Gtx 1050 Ti Msi Low Profile

Like nigh of its Nvidia "card-partner" kin, in late 2016 MSI rolled out a lineup of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti ($139) video cards using graphics processors (GPUs) based on Nvidia's new "Pascal" compages. The GTX 1050 Ti slots handily between the GeForce GTX 1050 and GTX 1060 in Nvidia'due south line. We've tested a whole bunch of of these lower-terminate Pascal cards, and this fourth dimension around, nosotros're looking at one of the more affordable models, dubbed past MSI the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4G OC. For its cards around this particular GPU, MSI is offering both a "premium" range (relatively speaking) and a more basic collection, with 6 cards to choose from.

At the acme of the MSI GTX 1050 Ti range are two cards that conduct the familiar red-and-blackness MSI color scheme and have the "Gaming" label; these are the company's flagship GTX 1050 Ti cards. The company is also offering more modest versions. In commutation for a lower price, they look a bit more than pedestrian and pack specs that are closer to stock. Our review menu is ane of the latter, and MSI offers a similar version of this carte in non-Ti trim, as well, that we tested. (Come across our review of the MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2G OC .) Also worth noting: MSI recently unveiled a low-contour, half-height version of the GTX 1050 Ti, the $155 MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GT LP, for PC upgraders and gamers looking to boost a thin domicile-theater PC or other slim desktop. (Decent-performing one-half-height video cards have been scarce in recent years, with the best of the contempo lot existence based on the aged GeForce GTX 750 Ti.)

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But as for the card nosotros have on manus: The full-height card nosotros're testing hither today is a stock GTX 1050 Ti in nearly regards, just it does include an MSI-induced, mild overclock (of 63MHz) out of the box, hence the "OC" in its name. Despite its overclock, information technology is selling for the MSRP of a typical base-model GTX 1050 Ti, which is $139. Our feel with Nvidia cards indicates that the card may well overclock beyond the overclock numbers listed on the spec sheet, but we'll run into in a chip about that. Note that MSI also sells a true stock version of this card, defective the "OC" in the name and adhering to the base specs listed for this GPU by Nvidia.

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Since this is card is close to stock apart from the balmy overclock, it has all the standard specs of a GTX 1050 Ti, including 4GB of GDDR5 memory (on a 128-bit memory interface) forth with 768 CUDA cores. Its cooling appliance employs just a single fan, and the card takes upward two PCI Limited slots due to the width of its air cooler. The carte du jour is rather short in length, though, making it great for a small-scale-form-cistron build if yous can't afford or would rather not shell out the extra expense for 1 of the mini versions of the GeForce GTX 1060, which tend to run around $200 for the 3GB versions and $240 for the 6GB. (Run across, for example, our review of the Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 Mini.) The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4G OC measures merely seven inches long, making it easy to fit into fifty-fifty tight desktop-PC chassis.

Easing the installation farther is the fact that it doesn't require a PCI Express power connector, every bit it's able to pull all the juice it needs out of the PCI Limited slot it's plugged into. (MSI suggests the minimum of a 300-watt power supply for apply with this bill of fare, so note that some low-end or business organization PCs may not take the necessary power-commitment overhead. Y'all'll desire to check.) As well know that the port mix is a flake abbreviated from higher-end cards, or fifty-fifty the Gigabyte G1 Gaming version of the GTX 1050 Ti we tested (no four or five ports here on the backplane), comprising single DVI, HDMI, and DisplayPort connectors.

Despite its entry-level status, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4G OC supports key leading-edge features common to contempo GeForce cards, including Nvidia'southward 1000-Sync, 8K output, and DirectX 12. This carte du jour is non "VR-capable," however, by the standards of today's Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets. That doesn't hateful it can't run VR titles, just that it probable will non run them well, and a substandard VR experience can lead to nausea and headaches—choppy frame rates are the least of your troubles. The baseline for smooth VR on the Nvidia side of the alley is the next model upwards from this, the GeForce GTX 1060.

MSI backs the GTX 1050 Ti 4G OC with a three-year warranty, and instead of pairing the card with its specialized MSI Gaming App software ofttimes seen on its higher-end cards, it includes (as a download) the MSI Afterburner utility (which, incidentally, anyone can download and use on whatever video carte du jour). It lets you monitor temperatures and clock speeds, too every bit overclock the GPU. More than on that later.

Performance

Every bit nosotros've mentioned in our other recent carte du jour reviews, things are in flux these days when it comes to testing 2016'due south video cards, because the 2 emerging technologies that current-gen cards are built for are proving hard to test in these early on days.

