Need help choosing between Gtx 1050 ti or 1060 3gb

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I just wanted to know which of these Gtx 1060 3gb I should buy and if it's worth the 100 dollars more (That's the pricing in Australia) than the Gtx 1050 ti?

https://www.ple.com.au/Products/629070/ASUS-GeForce-GTX1060-Phoenix-3GB-GDDR5 … & https://www.ple.com.au/Products/628528/Gigabyte-GeForce-GTX1060-Windforce-3GB-GDDR5 …

and these are the Gtx 1050 ti's
https://www.ple.com.au/Products/625872/Galax-GeForce-GTX1050Ti-OC-4GB-GDDR5
https://www.ple.com.au/Products/628724/eVGA-GeForce-GTX1050Ti-SC-4GB-GDDR5-Displayport-DVI-HDMI

Thank you :)
 
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All custom 1060 cards 3gb and 6gb perform similar despite differences. 3gb is enough for 1080p.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-graphics-card-roundup,4724-2.html

Is ple local store you go to? If online, Centrecom is bit cheaper.

New gen cards are said to have an October release if you can wait. If not look at the pro's and con's of each 1060 in roundup reviews. And look at 3gb vs 6gb comparisons benchmarks in the games you'll find yourself playing.
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Wow, that's a significant price difference.

I think rather than a 1050, I would look around for a 960 4GB. If the difference between the 1060 3/6 cards are that significant I can see why you aren't looking that way...although for the price difference here it's worth going ahead and springing for the 6gb card.
 
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The cheapest 6gb version is 84 dollars more than the cheapest 3gb here which is a bit out of my budget
 
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Which 1060 3gb card would be the best one to buy? and is 3gb vram still enough?
 
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I think the bigger question with the 3gb 1060 is the fact that the specs aren't the same, even aside from the memory, than the 6gb card. There is some reading about it around.
Aside from that, I really enjoy reading the vs. articles and comparisons on benchmarks. Look at the frames differences particularly in reference to the games you like to enjoy (if they review them) and pick based on your own wallet.

Speaking for my own opinion on the matter. I recently had a couple of setups with the 960, one was a 2gb and the other a 4gb. In almost every situation they played within a few frames of one another. I had two games I could "slightly" up the settings but almost across the board both of them ran 1080/60 frames/medium and played flawlessly.
My understanding about reading on the 1050 series is that they are VERY close to the same as a 960 "4", so I would EXPECT to see 1080/60/medium out of it as well.
My expectation for the 1060 card was to be much the same on high settings, most games. That may or may not have panned out, but universally reading indicates go 6gb.

With the pricing on cards being so out of whack right now, you stand to spend a bit less of a premium on stuff that isn't deemed suitable for mining, like the low end, or stuff on the high end that tend to be cost prohibitive. I personally don't like having to pay 30-40% MORE than MSRP for a lower selection of cards. With that said, I chose to go with a 1080 that although specifically I didn't need for my current purpose, I paid MSRP and only about $130 more than the 1060 with the backplate I wanted. Crazy.
 
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All custom 1060 cards 3gb and 6gb perform similar despite differences. 3gb is enough for 1080p.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-graphics-card-roundup,4724-2.html

Is ple local store you go to? If online, Centrecom is bit cheaper.

New gen cards are said to have an October release if you can wait. If not look at the pro's and con's of each 1060 in roundup reviews. And look at 3gb vs 6gb comparisons benchmarks in the games you'll find yourself playing.
 
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I'd consider an RX 570 4GB, which is available for 370 AUD on that site. If you want to play 1080p/high settings, 3GB of VRAM is cutting it very close and there are already a few cases where the 1060 3GB runs out of VRAM and chokes (IIRC in one case being beat by a 1050 Ti 4GB, despite the 1050 Ti being a much weaker GPU). Even if the average framerate is only a little less than the 1060 6GB, the minimum framerates can suffer. The extra 1GB of VRAM with the 570 gives you a bit of extra breathing room.
 
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Hey Man, im in Australia Also.

I have owned both the 1050Ti and GTX 1060. It is definately worth the Bumb. There is a big performance gap between the 1050 Ti and 1060.
If you decide to go 1060, try and get the 6GB model as you will benefit from the Extra Vram.
The 3GB version is not quite as fast as the 6GB model. It has one less shader and is about 10% slower.
The 3GB version is still a hole lot faster than the 1050Ti, however it has less Vram than the 1050Ti. Very silly imo however if your not gaming on high resolutions you should also be fine with the 3GB. Here in Australia, there is also a price gap between 3GB models and 6Gb models.

If you can afford the 1060 6Gb, get that. If not get the 3GB model as it still runs rings around the 1050Ti.

The only benefit of getting a 1050Ti is most models do not require a 6pin connector, it is very low power conumption and you can throw in most Old Hp's and Dell's

 
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