new gpu advice

[carsyboy]

hello

my evga 970 sc died last night and looking at the gtx 1050ti however i noticed the msi gaming r9 390 in the b grade section.

was wondering what would be the better of the 2 models

TIA

 

[AlamoX]

1050Ti is a lot slower than the 970, while 390 is about the same performance( even slightly faster ) than the 970 and has 8GB of memory( against 4GB for the nvidia counter-parts ), i don't see the point of buying a card slower than what you had, beside the 390 gives you access to freesync monitors, which is a huge + for a modest setup.
but then again 1050ti brand new crad and the 390 is B market, that's something to consider, there is risk.

 

[T.Kay]

I'd get if the 1050ti if you were only looking at those two.

 

[fastwunz]

Why the downgrade? Aside from the fact your 970 died - surely you should be in second hand 980 territory or 1060/1070

 

[Baden]

I wouldn't get the 1050ti as its worse than your 970, what is your budget?

 

[ukxenon]

do not bother with the 1050ti
either get a second hand 970 / 980+ or 1060

 

[carsyboy]

budget is about £200 max. however bear in mind i dont play any games on pc myself and my children only play games like minecraft, roblox and browser based games