The first of these is DirectX 12 (DX12), which is just now coming on the scene. There are relatively few real-world benchmarks for it. All the same, DX12 will eventually exist the standard graphics API, so it'due south of import to know if a card can handle DX12 well before buying. Nosotros tested the GTX 1050 Ti with the newest DX12-capable games nosotros had on paw, including Hitman (the 2016 edition), Rise of the Tomb Raider, and Ashes of the Singularity, likewise every bit Futuremark'south 3DMark DX12 benchmark, Time Spy. We tested a load of games using DirectX 11, too, because that API volition however be in wide use for at least another year, and probably much longer.

The other angle is virtual reality (VR) back up, or lack thereof. VR is cerise hot these days, simply the GTX 1050 Ti is non powerful enough to earn a thumbs-upward from Oculus and HTC for their headsets, so yous won't exist immersing yourself in artificial worlds with this card (or any other of its grade) someday presently, unless the hardware situation changes on the VR headset side.

And and then, on to the benchmarks. Since this specific MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti card costs $139, we'll compare it to the $110-to-$130 Radeon RX 460, and it'll be quite interesting to come across how they lucifer upwardly. GTX 1050 Ti cards are generally priced slightly above the Radeon RX 460 crew; actually, the RX 460 is matched to do boxing with the GTX 1050, not the GTX 1050 Ti. That allows the GTX 1050 Ti version to preside over its own little chimera with no real competition among electric current-generation cards, since the Radeon step-up menu, the Radeon RX 470, is a good chip more than expensive, at $179 or and so. (Some RX 470 cards are a tad cheaper than that, via $10 or $20 mail-in rebates, but most were in the $170 to $190 range at this writing.) We've also already tested and reviewed a premium GeForce GTX 1050 Ti card from Gigabyte, the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti G1 Gaming 4G, which cost $30 more than the MSI bill of fare at this writing. So it'll be intriguing to see what that extra wad of cash delivers.

All of the contempo-generation cards we've tested in the $100-to-$200 range take also been included in the benchmark charts beneath, with a few higher-terminate cards such as the GeForce GTX 1060 and AMD Radeon RX 480 thrown in for perspective. We also dropped in the curt-lath AMD Radeon R9 Nano, for an idea of the functioning you tin can get in a very meaty card if money is no object. (At this writing, information technology was about 4 times the cost of a typical GTX 1050, or more than than iii times that of this MSI GTX 1050 Ti.)

3DMark Fire Strike

Nosotros started off our testing with Futuremark's 2013 version of 3DMark, specifically the suite's Burn Strike subtest. Fire Strike is a synthetic test designed to measure overall gaming performance.

In the first face-off between the 2 GTX 1050 Ti cards we have tested, the Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti G1 Gaming came out on pinnacle on the Graphics Score, past 4 percent. That's a decent margin considering that it has the aforementioned GPU in its abdomen as the MSI card and both are overclocked. The Gigabyte card comes overclocked higher than the MSI card, so this isn't too surprising. Both GTX 1050 Ti cards also spanked the less expensive Radeon RX 460, just in turn were drubbed by the pricier RX 470.

Tomb Raider (2013)

Let'due south start with some older games. Hither, we fired upwards the 2013 reboot of the archetype championship Tomb Raider, testing at the Ultimate detail preset and three resolutions.

We're simply two tests in and already a pattern is emerging: The higher-clocked Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti is a smidge more powerful than the mildly overclocked MSI OC card. In this test, we saw the Gigabyte overtake the MSI card by most iv frames per second (fps) at 1080p, but that's still an achievement given their hardware similarities. Both cards were able to hit over 60fps in this championship, equally well. In dissimilarity, the Radeon RX 460 nosotros tested (a PowerColor card) languished in the 40fps zone.

Sleeping Dogs

Next, nosotros rolled out the very demanding existent-earth gaming benchmark examination built into the 2013 championship Sleeping Dogs...

Once again, the Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti G1 Gaming card held a steady v percent advantage over the MSI GTX 1050 Ti card in this test. Both cards failed to cross the 60fps threshold, but they were close; kicking down the particular level one notch would get y'all there with ease. Both of the GTX 1050 Ti cards likewise practically doubled the performance of the Radeon RX 460 card, so it seems safe to say at this bespeak that this "matchup" isn't much of one.

