Tuesday, October 18th 2016
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Series Pricing Could Surprise
According to a press-deck slide leaked by VideoCardz, NVIDIA could surprise with pricing of its GeForce GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 Ti graphics cards. The GTX 1050 could be offered at $109, cheaper than the previously-rumored $119; while the faster and better-endowed GTX 1050 Ti could be offered at $139, cheaper than the $149 price-tag touted in older articles. Both SKUs, as previously reported, could be available from 25th October, 2016. The leaked slide also confirms specifications of the GTX 1050 to include 640 CUDA cores, and 2 GB of GDDR5 memory, while the GTX 1050 Ti will feature 768 CUDA cores, and double the memory amount, at 4 GB.
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VideoCardz
31 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Series Pricing Could Surprise
if the 1050 comes with a LP version I'm sure it'll sell great
edit:
some joker claims to have clocked the 1050ti up to 1.8ghz already.
hothardware.com/news/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-benchmarks-leak
as close as ever to that price was GT 640 with exactly same GPU configuration with slight lower clock and much slower memory from GTX 650
It is going to be an even bigger hit in gaming notebook space.
As for its performance, it will probably give 70-75% of RX470 performance, so I think both cards could co-exist.
These cards belong to the 80-120$ range not higher and if my performance expectations are correct it should be:
120$ 1050Ti
100$ 1050-RX 465
80$ rx 460
Also, they should all have 2GB vram with optional 6pin for OC, compact PCB and small heatsinks, maybe 2 heatpipes.
But I'm pretty sure it will be flying off the shelves when it arrives. That would mean it is priced right or even lower than what it "should be".
I mean...the reason they're expensive is because of the overkill PCB and cooling, you can get the 1060/470 instead for 199-220$ and have 2x performance compared to these.
1060 3gb 1152 cores @ 1506 MHz $200
1050TI 768 cores @ 1324 MHz $140
1050 640 cores @ 1324 MHZ $110
the only real outlier here is the 1060 3gb
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti | techPowerUp GPU Database
Anyway. I am reading that both cards will be paper launched today, but availability/benchmarks will be out in 25th.
And at this price rage, I highly doubt OEMs will overcharge that much for a 1050ti. $170 compared to $130 is a major deal breaker in this price segment. The 1060 is far less gouged then the 1070, and the 1070 is less gouged then the 1080. Gouging on the 1050ti will be minimal, simply because that market segment will not tolerate a higher price, they'll just go with something else.
www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1060_OC/
so i doubt the cheapest 1050ti will be at $170-$180