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Message 45915 - Posted: 25 Dec 2016 | 17:27:13 UTC

Hi all,

Long story short:

How would a gtx 1050 perform for number crunching?

I currently have one active machine crunching with a gtx 960. I have another machine waiting on my shelf to crunch. I'd like to use that one instead of buying a new one at the moment. I can always buy a new one later and transfer any of my gpu's to them.

So my plan would be to get this and stick it in my machine. I will crunch with linux so no wddm, and I already put linux on the machine.

The link is all I can afford right now.

Feel free to let me know if the gtx 1050 would be decent. Thanks and merry Christmas.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/302168967699?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
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Message 45917 - Posted: 25 Dec 2016 | 19:59:59 UTC - in response to Message 45915.

This is the computer that I'll be upgrading from my gtx 460 if the 1050 performs well.

http://gpugrid.net/show_host_detail.php?hostid=389792
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Message 45918 - Posted: 25 Dec 2016 | 21:46:34 UTC - in response to Message 45917.
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I found only two users with GTX 1050 (searched top 1000 hosts), here are links:

http://www.gpugrid.net/results.php?hostid=387030

http://www.gpugrid.net/results.php?hostid=396242

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Message 45922 - Posted: 26 Dec 2016 | 0:18:40 UTC - in response to Message 45918.

I found only two users with GTX 1050 (searched top 1000 hosts), here are links:

http://www.gpugrid.net/results.php?hostid=387030

http://www.gpugrid.net/results.php?hostid=396242


Yeah, I thought they would be rather slower after posting this thread. I guess I'll wait a bit longer. Thanks for the info as well.
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Message 45993 - Posted: 30 Dec 2016 | 17:43:38 UTC - in response to Message 45922.

The 1050 is very much an entry level card. It would miss the 24h deadline for the 50% credit bonus for most long tasks, so credits would be hit. It's not a great time to be purchasing crunching equipment. In a month or three that will likely change...
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Message 46039 - Posted: 2 Jan 2017 | 15:50:15 UTC - in response to Message 45993.

The 1050 is very much an entry level card. It would miss the 24h deadline for the 50% credit bonus for most long tasks, so credits would be hit. It's not a great time to be purchasing crunching equipment. In a month or three that will likely change...



Thanks.

I decided to save up and wait :)
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Message 46089 - Posted: 6 Jan 2017 | 10:02:40 UTC

It's not a great time to be purchasing crunching equipment. In a month or three that will likely change...


I am not sure about that. From the recent presentation at the CES we know that AMD will attack the high-end 1080/1080ti/Titan with their new Vega 10 chip soon. However the smaller Vega 11 (still unconfirmed) seems to compete against the 1070 and will follow later, if at all. So I dont expect any major price change in the middle class.

So in case you want to work with long runs I would go for the gtx 1060 3G at the Moment, it is available from $200 now and only $50 dearer than the 1050ti. 3G is a very limited memory size but suitable for crunching even so. But if you plan to keep the 1060 for a longer time and play games now and then, you may want to consider the more future proof 6G variant.
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