AMD Radeon RX 560 vs. GTX 1050

[Xzibit]

An AMD "advertorial" on TPU? Well, that's novel and I hope that AMD paid well. I thought this site never needed money? (Check the PayPal donation page where TPU says not required)

Balance and impartiality in reviews is what I've always known TPU for, but this clearly isn't it. Why didn't you ask the community in the feedback section to see if we'd like to see something like this, first? I'll go have that shower now.

@notb and @the54thvoid - very well said.

Only 7 mins Post #16 - Post #18 ? Did you take your puter or phone in with you ?

Did you even wash behind the ears and in the important places ?

 

[Dimi]

The 1050 Ti at 10 dollars more DEMOLISHES this overpriced piece of garbage that can't even compete with the much cheaper 1050 2gb.

 

[Steevo]

It's highly possible that if you don't run something like this on a website then you don't get first dibs on a Vega card. That being said it's worth remembering how much crap has been shoveled on AMD for their poor performing products in the past in reviews and in competitive reviews pointing fingers at how poorly they have done. Lastly I wonder how many 560 cards are available with the mining craze

 

[Dimi]

It's highly possible that if you don't run something like this on a website then you don't get first dibs on a Vega card. That being said it's worth remembering how much crap has been shoveled on AMD for their poor performing products in the past in reviews and in competitive reviews pointing fingers at how poorly they have done. Lastly I wonder how many 560 cards are available with the mining craze

You don't say, i was eyeballing a zotac 1070 mini last month for my wife's pc when it was 329$. 2 weeks later it was 429, and now its close to 500.

I go to microcenter to maybe find a sweet deal.. cheapest 1060 they had was 349$. Literally 0 AMD cards in their whole store. These miners are just cancer for the gaming community. Now my wife is still stuck with a shitty gtx 760.

 

[Fluffmeister]

Here is a review, Roy "reviews need to be fair" Taylor would kinda approve of (if you remove the games where GTX 1050 wins):

http://www.techspot.com/review/1430-radeon-rx-560-vs-geforce-gtx-1050/

Ultimately both decent cards for the money, if you happen to do this thing called "gaming".

 

[mtcn77]

lol hardware unboxed (techspot) just released proper RX560 vs GTX1050 vs GTX1050Ti yesterday:

to be honest i was expecting this kind of review here at TPU then only saw test done by AMD on selected tittle.

If you would be so kind as to watch the 'proper' review, they aren't recommending the 1050, either. There are many discrepancies in that review, like how 1050 is mentioned as an internal power adapter, but the one reviewed does come with an external connector. They say nothing has changed in the last 8 months when 560 does beat 1050 to the curb in Doom, but that gets overlooked...

 

[MrGenius]

WTF kind of BS is this?

*Test environment specifications
Testing done by AMD Performance Labs March 1st 2017 using an Intel Core i7 6700K (@4.0GHz), 2x4 GB DDR4-2667 MHz memory, AMD web driver 17.1.1, NV WHQL Driver 378.49 and Windows 10 (64bit). PC manufacturers may vary configurations yielding different results. The following games were tested at 1080p: Civilization 6 (Medium Presets, DX12), Mass Effect: Andromeda (Low Preset, DX11), Resident Evil 7 (Medium Presets, DX11), DOOM (Ultra settings, Vulkan) and Hitman (Medium Presets, DX12). The Radeon™ RX 560 (4 GB) scored 64.5, 69.8, 65.4, 67.5 and 62.5 respectively. The ZOTAC GTX 1050 scored 48.5, 50.4, 63.4, 56.8 and 42.1 respectively. All scores in average FPS and as an average of three runs with the same settings. Performance may vary based on use of latest drivers.

So...with the exception of DOOM...the chart is a complete lie. Made to look like an RX 560 4GB can actually run modern AAA games at 1080p, with High to Ultra settings applied, and average 60+ FPS doing so. At least they were honest enough to admit that's a total crock of shit.

 

[0x4452]

Damg, now with AMD sponsoring TechPowerUP content, I can only hope the site will stay impartial.

Consider HardOCP: they slammed AMD VR performance, than AMD brought the editor on stage and no more negative words about AMD since.

PS:
As linked above, other website show that the GTX 1050 is in fact a better buy than the RX 560, while this article clearly is trying to convey the reverse.

 

[AndreiD]

This is by far the worst thing TPU has ever done for its image, at least don't splay this paid article in the review ticker.

 

[TheGuruStud]

The 1050 Ti at 10 dollars more DEMOLISHES this overpriced piece of garbage that can't even compete with the much cheaper 1050 2gb.

Which is why anything under a 470 is a waste of money. They perform like doo doo and still cost too much.

 

[AndreiD]

lol hardware unboxed (techspot) just released proper RX560 vs GTX1050 vs GTX1050Ti yesterday:

to be honest i was expecting this kind of review here at TPU then only saw test done by AMD on selected tittle.

