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hey guys welcome back to another harbour unbox video today we're looking at graphics cards that cost well under $200 u.s. so if you're in the market for such a product then hopefully we can steer in the right direction on hand we have the GTX 1050 Ti along with the rx 474 gig card and the rx 4 64 gigabyte card on the menu we have 25 games and that should be more than enough to give us a clearer picture of where things are at once again as this is a budget GPU comparison we'll be using our core i3 6100 T test machine this humble little rig should represent the kind of processing power the vast majority of gamers spending less than $200 us on the GPU will be wielding the latest AMD and NVIDIA drivers have been used for testing and updates to existing results have been made where necessary the results are based on an average of three runs and all testing takes place at 1080p for those wondering the RX 470 will be represented by the asou ROG Strix for gigabyte OSI model while the RX for 64 gigabyte card being used is the sapphire nitro model meanwhile the GTX 1050 Ti card being used is the little MSI 4G OSI model so with that let's get to the benchmarks starting with Assassin's Creed syndicate a title that generally favors NVIDIA GPUs we find the 1050 T is 15% slower than the rx 470 still with an average of 64 FPS the 1050 t I was still able to deliver very playable performance the rx 470 hands the 1050 Ti a much more significant blow in Batman Arkham Knight here the GeForce GPU was 27 percent slower despite averaging 62 fps meanwhile the 470 never dipped below 55 frames per second at 1080p using the ultra quality settings for now we prefer the DirectX 11 API for battlefield one but we'll check out the DirectX 12 results next still using dx11 the 1052 I was still 26% slower than the rx 4 70 so another decent wind frame D here then this is why we preferred dx11 for now while the average frame rate looks great DX 12 suffers from constant frame drops the newest game in our battery of benchmarks is college the infinite warfare a game universally loved by all here the GTX 1050 - Oh was 36% slower than the rx 470 averaging just 49 fps to the radians 76 fps here we have an old favorite for testing Crysis 3 can the GTX 1050 - I play crysis we're here you ask well yes it can but only just dipping as low as 33 FPS at times meanwhile with a 38 FPS average the 1050 TI was 27% slower than the RX 470 the 1052 eye is just 3% faster than the RX 4 64 gigabyte in Deus Ex mankind divided so unsurprisingly trails the 470 by a rather massive 42% margin that said it is interesting to note that the 470 does dip quite low in relation to the average frame rate as a result comparing the minimum frame rate sees the 1050 TI trail by just a 16% margin dirt rally is the polar opposite to mankind divided and I don't mean that because one's a racing simulator and the other a first-person shooter rather I'm referring to how AMD and NVIDIA GPUs handle these titles for the first time we see at 10:52 eye moves ahead of the RX 470 delivering 21% more performance in fact even the standard 1050 is faster than the 470 here this title very clearly favors the green team doom using Vulcan plays nicely into the hands of AMD here the 1050 - I was 44% slower than the RX 470 though I should note both delivered well over 60 frames per second at all times also worth mentioning is the fact that 1050 TI is just 5% faster than the full gigabyte 460 in this test the RX 470 remains ahead for the f1 2016 test as the 1050 Ti finds itself trailing by an 18 percent margin that said the 1050 Choi was also 15% faster than the 4 gig 460 so not a bad result friend video overall testing fallout 4 using the high quality preset with taa enabled we find that 1050 Ti is good for an average of 70 FPS at 1080p despite that impressive result it was almost 20% slower than the 470 though here the 1050 Ti enjoys a 29% performance advantage over the 4 gigabyte 460 while it was just 6 and faster than the vanilla 10:50 as was the case when testing mankind divided we see that although the 1052 is considerably slower than the Ark's 470 when comparing the average frame rate the minimum result is much closer the 1052 I was 23 percent slower when comparing the average frame rates but just 4% slower for the minimum frame rate a curious result from Far Cry primal indeed moving a Gears of War 4 we find some pretty competitive results largely helped by the fact that the 1052 a is over 30% faster than the standard 1050 here this meant that the 1050 - I was just 12% slower than the RX 470 so a strong result for end video here continuing the strong run the 1050 TI takes charge in Grand Theft Auto 5 rendering 3 FPS more than the rx 470 making it 5% faster the fact that the 1050 TI maintained at least 60 FPS at all times in our tests was impressive ok guys rule number 3 of benchmark land stay hydrated I've forgotten this rule from timer time and I've paid dearly