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GTX 1050 Ti on PCIe 2.0?

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I'd say get a new PSU, but the 1050Ti should do fine in that slot with no performance difference. 16x 2.0 = 8x 3.0. 

16x 2.0 doesn't bottleneck a 1080 by margin of error so you're perfectly fine

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Hello,

My friend has a really old PC built in 2011 or so (image attached). The motherboard is from Biostar and it has PCI express 2.0 lane. He's got a Core i3 previous gen processor with DDR3 4GB RAM. He's using a non-gaming PSU which doesn't have any cable for GPUs.
He now wants to buy a GPU for this PC. So if he buys a GTX 1050Ti GPU, would he be able to use that? Does it need a modern PSU?
Or what about a GTX 1050 (non-Ti)?


[P.S. We're not planning to go with AMD for GPU.]

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I'd say get a new PSU, but the 1050Ti should do fine in that slot with no performance difference. 16x 2.0 = 8x 3.0. 

16x 2.0 doesn't bottleneck a 1080 by margin of error so you're perfectly fine

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Will be fine.

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Will be fine but, 

 

 

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20 minutes ago, Bijit said:

[P.S. We're not planning to go with AMD for GPU.]

Because of PSU constraints?

 

Otherwise, and RX 470 is a WAY better value.

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27 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

I'd say get a new PSU, but the 1050Ti should do fine in that slot with no performance difference. 16x 2.0 = 8x 3.0. 

16x 2.0 doesn't bottleneck a 1080 by margin of error so you're perfectly fine

 

What do you mean by "no performance difference"? Please explain further.

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42 minutes ago, Bijit said:

What do you mean by "no performance difference"? Please explain further.

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5 hours ago, Droidbot said:

I'd say get a new PSU, but the 1050Ti should do fine in that slot with no performance difference. 16x 2.0 = 8x 3.0. 

16x 2.0 doesn't bottleneck a 1080 by margin of error so you're perfectly fine

 

 

5 hours ago, WereCat said:

It will work just fine.

Thank you for all the info. I know I've read somewhere that the non-Ti version 1050 doesn't need power from the PSU directly and only the 1050 Ti and higher GPUs need power from the PSU. Can you please confirm if that is a correct information?

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4 minutes ago, Bijit said:

 

Thank you for all the info. I know I've read somewhere that the non-Ti version 1050 doesn't need power from the PSU directly and only the 1050 Ti and higher GPUs need power from the PSU. Can you please confirm if that is a correct information?

No, reference based or non-overclocked versions of the 1050TI do not need aux. power connectors.

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8 minutes ago, Bijit said:

 

Thank you for all the info. I know I've read somewhere that the non-Ti version 1050 doesn't need power from the PSU directly and only the 1050 Ti and higher GPUs need power from the PSU. Can you please confirm if that is a correct information?

GTX 1050 doesn't require additional power. However, there are some OEM factory overclocked cards that do require the 6-pin. 

 

GTX 1050ti does need the 6-pin in most OEM versions, not sure if there are ones that don't.

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Thank you everyone. I just solved our case. Zotac 1050 Ti doesn't need additional power.

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