HU chose the 1050 over the 560, guess TPU might do so too if Nvidia pays them more than AMD since clearly that's how it's going to be from now on on this site....

 

[RealNeil]

You don't say, i was eyeballing a zotac 1070 mini last month for my wife's pc when it was 329$. 2 weeks later it was 429, and now its close to 500

Crap! I'm glad that I locked in a pair of 1070 G1-Gaming cards for 575 (for both) before these price fluctuations.

 

[Mistral]

I don't mind the advertorial, as it's clearly marked as such, but it would be nice to have some independent TPU performance numbers to go with it for comparison.

 

[KainXS]

You know I just noticed it says "AMD and NVIDIA having launched their Polaris generation GPUs just last year"

 

[Yukikaze]

I clicked this from the top reviews bar. Nothing told me what I was getting into at that click. I suddenly did not see the usual review layout. It looked fishy. Then the graph format hit me and scrolled back to the top: Advertorial? Holy shit. Techpowerup is dead/dying? This isn't why I come here.

 

[qubit]

Only 7 mins Post #16 - Post #18 ? Did you take your puter or phone in with you ?

Did you even wash behind the ears and in the important places ?

Have you got nothing better to do than obsess over my posting rate? I see I have a stalker on TPU.

 

[Smanci]

Where can I deactivate my account?

 

[Xzibit]

Have you got nothing better to do than obsess over my posting rate? I see I have a stalker on TPU.

I guess i could complain about an article that is marked on a forum.

Nah. I rather laugh.

 

[XiGMAKiD]

At first I was confused as to why the article is unusually short, and reading the comments reveal that this is an advertorial.

While at least it's just a page long, you guys need to make sure people see it clearly that it is an advertorial if there's going to be more like this in the future.

 

[HD64G]

lol hardware unboxed (techspot) just released proper RX560 vs GTX1050 vs GTX1050Ti yesterday:

to be honest i was expecting this kind of review here at TPU then only saw test done by AMD on selected tittle.

Watched this yesterday and 560 is -2% from 1050 in average of 30 games, while last year 460 was -18%. So, mature drivers fro polaris arch, more DX12 games and the fully unlocked chip brought the battle to a draw practically.

 

[the54thvoid]

The real damage in this is not about which card is actually better. Hell, I dont care if the 560 is far better, the effect is knock on. Once you place a highly preferential commercial piece of PR (where it really does not belong) it reduces your neutrality bias. Now this has happened, if indeed TPU gets a VEGA card to review, how can you be sure the conclusion wont be red slanted, owing to this favour to AMD, or this paid advert direct from AMD.
I believe the reviews (real ones not POS adverts) will still be neutral but this PR stunt, putting a company sponsored, company 'tested' review into your own review section is HIGHLY misleading and deeply polarising (no pun intended). It really is a huge step backwards for the integrity of neutrality for TPU.
Just move it to the nes section and mark it PR. Where it sits it looks like a wizz review so we click it for info. What an awful let down when you open the page.

Have some more of these:

 

[renz496]

If you would be so kind as to watch the 'proper' review, they aren't recommending the 1050, either. There are many discrepancies in that review, like how 1050 is mentioned as an internal power adapter, but the one reviewed does come with an external connector. They say nothing has changed in the last 8 months when 560 does beat 1050 to the curb in Doom, but that gets overlooked...

What they said was the 6 pin was not making sense on such card. because power consumption wise the card will not going to consume more than 75w even when they have those 6 pin. even the much faster 1050ti was like that.

MSI GTX1050: https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1050_Gaming_X/25.html
MSI GTX1050Ti : https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1050_Ti_Gaming_X/25.html
Gigabyte GTX1050Ti: https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/GTX_1050_Ti_G1_Gaming/27.html

but board partner most likely include the card with 6 pin to ensure overclocking stability. or they simply want to ease the burden from the mobo by pulling majority of the power from the power connector.

About DOOM RX560 most likely really pulling ahead because of the VRAM. they did mentioned this when they concluded the test to see how many games that RX560 able to win/tie/lose against 1050. they also mention removing Doom from the chart did not affect the average score that much either.

 

[renz496]

Watched this yesterday and 560 is -2% from 1050 in average of 30 games, while last year 460 was -18%. So, mature drivers fro polaris arch, more DX12 games and the fully unlocked chip brought the battle to a draw practically.

to be honest all this time i was thinking RX560 will be performing on the same level as 1050ti. because to me i have this idea about 460 = 1050 < 1050ti. so 560 with all it's shader being enabled will make the card on par with 1050ti or even faster than 1050ti in any games that favoring AMD card more.

 

[Assimilator]

Disappointed, @W1zzard. Very disappointed.

 

[natr0n]

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