AMD OR NVIDIA?

[Guest]

I am planning on building a gaming rig for myself and I was planning on using a GTX 1050ti but realized that it is not SLI compatible (for future upgrade) so should I just use 2 GTX 1050ti's without SLI or Should I choose an AMD graphics card compatible with crossfire. And if you think I should use an AMD card then please recommend one to me which is somewhat powerful like the 1050ti.

[iRileyx]

Using two cards without SLI will give zero benefit if you're gaming.

 

IMO Crossfire and SLI aren't worth it, just use one good card rather than 2 mediocre ones (mediocre in comparison to the single good card)

[Gameborn]

you can pay just about $20 more and buy rx 470/570, which is 40-50% more powerful. 1050ti isn't very good price/performance, and also sli/crossfire isn't very good for future upgrade, better sell your old gpu and buy new one, it will be better, not all games support sli/crossfire very good.

[GrayTech]

3 minutes ago, Gameborn said:

 

you can pay just about $20 more and buy rx 470/570

 

Getting a RX 570/470 is very difficult at the moment.

[Sauron]

Multicard setups are kind of dead outside of top end systems. There just isn't enough support for it to recommend using multiple low end cards (even if the 1050ti supported it). Save a bit more, get a better card, then upgrade 3 years down the line - this way you'll get the best experience and value in my opinion.

[Gameborn]

Just now, GrayTech said:

Getting a RX 570/470 is very difficult at the moment.

yes, cryptocurrency miners bought them, but still I highly recommend it cuz' you will get significant bump in performance from 1050 ti.

[Jurrunio]

The best single card you can afford is the best deal. Period. 2-GPU setups don't give you double the fps under most situations, so don't go multi-GPU unless you are already using the best single card available.

 

AMD cards are hard to get now due to the cryptocurrency craze. In my area their prices went up by 50%..... Since you mentioned that you are considering 2 1050tis, that means you have around $300 budget? In that case, a 1060 6Gb is your best pick among new cards.

[GrayTech]

Just now, Gameborn said:

yes, cryptocurrency miners bought them, but still I highly recommend it cuz' you will get significant bump in performance from 1050 ti.

Yeah, the RX 570 and RX 470 are good price to performance cards. I'd like to pick one up as well.