Geforce GTX Graphics Cards

[m.attway]

So I have been getting parts for my first custom built pc, I'm not the most experienced when it comes to graphics cards but I know a thing or two. I decided to choose the EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB  (Part of this List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/njshNN). I didn't need a 1070 or 1080 and 1060 was a little bit out of my price range, so I went with the 1050Ti. I thought that the higher the number the better the graphics. But something tells me I'm wrong as people tend to use 970/980Ti etc. etc. for really overpowered builds (for example, in the Ultrawide Festival 2015 $10,000 DREAM SETUP Video on LTT). Could someone tell me what the 970/980 etc. mean and what the 1050/60/70/80 mean as well. Do they mean the same thing, what does it mean?

 

Matt.

[Billy_Mays]

The 970 is like the 1060 and the 980 is a little bit better than the 1070 but you have to get used parts not new parts if you want to go to the previous generation 

[zMeul]

970/980 are part of the GTX 9xx series

1050/60 and so on are part of the GTX 10xx series

 

50, 60, 70, 80 is an indicator of the perf level

[iRileyx]

Get an RX470 for that build, not much more expensive than the 1050ti but quite a bit faster.

 

The 10xx series of cards are the most recent(pascel architecture cards).

9xx are the series before(maxwell architecture cards).

[Princess Luna]

You have to understand that each generation of GTX cards have a 50, 60, 70, 80 and Titan option. being the 50's the lowest end and the Titan the highest end.

 

The highest end card of the previous generation say a Maxwell Titan X will obviously be a lot faster than the lowest end pascal GTX 1050, use gpu.userbenchmark.com to gather a generic idea of their powers.

[m.attway]

3 minutes ago, Billy_Mays said:

The 970 is like the 1060 and the 980 is a little bit better than the 1070 but you have to get used parts not new parts if you want to go to the previous generation 

 

3 minutes ago, zMeul said:

they don't mean anything

970/980 are part of the GTX 9xx series

1050/60 and so on are part of the GTX 10xx series

 

50, 60, 70, 80 is an indicator of the perf level

 

2 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

Get an RX470 for that build, not much more expensive than the 1050ti but quite a bit faster.

 

The 10xx series of cards are the most recent(pascel architecture cards).

9xx are the series before(maxwell architecture cards).

@Billy_Mays thanks the help!

@zMeul oh ok that makes sense!

@RKRiley I'll take a look at that graphics card!

@Princess Cadence Thanks for that!

[8-Bit Ninja]

Just now, m.attway said:

 

 

@Billy_Mays thanks the help!

@zMeul oh ok that makes sense!

@RKRiley I'll take a look at that graphics card!

get the 570 (Same price) bit better 

[m.attway]

Just now, 8-Bit Ninja said:

get the 570 (Same price) bit better 

I'll take a look, is that the one by asus or gigabyte?

[sglowats]

The leading numbers indicate the generation (9XX vs 10XX) of GTX graphics cards, in this case Maxwell versus Pascal architectures.

 

My advice is not to go by the numbers 50/60/70/80 in regards to gauging performance between the 9 and 10 series cards; other factors such as the amount of video RAM, the speed of the video RAM, the number of dedicated CUDA cores, and clock speeds all play a factor in performance.

 

I had a GTX 970 that I upgraded to a GTX 1070, and I could be mistaken, but I think it has performance that's comparable to a GTX 980 or 980 Ti (feel free to call me out on it if I'm wrong).

[Anjelllo]

1080ti>1080>1070~980ti>980~1060>970>1050ti>960>1050>950 AFAIK

[DarthVader61425]

1 hour ago, Billy_Mays said:

The 970 is like the 1060 and the 980 is a little bit better than the 1070 but you have to get used parts not new parts if you want to go to the previous generation 

Actually isn't the 980 usually compared to the 1060 in terms of performance? The 980 ti to the 1070 and the previous Titan x is compared to the nowadays Gtx 1080?

[DarthVader61425]

1 hour ago, m.attway said:

I'll take a look, is that the one by asus or gigabyte?

That's an AMD graphics card though, honestly Nvidia is usually better.

[Nocte]

I changed the CPU and GPU, better performance for less money.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/gcKXtJ

EDIT: You could actually fit a RX 580 for the same price of your previous build: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/dZygcc

[Nocte]

2 minutes ago, DarthVader61425 said:

That's an AMD graphics card though, honestly Nvidia is usually better.