Bioshock Infinite

The popular title Bioshock Space isn't overly demanding, but information technology's a popular i with stellar skilful looks. In its built-in benchmark programme, nosotros set the graphics level to the highest preset (Ultra+DDOF)...

The MSI GTX 1050 Ti card was able to close the gap with the more expensive Gigabyte card in this test, with the ii cards just three.v percent autonomously at 1080p. Both cards were in the loftier 70fps/low 80fps range at 1080p, so that's pretty much a wash from a real-world performance perspective.

Hitman: Absolution

Adjacent upward was Hitman: Absolution, which is an aging game but still pretty hard on a video card, especially at our exam settings.

The race tightened further in this test, with the departure between the ii GTX 1050 Ti cards within the margin of deviation between test runs. In this title, information technology is effectively a tie between them. The RX 460 was not close at any resolution, and even the RX 470 didn't beat out the two GTX 1050 Ti cards past much.

Far Cry Primal

Next, we moved to a more recent game, released in 2016. Ubisoft's latest open up-world first-person hunting game is one of the most demanding test titles nosotros use, with lush foliage, detailed shadows, and otherwise incredible environments. Nosotros used the Normal particular setting first.

This is the first test where we can really come across where the actress $30 for the Gigabyte 1050 Ti card is being spent, as it was able to outpace the MSI OC card by a lusty 15 percent at 1080p. Every bit the resolution increased, the gap narrowed (to the indicate where only 1 frame per 2d separated them at 4K resolution), but nobody is going to play this game at 17fps.

And here's what we saw at the killer Ultra setting...

The ii GTX 1050 Ti cards pulled off playable frame rates, the RX 460 was borderline, and the RX 470 clearly overran them all.

Ashes of the Singularity

Oxide's Ashes of the Singularity is a chip of a departure as a criterion, as information technology's a existent-time strategy title, rather than a showtime-person shooter or a third-person action championship. Due to the planet-scale nature of its battle scenes, with hundreds of onscreen tanks, ships, and other implements of time to come warfare, information technology can be extremely demanding at loftier settings. And because of the plethora of rendered units, this game is also way more CPU-bound—especially at high settings and resolutions—than nigh other contempo games. We used the Standard preset here, rather than the game's killer Crazy preset.

At 1080p resolution we saw the Gigabyte hold a moderate advantage of a few frames over the MSI OC card, though both GPUs struggled with this punishing criterion. Both GPUs were only about as fast as a GeForce GTX 960 from the previous generation, which is interesting. The Radeon RX 460 was deadline acceptable at 1080p, limping to the finish line with a score of just 28.4fps.

One thousand Theft Auto V

Ane of the most popular game franchises on the planet, 1000 Theft Automobile needs no introduction. Version V took a lot longer than many expected to land on the PC. But when it finally did, in early on 2015, it brought a number of graphical improvements and tweakable visual settings that pushed the game far beyond its console roots.

Annotation that many of the cards below have no bars because they would not run GTA V at our test settings. That's a quirk of this game: It will automatically bounce down settings if the game perceives it will not run acceptably at a given mix of resolution and particular settings.

This is a savage exam, as the nautical chart shows the RX 460 couldn't hack our (admittedly enervating) settings. The GTX 1050 Ti cards pulled it off, though, with both the Gigabyte and MSI GPUs hitting over 60fps at 1080p, though the Gigabyte G1 Gaming held a 9 percent advantage. Surprisingly, the slightly overclocked MSI GTX 1050 nosotros tested (the non-Ti carte) held its own on this examination, too, placing just a smidge backside its amped-up Ti brethren.

Ascension of the Tomb Raider

Lara Croft rises once once more in the early 2016 iteration of Square Enix's long-running action franchise. As our hero works to unfold an ancient mystery (and reveal the secret to immortality) alee of the ancient and deadly Order of Trinity, she traipses through a slew of complex atmospheric environments, from arid tombs to the frigid Siberian wilderness. A dynamic weather system, and the complexities of Lara'southward air current-tousled hair, add to the game's visual complexity. Let's wait at the game at the Medium particular preset.

The results of this test largely mirror the others, with the Gigabyte card property a small advantage, so nosotros won't labor the details. What's more interesting from a functioning standpoint is only how good the cheaper MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2G OC is for this game, equally it was simply a few ticks slower than the MSI OC Ti card. The GTX 1050 Ti showed its teeth to the GTX 1050, though, at the Very High preset...

