Is 1050 still good for light gaming. If not, what is the most sensible upgrade?

[Galaxy s10]

I have had a gtx 1050 for a long time and I want to do something about it soon. What would make the most sense?

[Aimi]

What do you consider "light"? Old games? Newer ones on low settings?

[Mira Yurizaki]

And what do you consider "good"? What performance do you want? What quality settings?

[TheElectronicGeek1]

Yeah it's alright for 1080p low-medium on most games. Unless you find something better used for a good price. I have a 750 ti and it's fine for me. I haven't really played any recent games other than rainbow six a little, which isn't even that new. If you want something better look for higher end used 10 series graphics cards. If your on a tight budget don't bother with rtx or gtx 16xx unless you find some on a good sale or something.

[trevb0t]

I've seen indication that on 1080p cards lower on the food chain can still game modern titles on medium/high settings. 

If your gaming is actually light, or you aren't running this year's titles at all, you'll be just fine.

 

So if you're an eSports gamer, or don't mind medium-ish settings on the newer AAA titles at 1080p, you could certainly save that money. An upgrade path is looking like $200 USD used right now, and obviously only goes up from there.

[Brooksie359]

16 minutes ago, trevb0t said:

I've seen indication that on 1080p cards lower on the food chain can still game modern titles on medium/high settings. 

If your gaming is actually light, or you aren't running this year's titles at all, you'll be just fine.

 

So if you're an eSports gamer, or don't mind medium-ish settings on the newer AAA titles at 1080p, you could certainly save that money. An upgrade path is looking like $200 USD used right now, and obviously only goes up from there.

They wouldn't need to pay 200 used. You can get a rx 580 8gb for well under 200 new. 

[trevb0t]

Just now, Brooksie359 said:

They wouldn't need to pay 200 used. You can get a rx 580 8gb for well under 200 new. 

I guess that is true. I see them for less than $120 or so. I was initially imagining this was a Ti, but the 580 is even a pretty good step up from that.

[LienusLateTips]

Define "good" and "light gaming". 

 

Thanks, that would help a lot.

[Fasauceome]

If you already have the 1050, you don't really need to ask if it's good enough, you already know. 

 

As for an upgrade, 1080p is great in a GTX 1060 6GB or an RX 580, both can be found for good used prices from eBay.

[MeatFeastMan]

Low settings 1080p it can just about live with FOR NOW. In about 6 months time, it'll go below 60 fps at low settings..It's okay for now, but doesn't provide any certainty for any future games whatsoever.

 

I'm sure you will be able to hold on until we see the situation of the upcoming AMD Navi. Navi should be savior for budget gamers from what has been rumored. I don't see a reason to upgrade from what you have UNLESS it has performance near to or equivalent to a gtx 1070. It is no good going to gtx 1060 level from a gtx 1050, it's just over hundred wasted for nothing. You need at least 2 steps up, and as I say that is 1070 level performance. Navi should provide that with a middle of the mid-range card (3070 if that's what it is called). Wait for that.

[Finlay_Chips]

If you would like to keep your 1050 you could just add another over SLI

[TheElectronicGeek1]

32 minutes ago, RTX_Clap said:

If you would like to keep your 1050 you could just add another over SLI

1050 doesn't support sli. Unless you use differentsliauto which doesn't really work that well.

[Finlay_Chips]

what price range are you looking for a card in?

[Galaxy s10]

what is the best graphics card for playing games like need for speed at mid to high settings 60fps?

[trevb0t]

57 minutes ago, Galaxy s10 said:

what is the best graphics card for playing games like need for speed at mid to high settings 60fps?

So here are the questions we need answered to give you the best version of the answer you're looking for:

 

What resolution is your monitor? If 1080p, what is the refresh rate?

 

What CPU, MOBO, RAM are you using? (If it's older it may not support some options fully.)

 

Are you referring to NFS: Payback? What other games do you plan to play on it?

[Galaxy s10]

1080 60hz i5 6500 msi something, hyper x 8gb ddr4 and yes i mean nfs payback, it runs fine but not sure how it will run the rumored 2019 nfs game. I also play minecraft and cuphead and games like that

[BlockedTheShot]

Gtx 1050 is fine for slightly older aaa games at 40-50fps mid-high settings and e sports, but once you throw something like anthem or metro exodus at it, those frames will drop hard(mostly limited to low-medium settings)

 

If you want a new gpu, id go with the gtx 1600s that are coming out.