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Gosmo
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Yes.  You can put a rev 3 card in a rev 2 or rev 1 slot.  Even a smaller slot like an x4 and possibly even x1.  But then you're probably going to run into issues with available bandwidth.  Though I wouldn't suggest cutting out the back of the pcie x4 or x1 slot and having all the rest of the contacts just hanging out to risk being shorted - but is has been done in the past by other people.

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It doesn't need it, pcie is backwards compatible, so you could put the 1050 ti in the pcie 2 slot. On a side note, why not an rx 470? It's only a little more expensive and is a lot faster.

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12 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

It doesn't need it, pcie is backwards compatible, so you could put the 1050 ti in the pcie 2 slot. On a side note, why not an rx 470? It's only a little more expensive and is a lot faster.

i have seen some benchmarks and reviews and the 1050 ti dominates over the 470. anothes issue preventing me to buy a 470 is my psu. i dont have 6 pin connector.

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14 minutes ago, Cracklingice said:

Yes.  You can put a rev 3 card in a rev 2 or rev 1 slot.  Even a smaller slot like an x4 and possibly even x1.  But then you're probably going to run into issues with available bandwidth.  Though I wouldn't suggest cutting out the back of the pcie x4 or x1 slot and having all the rest of the contacts just hanging out to risk being shorted - but is has been done in the past by other people.

my pcie 2 is x16 i think

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2 minutes ago, Gosmo said:

i have seen some benchmarks and reviews and the 1050 ti dominates over the 470. anothes issue preventing me to buy a 470 is my psu. i dont have 6 pin connector.

470 stomps 1050ti.  It's the 460 that the 1050 beats.
http://hwbench.com/vgas/radeon-rx-470-vs-geforce-gtx-1050-ti

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1 hour ago, Gosmo said:

Oh yeah you're right. My bad. But even if i wanted to buy the 470 i cant due to my psu

Nvm then 1050 ti it is.

 

Though if your psu doesn't even have a pcie connector, you might wanna get it changed... What psu do you have?

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