Is NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1050Ti good for my pc?

[Fra777]

Hi, I'm not an expert about grapich cards and computer in general. Anyway recently I wanted to upgrade my computer buying a new graphic card that supports hardware encoding (I'm using a AMD Radeon R7 250 that does not support it).

I'm searching for a low price graphic card, and I found NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1050Ti at 143 €. I don't want to buy this card and then discover that it isn't compatible with my pc or does not support Nvenc. I checked on Internet but because this is my first time touching something in my pc, so I wanted to ask you some help. Can u confirm this graphic card support Nvenc? It seems to be compatible with my pc, is it true? Thanks for any answer, It would be very appreciated.

My pc:
Processor: Intel Core i5 3570K 3,40
Motherboard: ASRock H61M-DGS
Graphic Card: Amd Radeon R7 250 changing for Nvidia Geforce GTX 1050Ti 4gb
Power Supply: FSP Hexa+500W
Ram: 8.0 Gb DDR3

 

[koala]

It's a compatible update and you will have hardware encoding with Nvenc. Your goal will be reached. The GTX 1050 TI is also about 5 times more powerful than a AMD R7 250. But it's a waste of money, because the whole computer is obsolete (slow, vastly outdated). If you buy a new graphics card for 143 Euro, it would not increase the value of that PC by 143 Euro, it would increase it by perhaps 20 Euro. That graphics card is ok, but it is superseded by 2 newer generations of Nvidia hardware.

You will probably answer you don't have enough money to buy a whole new computer, but that doesn't invalidate the fact that you're wasting your money. If you currently have 143 Euro to spend, save it and save more to buy a new up to date PC some time in the future. You seem to have a desktop computer, and for 500-600 Euro there are very good up to date desktop computers in comparison to your current.

 

[Fra777]

Thank you very much, I've completely understood what you are saying. In fact it would be better to reinvest money in a new computer in the future as you say, but the thing is that I need an upgrade now, so I can't wait to accumulate more money. Probably I'll buy this graphic card and then save money for a new computer that I'll buy far from now. In this way I can have an immediate boost and a much later improvement when I'll buy a new computer. Thanks for the tips and the answer again!

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

Not sure local cost, but IF you are going to get a GPU anyway, might as well get one you can move to your new PC [not an older, outdated card as @koala mentions RE the 1050Ti]. I'd recommend looking into why new Turing NVENC based cards are recommended for GPU encoding offload, which means if your PC has adequate PSU, you should look at GTX 1650 Super or better (which runs about US$150).

 

[Fra777]

I've checked what you mean and in fact it'd be better to buy a graphic card I can use in the future. My budget for now it's not too high but for example I've found "INNO3D Geforce GTX 1650 Super Compact x1 4096 MB GDDR6" at the right price for me. Also I did'nt know about Turing, that was very helpful. I checked also the compatibility with my other pc specs and it seems very good! Thank you very much!

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

Glad to help. Good luck