Is GTX 1050 zotac mini a good upgrade

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Hello friends,

My current gpu is a and HD 7770, it is a decent card but just ain’t enough to run the latest games like bf1 and PUBG to atleast medium settings. Now money is tight so I must compromise with a GTX 1050 Zotac mini card. My question is is the upgrade from the 7770 to gtx 1050 enough to merit the purchase? I checked our hierarchy chart for gpus and it seems like a noticeable upgrade. But if it is small upgrade in reality just a few FPS more and maybe a jump up on graphic settings from low to medium I think maybe I should wait.

Any advice is welcome!

Thanks for your timej
 
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madmatt30
The 1050 is more or less the equivalent of a 7870 in raw power so its a 2 card jump if you were still in that era

Fact is though newer titles are better optimised for currenr nvidia chipsets tham they are for 3 gen old amd ones so the performance hike is a little more substantial than it should be on paper

Youre probably looking at a jump from low to medium as well as a 10-15fps increase aswell minimum depending on the game title

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The 1050 is more or less the equivalent of a 7870 in raw power so its a 2 card jump if you were still in that era

Fact is though newer titles are better optimised for currenr nvidia chipsets tham they are for 3 gen old amd ones so the performance hike is a little more substantial than it should be on paper

Youre probably looking at a jump from low to medium as well as a 10-15fps increase aswell minimum depending on the game title

 
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In performance gains, yes it's worth it. Certain games will go from basically unplayable on the 7770 to very playable on the 1050(assuming you have a CPU up to the task).

However, the 1050 has 2gb vram, in certain games that might limit you to low settings, maybe some medium if you're lucky. PUBG uses A LOT of vram.
 
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Thank you friends,

You aren’t kidding about how much vram is used on pubg, I was honestly surprised how smooth the game ran on the 7770 1gb that I currently have, the game must be more optimized than in the past. All the test I’ve ran shows the 1050 should have close to double the performance of the 7770. I ordered it and should be getting it the 8th of January. I’ll update this post when I get the new card for reference for anyone else with the same question I have.

Happy New Years friends!
 
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