Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Performance Review

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB is a very low performing piece of gaming hardware and can probably only run indie system requirements.

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB is capable of DirectX 12 gaming requirements.

We take a look at game performance achieved on this graphics card when running 2022 popular games. This short GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB game hardware review looks at the graphics card frame rate performance on Ultra graphics settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions. When considering how well this graphics card can run the 1000 most demanding games available today it can best 219 of the games’ recommended graphics requirements.

The 1080p FPS on Ultra for the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB shows us that FIFA 22 is getting a reasonable result of 57 FPS, and then we are seeing Dying Light 2 returning a weak 0 FPS while another game on our list is the Days Gone which is getting 24 frames per second at Ultra 1080p.

One of the growing popular screen resolutions for PC gaming is the wider 1440p. So we wanted to see how well the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB performed at 1440p by taking a look at some of the current popular games. First we looked at Dying Light 2 and saw it deliver weak frames per second across the following graphics settings - Low: 0 FPS, Medium: 0 FPS, High: 0 FPS and Ultra: 0 FPS. We then checked the performance on Days Gone to see if that runs well. It was weak with a 18 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Running games at 1440p with a GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB is not a first choice gaming resolution. While this graphics card would likely be more suited to 1080p gaming, you may be able to make some graphical tweaks in the game options to improve your stability at 1440p.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB in your PC? Our current calculations suggest a graphics card upgrade will be required in around 12-18 months

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB? A great upgrade graphics card would be a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB, which has 57% better performance and can run 722 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today. An alternative great upgrade graphics card would be a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5300, which has 26% better performance and can run 303 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Performance Review

While some games have more powerful requirements than this GPU, the GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB is only really challenged by the most demanding games released today, but normally it is more than capable of running games with a stable frame rate at 1080p.

All games with system requirements of DirectX 12 or lower are met by this card.

Here is a quick game performance synopsis for the AAA games played in 2022. In particular we focus on how well the GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB runs at Ultra graphics settings and what frames per second it is getting at 1080p, 1440p and 4K monitor resolutions. Of the 1000 most demanding recommended specs found in game requirements today, this gpu is more powerful than the graphics requirement of 769 games in todays list.

The 1080p FPS on Ultra for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB shows us that Days Gone is getting a reasonable result of 58 FPS, and then we are seeing Battlefield 2042 returning a playable 30 FPS while another game on our list is the Resident Evil 8 which is getting 44 frames per second at Ultra 1080p.

One of the growing popular screen resolutions for PC gaming is the wider 1440p. So we wanted to see how well the GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB performed at 1440p by taking a look at some of the current popular games. First we looked at Battlefield 2042 and saw it deliver weak frames per second across the following graphics settings - Low: 59 FPS, Medium: 47 FPS, High: 32 FPS and Ultra: 23 FPS. We then checked the performance on Resident Evil 8 to see if that runs well. It was playable with a 34 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Getting popular modern games to run at 1440p on the GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB is a reasonable choice for most modern games at 1440p, but you may encounter some need to adjust graphics settings down from Ultra to High in some cases to improve gaming stability.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB in your PC? No graphics card upgrade required for 2 to 3 years of meeting top end game system requirements

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB? There are no graphics cards on the current market that would provide a big enough increase in performance to warrant upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB.