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hey guys welcome back to another hardware unbox video I hope you're ready for some serious benchmarks because that's exactly what we have on the menu for you today as most of you are probably aware and video just recently released the new GT x 1050 series if you didn't check out our reviews on the msi cards you can check them out here and here ensure MSI's base model versions of the GT x 1050 and 1050 Ti gave us a good look at what these new GPUs have to offer Matt and I were quite impressed with both GPUs particularly the hundred and ten dollar base model 1050 which is surprising because some of you guys in the comments weren't that impressed with the 1050 particularly in relation to last generations Maxwell base 950 granted it isn't worlds faster but you have to remember the 950 came in with a launch price of 160 US and it only been discounted recently to combat AMD SRX 464 less money the RX 460 roughly matched the now discounted gtx 950 and given the choice of either I would go with a meze option here every time in our previous eight game test the 1050 might have only been 7% faster than the 950 on average but it also comes in the same launch day price as the rx 460 the 1050 is also responsible for AMD Swift price reduction of the rx 460 though if initial impressions are anything to go by further price cuts might be in order that's why we're here today to work out exactly how the gtx 1050 and RX 462 gigabyte graphics cards compare in a head-to-head battle on the menu for you guys we have 23 games in total all of which have been tested at 1080p using suitable image quality settings overclocking won't be a focus here as neither model we have on hand is particularly great when it comes to squeezing out extra performance so there isn't a clear advantage here that said performance per what will be investigated and naturally we'll be looking at cost per frame as well as was the case with the original reviews we will be benchmarking with our core i3 test rig despite featuring a Zed 170 motherboard and only one liquid cooler and excessive power supply this system does do a good job of representing typical mid-range gaming rig performance thanks to the use of a core i3 6100 T processor the low voltage CPU has been included on purpose because at 3.2 GHz better represents our core i3 Ivy Bridge older processors perform as for the graphics card we're using the MSI GTX 1050 to GOC and the XFX rx 462 gigabyte 5d the MSI card features a 4.3 percent factory overclock while the XFX card has been overclocked by just one point six percent now you might be thinking that's a bit unfair the Nvidia card is factory overclocked higher giving an advantage albeit a tiny advantage in a way you would be right however please let me explain why we did things this way there isn't a reference version of either the rx 460 or gtx 1050 so we have to use partner cards for this comparison and it makes more sense to use projects you can actually buy anyway the highest clock are x4 62 gig card we could find was the assist dual fan model though it's clocked just 4 megahertz higher than the XFX version we have on hand and it cost $20 more to boot so almost all factory overclocked RX 460 cards operate it between 1210 and 1220 megahertz meanwhile factory overclocked gtx 1050 graphics cards operated a boost clock of between 1493 and fifteen hundred and fifty-six megahertz the MSI model runs at a conservative fifteen hundred and eighteen megahertz making it one of the lower clocked partner cards crucially is also available 110 dollar MSRP so I hope that clears things up for those of you who were concerned about the cards used for testing and their operating clock speeds with that I think we've spent enough time explaining and even justifying how we're testing let's just get on with it first up we have Assassin's Creed syndicate and four playable formats we were forced down to the still very respectable medium quality preset the 460 was good for 43 frames a second on average while the 1050 delivered a more desirable 56 frames per second this gave the geforce cut a 23 percent performance advantage here batman arkham knight provided slightly more competitive results though the 1050 was still 18% faster rendering 53 frames per second on average to the rx4 60s 45 frames per second in our opinion battlefield one plays best using the DirectX 11 API for both AMD and NVIDIA owners still for this comparison we'll be testing the game using both AP is an effort to keep things fair using the ultra quality settings at 1050 is able to deliver a playable 49 frames a second whereas the 460 struggles with the five frames a second giving the geforce card a 40% performance advantage here shifting gears to DirectX 12 we see a massive 22 percent reduction in performance for the 1050 meanwhile the RX 460 does gain 9% more performance thanks to reduced overhead and the fact that we're using a core i3 processor here that said the big issue here is the fact that the minimum frame rate doesn't improve overall when using DirectX 12 the 460 has an 8% performance advantage over the 1050 we were probably a little too aggressive with the quality settings in Crysis 3 that said dropping down to high or even medium shouldn't change performance margins between these two GPUs using the very high settings the 1050 averaged 35 frames a second making it 21 percent faster than the 460 mankind divided is an AMD special and here the 460 enjoy a 9% performance advantage rendering 36 frames per second to the 10 50s 33 frames a second these are quite low frame rates and it is worth pointing out here that we were using the medium quality preset the 1050 blew through the dirt rally benchmark rendering an average of 76 frames per second and never dipping below 62 frames per second in fact the 10 50s minimum frame rate was quite a bit higher than the full 60s average in this game making the 10 50 36 % faster using Vulcan in Doom the results are very interesting we found previously that graphics card is limited to a 2 gigabyte frame buffer really struggled in this title when using Vulcan the rx 462 gigabyte for example is much slower than the full gigabyte version despite delivering our healthy 51 frames a second whereas AMD generally has a nice performance advantage when using dooms Vulcan implementation this isn't the case here the 10:50 superior memory compression gives it the edge in this memory hungry game allowing it to deliver almost 40% more performance f1 2016 is another racing simulator that favors the 1050 though this time the GeForce graphics card was just 14 percent faster interestingly the 460 did seem to take a slightly larger performance hit when looking at the minimum frame rates the fallout 4 benchmark resulted in a dead heat with both GPUs rendering a very playable 51 frames a second on average using the high quality preset the 1050 did dip to a slightly lower 42 frames a second though this won't be noticeable and is technically within the one to two frames per second margin of error even after a three run average the GT x 1050 streaks or laying Far Cry primal rendering 51 frames per second on average to the 460 s 40 one frames a second this gave in video our 24 percent performance of energy when comparing the average frame rates right so if you've made it this far you've definitely wrote yourself a drink I'm sticking with water I'll probably need that to get through the rest of these results but feel free to drink something a little more exciting as we continue back at it we have Gears of War 4 running the higher quality preset the 1050 averaged 54 frames a second and this was enough to give it a 15% performance advantage over the 460 the 460 still played quite well though never dropping below 37 frames a second stealing cars is a more enjoyable experience at 60 fps and the 1050 delivers that for the most part averaging 61 frames a second at 1080p using the high quality settings using the same quality settings the 460 was 20% slower averaging 49 frames per second when mafia 3 was first released the developer hard capture the game at 30fps in protest PC gamers band together forcing the cap to be removed sadly it is now evident why the cap was put in place optimisation sucks and I guess they thought hiding the fact with a 30fps frame cap rather than fixing it was the way to go the end result for budget game is a low quality experience at low frame rates the 1050 spat out just 41 frames per second though this did make a 24 percent faster than the 460 cutting up orcs requires a steady framerate and for this a weapon exceeding 2 gigabyte of VRAM is likely required the 1050 averaged a relatively high 51 frames a second but at times dip down to 30fps meanwhile the 460 suffered a similar fate fluctuating from an average of 42 frames per second all the way down to 26 frames per second of course there is plenty of room to move on the quality settings here as we did load up the ultra preset in the end the 1050 was an average 21% faster using the medium quality preset both GPUs glided through Mirror's Edge catalyst rendering at least 50 frames per second on average the 1050 pushed a little higher averaging 59 frames a second making 18 percent faster than AMD SRX 464 fans of overwatch we have good news both GPUs are able to maintain over 60 FPS at all times using the ultra quality settings on our core i3 test system for optimal performance the 1050 is the best choice here though as it was 34% faster Steam's version of Quantum broken doesn't play particularly well with the 460 despite delivering play performance the full 60 was 31 percent slower than the 1050 which managed a buttery smooth 68 frames per second for raiding tombs as a fire young lass either GPU will suffice both delivered much the same performance though they did also both suffer from rather large frame dips using the high quality settings so some tweaking here will be required these are the results you're looking for both GPUs rendered over 40 fps at all times using the high quality settings with the average exceeding 50 FPS the 1050 might have been 18% faster here but the 460 still provided ample performance The Witcher 3 was tested using the high quality settings and here the 460 averaged 40 fps to the 1050 s 46 fps this gave the GeForce GPU of 15 percent performance advantage and meant performance never dipped below 41 fps Rainbow six siege was tested using the higher quality preset and even here it is still a bit of a memory Pig the 460 for example averaged 54 frames a second but at times dropped as low as twenty-nine frames a second meanwhile the 1050 average 63 FPS but would drop as low as 38 fps in the end the 1050 was 17% faster on average the division is a very demanding game even with the high quality preset as a result the 1050 averaged 41 fps making it just 5% faster than the 460 finally we have total war Warhammer which was tested using the DirectX 12 API which is still marked as beta for this game the 1050 was a single frame fast in the 460 so at I hear then well there you have it an in-depth look at how the gtx 1050 and RX 462 gigabyte comparing a good number of titles from 2015 and 2016 now to wrap things up let's try and quickly break down the data into something that makes a bit more sense as you can see the 1050 is by far and away the faster GPU winning in 20 of the 23 games tested 18 of which at 1 by a 10% margin or greater the 1050 was slower in just two games and the results were questionable from one of these games as we aren't happy with battlefields DirectX 12 performance at the moment for either camp probably the most surprising result was seen when testing with doom using Vulcan as this handed the 10:50 one of its strongest wins overall the 1050 was on average 18 percent faster when telling up all 23 games before jumping to the cost per frame figures let's just take a we look at efficiency by comparing power consumption against average frame rates again we know that the 1050 was 18% faster rendering 53 frames per second on average to the 4 60s 45 frames per second yet despite being almost 20% faster it allowed our core i3 test system to consume 20% less power when gaming this is a huge advantage and invidious favour when it comes to efficiency and this is certainly something to keep in mind when making your buying decision okay so now it's time to look at the all-important pricing metrics we know that the 1050 costs just $10 more than the 460 which is obviously a negligible difference despite being a 10% price hike although you will pay slightly less for the 460 that doesn't mean it actually works at being cheaper taking the resulting performance into account we know that the 1050 was 18% faster but actually cost 7 percent less per frame in the end it's pretty simple you're paying 10% more for a 10% more performance for the RX 462 you gabite to be truly competitive I feel aimed at really need to knock maybe another $10 off the asking price of course as many of you often point out pricing does vary from region to region and in Australia we know this all too well in the u.s. right now it's possible by the RX 462 year but for as little as $100 whilst there are some 1050 selling for the MSRP which is 110 dollars and we expect more cards to be selling at that price in the near future however down under the 1050 cost 210 ozzie while the RX 460 starts at just 165 ozzie for now that actually makes the RX 460 a better buy for my fellow aziz and i suspect the same is true for other regions when these new cards come out they don't often meet the MSRP for a couple of weeks so be sure to check prices for both products in your region I personally really like our fish at the GTX 1050 years the fact that the card doesn't require a PCIe power connector is awesome and should be of great benefit to those making do with all the computers on the other hand though the RX 460 is slightly cheaper and can take advantage of the ever-growing army of affordable freesync monitors in the end what's clear here is the fact that budget gamers have two great options capable delivering impressive 1080p gaming performance so what do you guys think and let us know about pricing in your region also let us if you're considering buying a graphics card with either of these GPUs and finally if you liked this video please take a moment to give us a thumbs up we really appreciate that and if you found the testing useful even consider sharing it but as always we greatly appreciate the support and look forward to seeing you guys in the next one so those of you that already support the channel thank you so much it's truly appreciated and to those of you that would like to support the channel directly I do have Amazon links and a patreon link in the video description below thanks a lot and I'll see you guys next time