1050ti or used reference r9 290/x

[DONOHUE07]

I'm putting a build together for a friend, he wants 60fps 1080p now on a budget but 4K next year, right no he going to game on his living room TV and then get a 4K monitor next year, the parts he has right now are

i5 6600k
MSI Krait motherboard
16 2133hz(?) Corsair Vengeance
600w PSU (can't remember the brand but is a bronze rated unit)
120 ssd
1tb HDD

He's happy playing at reduced settings for now until he can get the next latest and greatest GPU from either AMD or NVIDEA, his budget is about £150 for a card to use now, narrowed down to either the 1050ti (seems to play anything including BF1 the game he's most wants to play right now) or a used r9 290/x for the same price.

I recommend the 1050ti as it could be used in another system down the line giving its small form factor and very low power consumption

 

[MeatLoaf]

That's price used will get you a decent R9 390 or GTX970

 

[beefybarn]

Agree with Meatloaf, with that budget look for a used 970.

 

[DONOHUE07]

Thanks guys, I'll pass on the information

 

[tommybhoy]

That's price used will get you a decent R9 390 or GTX970

Agree with Meatloaf, with that budget look for a used 970.

Wouldn't get a 970-as Maxwell Async is disabled@driver level=(as despite Nv's false claims-it can't do Async Compute).

Try for a 390X-been going for ~£145+, gets you superior 8Gb and better DX12 optimisations and Maxwell support has slowed down due to Nv's push on Pascal optimisations.

 

[nashathedog]

Same thoughts here, I'd go with a 390 over a 970 every time.

 

[Kaapstad]

290P, 290X, 390P or 390X

Forget the 1050ti it is not in the same league.

 

[DONOHUE07]

My mate is dead against the 970 due to the 3.5 fiasco, and as he put puts it, gimping. Looks like a hunt for a 390 or 390x it is then.

Thanks guys. All this talk about GPUS has given me a slight itch myself, I might offer him my r9 290 now...!

 

[triss]

Yes offer him your 290 and get yourself a nice new gpu