Hitman (2016)

The newest game in the Hitman franchise finds Agent 47 turning over a new leaf, and embarking on a journey of cocky-discovery equally a teacher at a school for underprivileged children. Just kidding, of course; he kills loads of people in this 1, merely like the rest. It does offering gorgeous graphics in both DX11 and DX12 varieties, though. We'll tackle the quondam (DX11) start, at the Medium detail setting.

This game produced the usual very linear pecking order based on price and specs, and then as card value increased and then did operation, and vice versa. Once again the MSI OC card was simply a tiny scrap behind the Gigabyte G1 Gaming, with both topping 70fps at 1080p. The RX 460 was in the hunt (59fps at 1080p) but virtually surprising was the fact that the GTX 1050 Ti cards were near competitive with the much pricier GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition on this exam. We saw the same dynamic at the High preset, though the GTX 1060 reasserted itself at that place...

It'southward tough to become any rock-solid sense of DirectX 12 performance at this point. When we wrote this, still only a few major titles were available with DirectX 12 back up. And running these games, anecdotally we saw no graphical differences between the titles running at DX11 versus DX12 settings. In some instances, titles running nether DX12 offered operation gains, just elsewhere we saw lesser performance.

In other words, don't draw any ready-in-stone conclusions from the DX12 results below. DirectX 12 is nevertheless in its early on stages. We'll take to wait some months to say for sure how much of an advantage DX12 offers, and whether it sways things in favor of AMD or Nvidia in whatsoever substantive manner. Still, it's worth taking a await at what the GTX 1050 Ti and its competition can practise with Microsoft's latest gaming API today, considering DX12 is the future.

This sequel to 2013's Tomb Raider was i of the offset AAA titles to offer DirectX 12 back up. We used the preset labeled Medium for testing.

The DX12 results between the two GTX 1050 Ti cards didn't give us any new information, though we expected the RX 460 to exercise a little bit of grab-up thanks to its ostensible DX12 prowess. Alas, it was crushed by the MSI OC card past near 15fps at 1080p. Naturally, the Gigabyte card was a flake faster than the MSI carte, but nosotros expected that. The RX 470 absolutely trounced both 1050 Ti cards, though, topping 90fps at 1080p and fifty-fifty 60fps at 1440p.

The newest Hitman title also offers up a DX12 graphics option in its benchmark that, like Ascent of the Tomb Raider, looked identical to our eyes to the DX11 version. We used the Medium setting here.

This game appears to be doing some interesting things with our challengers, as the GTX 1050 Ti cards performed virtually the same. It's a rare occurrence, but perhaps the new-ness of DX12 puts both cards on equal footing despite the clock speed difference between them. The RX 460 was meek here, at least compared to the GTX 1050 Ti cards, while the RX 470 was a powerhouse, especially at 1440p.

Ashes of the Singularity (DX12)

The strategy title Ashes of the Singularity was among the first to offer DirectX 12 support, even when information technology was notwithstanding in beta. (Many missing bars here, as this test was intermittently balky under DX12 when we tested some of these cards.)

The Radeon RX 460 made up some ground in this test. Not surprisingly, the GTX 1050 Ti cards were close, with the Gigabyte card pulling a slight border. What is as well surprising is the MSI GTX 1050 was simply i frame per 2d slower than the MSI GTX 1050 Ti at 1080p.

3DMark (Fourth dimension Spy)

We haven't tested all of the cards we outline here on the 3DMark Time Spy benchmark nevertheless; it's a test from the Futuremark suite that was but relatively recently finalized. But we did run it on the MSI GTX 1050 Ti bill of fare nosotros're reviewing here, equally well equally on the Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti G1 Gaming card, PowerColor'south Red Dragon Radeon RX 460 and Red Devil RX 470, and a few other low-end cards. Information technology presented no relative surprises.

The MSI carte du jour delivered a Fourth dimension Spy DX12 Graphics Score of 2,238 (while the Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti rang up at a close 2,349), versus the i,622 of the PowerColor RX 460, a 3,513 for the PowerColor RX 470, and a 1,809 from a mini version of the GTX 1050 (non-Ti) from Zotac. Those numbers pretty much conform to the pecking order established throughout our testing.

Overclocking

If you recall earlier in the review, nosotros noted that this MSI card is an OC edition, meaning MSI ships the GPU with a higher maximum possible boost clock than what is specified by Nvidia. However, we wrote that even though the specs for this carte dictate a 63MHz overclock right out of the box (which is a i,455MHz boost clock, for the record), nosotros postulated that the carte's GPU Boost would probably go college than that, making whatever spec MSI listed for this card irrelevant.

