I want to save electricity bill, isn't GTX 1050 Ti a better choice since Nvidia GPU consume less power than AMD GPU therefore less heat and less noise right?

Do you plan to run the card 10 hours per day at 100% speed for a decade?
If so get the 1050ti. If not get the 470. Because that's the difference between their money.

But because of that, why not use your cup Igp? You will save more money in electricity bills and the purchase of a card.

 

[erik8ouk]

@OP. That's a big gulf in both price and performance. About £40 more for +25% performance.

What is your budget exactly. Which 1050ti and which 470 were you looking at?

For GTX 1050 Ti and RX 470 4GB, I'm looking for MSI or Gigabyte.

 

[erik8ouk]

Do you plan to run the card 10 hours per day at 100% speed for a decade?
If so get the 1050ti. If not get the 470. Because that's the difference between their money.

But because of that, why not use your cup Igp? You will save more money in electricity bills and the purchase of a card.

Yes I run my PC for like 14 hours everyday when idle, general PC usage, and gaming. So GTX 1050 Ti is the choice? What is cup Igp?

 

[Psycho Sonny]

Do you plan to run the card 10 hours per day at 100% speed for a decade?
If so get the 1050ti. If not get the 470. Because that's the difference between their money.

But because of that, why not use your cup Igp? You will save more money in electricity bills and the purchase of a card.

I plan on running a 4K HTPC, as well as a router and server so PC will be on 24/7.

I'm guessing it will only ramp up being forced to encode (hw acceleration).

What is the choice to make bearing in mind no gaming use 4K videos only and will be on 24/7 apart from when I go on holiday I imagine. Unless I can get it to auto turn off and on when I come home.

 

[eddyr]

For GTX 1050 Ti and RX 470 4GB, I'm looking for MSI or Gigabyte.

On ocuk that would put the budget as £150-190 range. so £40 for +25% still holds. Up to £200 with the msi 470 but can rule that out.

ON power consumption. About 125W 470 vs 70W 1050ti.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1050_Ti_Gaming_X/25.html
If you gamed 12 hrs a week. Over a year that is £5 more the 470 would cost to run. I don't know how your bills are split/paid but £1.25 per quarter is pretty insignificant.

Id say the only real decision is whether you want to spend £40 for 25% more performance.

£10 more than the £190 you were considering for the 470 would get you a 480 for +50% performance over the 1050ti. But I get the suspicion we are well above the desired budget?

 

[Curlyriff]

Yes I run my PC for like 14 hours everyday when idle, general PC usage, and gaming. So GTX 1050 Ti is the choice? What is cup Igp?

Yeah but the hours idling will cost you nothing as in you wont notice it, neither would you for general PC usage. Only gaming will the GPU ever be drawing the watts which will make the difference.

Honestly you boil the kettle once and it costs the same as the difference in drawing full watts for 3 hours between the two cards. You will never notice it.