Benchmarks say otherwise.

[m.attway]

3 minutes ago, Eibe said:

I changed the CPU and GPU, better performance for less money.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/gcKXtJ

EDIT: You could actually fit a RX 580 for the same price of your previous build: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/dZygcc

Is everything still compatible?

[Tiwaz]

15 minutes ago, zMeul said:

970/980 are part of the GTX 9xx series

1050/60 and so on are part of the GTX 10xx series

 

50, 60, 70, 80 is an indicator of the perf level

*50,60,70,80  performance level of that line-up of gpus, a gtx 970 for example outperforms a gtx 780 by a bit, while a gtx 1060 is like 5% faster than a gtx 970

[Nocte]

Just now, m.attway said:

Is everything still compatible?

Yes. And don't worry about the fact that I removed the CPU cooler, the stock cooler of the Ryzen CPUs is great.

[Anjelllo]

5 minutes ago, DarthVader61425 said:

RAActually isn't the 980 usually compared to the 1060 in terms of performance? The 980 ti to the 1070 and the previous Titan x is compared to the nowadays Gtx 1080?

Yeah, except the titan x maxwell is on par with the 980ti, the titans are always released earlier at a higher price. Then, the 80ti's are released with the same perf. And a much lower cost.

[m.attway]

Just now, Eibe said:

Yes. And don't worry about the fact that I removed the CPU cooler, the stock cooler of the Ryzen CPUs is great.

Yes I noticed that and realised the CPU came with one, I'm not know with Ryzen and Sapphire and MSI Mobos but I'm guessing they are better than what I had, I just went with companies that are well know to me.

[Nocte]

Just now, m.attway said:

Yes I noticed that and realised the CPU came with one, I'm not know with Ryzen and Sapphire and MSI Mobos but I'm guessing they are better than what I had, I just went with companies that are well know to me.

Everyone starts out like that. It is good to ask for feedback though.

[DarthVader61425]

1 hour ago, Eibe said:

Benchmarks say otherwise.

Well, the majority of people nowadays tend to go for Nvidia. Benchmarks? The only time I saw AMD to be a better option than Nvidia was with Vulkan API in Doom and maybe some other games but as a whole Nvidia graphics cards tend to be much better EVEN in terms of efficiency and cooling since Nvidia has integrated their gpus quite successfully into laptops and nowadays AMD graphics cards in laptops are almost non-existent that's if you don't count apple's macbook but let's be honest, the value for those are atrocious.  

[m.attway]

@Eibe what is the difference between https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/bxM323/sapphire-radeon-rx-570-4gb-pulse-video-card-11266-04-20g and https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/WwQRsY/sapphire-radeon-rx-570-4gb-pulse-itx-video-card-11266-06-20g

[Nocte]

1 minute ago, DarthVader61425 said:

Well, the majority of people nowadays tend to go for Nvidia. Benchmarks? The only time I saw AMD to be a better option than Nvidia was with Vulkan API in Doom and maybe some other games but as a whole Nvidia graphics cards tend to be much better EVEN in terms of efficiency and cooling since Nvidia has integrated their gpus quite successfully into laptops and nowadays AMD graphics cards in laptops are almost non-existent that's if you don't count apple's macbook but let's be honest, the value for those are atrocious.  

In most benchmarks the RX 580 is equal to the 1060, and surpasses the 1060 in games with newer technologies (e.g. Vulkan like you said). Why would you recommend a card that works great with current and past games, while you can recommend a card that works great also for future games?

[Nocte]

3 minutes ago, m.attway said:

@Eibe what is the difference between https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/bxM323/sapphire-radeon-rx-570-4gb-pulse-video-card-11266-04-20g and https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/WwQRsY/sapphire-radeon-rx-570-4gb-pulse-itx-video-card-11266-06-20g

They have the same performance. The ITX  is much shorter and made for smaller cases. The other one is bigger but has the same performance. The bigger one is likely to have better temperatures though.

 

EDIT: You can fit the bigger card in your case (in case you were wondering).

[m.attway]

Just now, Eibe said:

They have the same performance. The ITX  is much shorter and made for smaller cases. The other one is bigger but has the same performance. The bigger one is likely to have better temperatures though.

Ahh ok, I have a decent size case and to be on the safe side I will probably go with 2 fan one! Appreciate all the help!