Well, it turns out nosotros were correct. To see how well this little puppy would overclock, we popped it into our exam organisation and out of the box, with no picayune of software dials or any funny business, it topped out (when boost-clocking) at one,695MHz. That'southward quite a boost over the spec for this card, and impressive for whatsoever modest-price card similar this one.

That said, that was about as far every bit we got with this GPU, equally our attempts to push information technology even further were generally fruitless. In the end, we hit a clock-speed wall rather quickly, and topping out around 1,759MHz. (The GPU kept dialing itself back down to 1,695MHz so back upwards to i,733MHz, and then 1,759MHz, then forth.) When we run across those types of fluctuations—where nosotros attempt to increase clock speed only it decreases on its own—it ways there's no more overclocking headroom. Information technology didn't seem to exist a thermal limit, as the hottest we saw the GPU go was 64 degrees C, which is not terribly hot for a GPU under load. If yous read our review of the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti G1 Gaming 4G, you'll see it was running at eighty degrees C under load, and then the MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4G OC was quite a bit cooler.

One last note: In Nvidia's printing conference for the GTX 1050 Ti, the company claimed that some of its partner cards ought to be able to get upward to 1,900MHz. Indeed the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti we tested was able to get just a tad across 1,900MHz in our review, only it is also using a "binned" GPU, one preselected for overclocking fitness. So it looks like there really is something to that, not just marketing bluster. For the MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4G OC, you volition accept to live with whatever GPU Heave 3.0 produces for an overclock. Information technology'southward certainly smashing, but this menu does not overclock well as the Gigabyte card, which is what costs yous $thirty more for that carte.

A Decent, Affordable Graphics Carte

In the graphics-carte globe, gratuitous lunches are scarce, every bit they are everywhere else. If you want operation, you have to pay for information technology, and a carte that costs less than another normally isn't as powerful. Simple every bit that. Ham-sandwich prices become you lot...a ham sandwich.

Now that we've been able to sample a goodly range of current-generation cards from both AMD and Nvidia, nosotros're start to come across the subtleties of the cards' pecking order more clearly. At the bottom of the pile is the Radeon RX 460, and at just $99 or then, it is what AMD calls an "eastward-sports" menu, for Web-based competition games, as it's non actually capable of maxed-out 1080p gaming with the latest AAA titles. So there's the GTX 1050, which tin can game at 1080p, and the GTX 1050 Ti, even more so. Those two GPUs slot in right in the big gap betwixt AMD'southward Radeon RX 460 and RX 470, and both are excellent GPUs.

Equally far equally this specific card goes, it is as inexpensive every bit GTX 1050 Ti cards were at this writing, at just $139, and as such has few extras. The real question then becomes: Is this bill of fare worth the $20 premium over a vanilla GeForce GTX 1050, and in plough, what virtually versus the $xxx-more-expensive Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti G1 Gaming 4G?

It seems, based on our testing and reviews, that the $xx or so actress for the GTX 1050 Ti over the basic GTX 1050 is money well spent. Non only is it quite a bit faster in some games, but it too has double the memory, and it offers all these benefits without requiring additional ability. And so, in our minds, that debate is settled; unless coin is very tight, get with the GTX 1050 Ti over the GTX 1050, and in turn with the regular GTX 1050 over the Radeon RX 460, every bit information technology's a lot faster for simply an extra $20 and is actually playable at 1080p.

When considering the MSI GTX 1050 Ti 4G OC versus the Gigabyte G1 Gaming, though, we give the nod to the MSI card for near buyers. Why? Considering $xxx is a lot at this price point. The Gigabyte bill of fare is certainly faster, and it has more than bling and overclocking potential. And with its binned chip, it's clearly a better all-around card, but information technology'south a scrap also expensive. If you're already spending $170, you might as well pony up another $20 and go a much faster Radeon RX 470.

That leaves the $139 MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in a sugariness spot, more affordable than premium GTX 1050 Ti cards like the Gigabyte we tested, and decisively faster than the GTX 1050 at the key 1080p gaming level. Overall, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4G OC delivers on all the promises of the GTX 1050 Ti lineup; small, quiet, and affordable, and very capable for 1080p gaming. It doesn't offering anything more than than just the basics, but for virtually gamers on a budget, that'south more than enough.

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4G OC

The Bottom Line

This MSI card is a about-stock GTX 1050 Ti, but that'southward not a bad thing. It performs well for 1080p gaming and is affordable, plain and simple.

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