How to choose gpu

[Premoz1]

Okay, so I have already chosen amd ryzen 5 1600 as a cpu, and Asus PRIME B350-PLUS, ATX as motherboard. Now its time for gpu. Could someone explain me, that what example DUAL OC means? Or that gb amount in gpu name?What is cuda core? And can someone tell me how to choose gpu to make the system balanced due to cpu?

[Premoz1]

And why is example. EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti SC Gaming -näytönohjain, 8GB GDDR5 more expensive than Asus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Cerberus Advanced Edition -näytönohjain, 8GB GDDR5? Its still gtx 1070 ti both..

[Premoz1]

And forgot to mention that how to check gpu and motherboard compability? I would be glad if someone would answer all these long questions

[Firewrath9]

They are the same, however the sc is a bit faster. All 1070s should be compat too

[Coaxialgamer]

This also used to confuse me in the beginning.

 

Nvidia designs and sells the actual chips that make up those video cards , such as the gp104 that goes into a gtx 1070ti. They ship these chips to companies such as ASUS , MSI , gigabyte etc .

The companies , known as board partners , then take these chips , put them onto a circuit board , slap on a cooler and sell them under a brand specific name such as "EVGA SC" or "Asus ROG" etc .But these are all fundamentally the same GPU ( a gtx 1070ti in this case ) . What varies is the actual cooler on them ( some are better than others ) , the PCB , which can provide better power delivery ( though at stock voltage this arguably doesn't matter much ) and some companies slap a small overclock on it as well (though not on the 1070ti). so when you buy an "ASUS Cerberus advanced edition gtx1070ti" and an "EVGA gtx 1070ti SC" , you're getting a 1070ti in both cases.

 

Some cards happen to be more expensive than others , hopefully because of a better cooler and VRM , though pricing is sometimes questionable .

 

A cuda core is the basic functional unit of  a GPU in nvidia terminology . Without getting technical , you can consider them in the same way as CPU cores , but much less powerful.

 

Some companies choose to add the memory quantity in the name . Unless there happens to be multiple variants of the same card ( such as the 1060 3GB and 6GB , or the rx 580 4GB and 8GB ) , then this is largely just marketing ,as all GTX 1070ti's will ship with 8GB .Putting it in the name just sounds better i guess.

 

Also , all motherboards with a 16x PCIE slot are compatible with all GPUs that use PCIE ( basically every one of them ).

[Premoz1]

Thank you for that long text you wrote me.. So ASUS cerberus advanced edition gtx1070ti is *EXACTLY* same as EVGA gtx1070ti? That is just mad.. and if there is 3gb or 6gb in the gpu's name, its all same? And is there any other things I need for 16x PCIE slots than gpu? So if not, I'll just get 1 slot pcie..

 

[Premoz1]

Just to make sure..

 

[Premoz1]

18 hours ago, Coaxialgamer said:

This also used to confuse me in the beginning.

 

Nvidia designs and sells the actual chips that make up those video cards , such as the gp104 that goes into a gtx 1070ti. They ship these chips to companies such as ASUS , MSI , gigabyte etc .

The companies , known as board partners , then take these chips , put them onto a circuit board , slap on a cooler and sell them under a brand specific name such as "EVGA SC" or "Asus ROG" etc .But these are all fundamentally the same GPU ( a gtx 1070ti in this case ) . What varies is the actual cooler on them ( some are better than others ) , the PCB , which can provide better power delivery ( though at stock voltage this arguably doesn't matter much ) and some companies slap a small overclock on it as well (though not on the 1070ti). so when you buy an "ASUS Cerberus advanced edition gtx1070ti" and an "EVGA gtx 1070ti SC" , you're getting a 1070ti in both cases.

 

Some cards happen to be more expensive than others , hopefully because of a better cooler and VRM , though pricing is sometimes questionable .

 

A cuda core is the basic functional unit of  a GPU in nvidia terminology . Without getting technical , you can consider them in the same way as CPU cores , but much less powerful.

 

Some companies choose to add the memory quantity in the name . Unless there happens to be multiple variants of the same card ( such as the 1060 3GB and 6GB , or the rx 580 4GB and 8GB ) , then this is largely just marketing ,as all GTX 1070ti's will ship with 8GB .Putting it in the name just sounds better i guess.

 

Also , all motherboards with a 16x PCIE slot are compatible with all GPUs that use PCIE ( basically every one of them ).

Hey man?

 

[Coaxialgamer]

4 hours ago, Premoz1 said:

Hey man?

 

They are not exactly the same. They are both fundamentally a gtx 1070ti , and should perform pretty similarly .

what varies is the cooler and/or circuit board used on them. Both models have 8GB GDDR5 RAM onboard.

I'd recommend just getting the cheapest card between the 2 you listed, as neither are factory overclocked and both have fairly capable coolers.

 

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Asus card :

EVGA card :

 

The VRAM amount is only actually important to look out for when you're  buying a GPU that is known to have multiple memory configurations . That is not the case for the 1070ti.

 

Also , the GPU connects to the motherboard using this connector:

 

This is a pcie 16x connector , and is present on virtually every motherboard manufactured in the last 10 years. Ideally you want it to be pcie 3.0 ( the latest revision , present on every board since 2012 , or 2017 if you're an AMD user ) , but it's not a requirement , as the standard is backwards compatible. Simply put , as long as your board has this connector , which it most likely will , then it's compatible.

 

Also , as a side-note : please quote me when replying to me , so that i get notified . Otherwise i'll have no way of knowing if you respond.

[Premoz1]

14 minutes ago, Coaxialgamer said:

They are not exactly the same. They are both fundamentally a gtx 1070ti , and should perform pretty similarly .

what varies is the cooler and/or circuit board used on them. Both models have 8GB GDDR5 RAM onboard.

I'd recommend just getting the cheapest card between the 2 you listed, as neither are factory overclocked and both have fairly capable coolers.

 

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Asus card :

EVGA card :

 

The VRAM amount is only actually important to look out for when you're  buying a GPU that is known to have multiple memory configurations . That is not the case for the 1070ti.

 

Also , the GPU connects to the motherboard using this connector:

 

This is a pcie 16x connector , and is present on virtually every motherboard manufactured in the last 10 years. Ideally you want it to be pcie 3.0 ( the latest revision , present on every board since 2012 , or 2017 if you're an AMD user ) , but it's not a requirement , as the standard is backwards compatible. Simply put , as long as your board has this connector , which it most likely will , then it's compatible.

 

Also , as a side-note : please quote me when replying to me , so that i get notified . Otherwise i'll have no way of knowing if you respond.

Okay, well how about dual or one fans? Are the fans really important, and how much is it worth to pay for 2 fans instead of 1?

[Coaxialgamer]

1 minute ago, Premoz1 said:

Okay, well how about dual or one fans? Are the fans really important, and how much is it worth to pay for 2 fans instead of 1?

Well , both of the above cards have dual fans , and  there aren't that many 1070ti's with a single fan out there.

The 1070ti being a fairly power hungry card , i'd highly recommend getting a dual fan model , unless you have specific size requirements (which is why those single fan cards exist ).

A single fan card will generally run hotter and make more noise.

[Premoz1]

Btw forgot to mention, that I will get 1060 6gb, so dual or not? Does it make any difference between 1070 ti and 1060 gb with having dual fans or not?