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I am about to do a new pc build, ASIDE from the psu would a £135 pound 690 be worth it against a £150 1050ti
690 in 2018??
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Fair enough. 
If your PSU can handle the 500+ watts of power the 690 needs and you have adequate cooling in your PC the 690 should work just fine for whatever you are doing.
If your PSU can handle the 500+ watts of power the 690 needs and you have adequate cooling in your PC the 690 should work just fine for whatever you are doing.
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The 1050ti will be faster and will also use less power. The 690 is a good card, but its still just 2x 680s and it still uses an SLI profile to use both portions of the 690 at the same time. Also because the 690 is 2x 680s on the same PCB and uses a stock blower cooler, it will run much hotter then the 1050ti. So while the newer 1050ti is 15$ more, it will be the better choice and will last you much longer. The ONLY reason I would say to go with the 690 would be if you live somewhere that is ALWAYS cold and you need more heat in your room. Hope it helps.
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drbones8472 :
The 1050ti will be faster and will also use less power. The 690 is a good card, but its still just 2x 680s and it still uses an SLI profile to use both portions of the 690 at the same time. Also because the 690 is 2x 680s on the same PCB and uses a stock blower cooler, it will run much hotter then the 1050ti. So while the newer 1050ti is 15$ more, it will be the better choice and will last you much longer. The ONLY reason I would say to go with the 690 would be if you live somewhere that is ALWAYS cold and you need more heat in your room. Hope it helps.
Hope it helps.
I was thinking that the sli if it works weel is more like a 1060 than 50ti
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Yes, an OC'd 690 is about the same as a stock 1060. I used to have 2x 680s in SLI and that setup was about 10% or so slower then a 1060. BUT I can say that I would rather have the single card that uses less power, is newer and still receives Driver updates, produces WAY less heat, and can also be OC'd to. While all of the older GPUs still receive driver updates the older cards, like the 690, dont actually get any optimizations in the new drivers. The 1050ti does. I am also going to assume that the 690 is used while the 1050ti is new. The new card should have a warranty while the used probably wont. The last thing I will say is that the 1050ti will have a 4GB frame buffer. The 690 will only have a 2GB frame buffer. The 690 box does say it has 4GB of RAM, BUT what it means is that it has 2GB per 680. And as I said before, the 690 is 2x680s on the same card. So if you fill your frame buffer your FPS will tank.
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I am aware of this however i will play at 900p so s2gb should be fine, and the 690 gets 2 year warrenty from cex
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Fair enough. If your PSU can handle the 500+ watts of power the 690 needs and you have adequate cooling in your PC the 690 should work just fine for whatever you are doing.
If your PSU can handle the 500+ watts of power the 690 needs and you have adequate cooling in your PC the 690 should work just fine for whatever you are doing.TRENDING THREADS
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