for it the next day so make sure you take a moment to stop and get some water alright let's get back at it the extra 33 percent performance provided by the rx 470 doesn't go unnoticed in mafia 3 in fact almost reaching a 60fps average means we might even be able to use the medium quality settings exciting stuff anyway the 1050 - I was 25% slower than the 470 but 30% faster than the 4 gigabyte 460 the GTX 1050 - I was 20% slower than the rx 470 in shadow of mordor when comparing the average frame rate benchmarking with Mirror's Edge catalyst we find that 10 to 50 Ti is just 11 percent slower than the RX 4 70 as at average 66 fps it was also 32 percent faster than the 4 gigabyte rx 460 the 1050 Ti is already pushing over 100 FPS and overwatch at 1080p using the ultra quality preset so there won't be any real need to go much faster nevertheless the RX 470 was almost 20% faster averaging 134 fps the raid on graphics cards don't really like steams DirectX 11 version of quantum break and here we see the minimum frame rate of the RX 4 70 dipping below that of the standard 1050 despite that the average frame rate was still very strong though yet again we find another game where the RX 470 appears to dominate the 1050 TI until you look at the minimum frame rates that is the 1050 TI was on average 25% slower but just 4% slower or 1 FPS slower when checking the minimum frame rate the 1050 - I was good for at least 60 fps and Star Wars Battlefront and yet this minute was still 27% slower than the rx 470 which easily cracked the 70 FPS barrier we couldn't forget The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt so here it is the 1050 - I was 27% slower than the rx 470 but 28 percent faster than the rx 460 Wow AMD dominates Rainbow six siege here in the 1050 - I wasn't just 39% slower than the rx 470 but also 4% slower than the 4 gigabyte rx 460 for those not yet bored with the division the weapon of choice here looks to be the RX 470 as was 45% faster than the 1050 TI AMD lays the smackdown in titanfall 2 here the 1050 - I was 38% slower than the RX 417 averaging just 50 fps to the radians 81 fps that said the 1050 - I was 32% faster than the 4 gigabyte rx 460 well you made it the last game we benchmarked total war Warhammer was tested using the DirectX 12 API and here the 1050 - I was just 6% slower than the 470 and what is a very surprising result not only that but the GeForce GPU was actually four percent faster when comparing the minimum frame rate well there you have it an in-depth look at how the gtx 1050 Ti stacks up against the rx 470 and rx for 64 gigabyte graphics cards now to wrap things up let's take a look at the results from all the games tested in one big graph first up we're checking out how the 1052 AI stacks up against the cheaper rx for 64 gigabyte in terms of performance it pretty much is a landslide the only game to favor the rx 460 was Rainbow six siege by a small margin while performance was also close in mankind divided and doom using Vulcan nevertheless overall at 10:52 I was on average 29 percent faster and this figure is no doubt been helped by the massive wins in titles such as quantum break overwatch Gears of War 4 and le given the relatively small difference in price the 1050 TI certainly looks like the smarter option here but we will get to that soon in the cost per frame analysis okay so here the bars are pretty much all going the other way that is to say for the most part the 1050 - I was slower than the rx 470 but no surprises there the 1050 - I was on average 22 percent slower only finding its way out in front and just to titles dirt rally and grand theft auto 5 the 1050 - I was crushed and all the usual suspects though and we can now add titanfall - and call the duty infinite warfare to the list Before we jump to the cost per frame figures let's just take a quick look at efficiency by comparing power consumption against the average frame rates efficiency is then where many of these GPU battles have been won and lost over the past few years as you can see on average the RX 470 was just 29% faster than the GTX 1050 TI however that extra performance came at a cost entire system consumption increased by over 70% from 118 watts to a much more hungry 202 watts we're still the rx 460 was 23% slower on average but pushed system consumption 27% higher granted these figures won't be hugely impactful for everyone if you have a standard desktop rig with a 350 watt or greater power supply and out worried about a little extra heat but do care about absolute performance then the rx 470 still represents exceptional value however if operating temperatures volume and overall consumption are things you very much care about then the 1050 - I might be the more desirable option here starting with our scatter plot we see that the GTX 1050 Ti and rx 470 are actually quite similar in terms of value despite the GeForce GPU being over 20% slower meanwhile the rx for 64 gigabyte looks to be pretty poor value while the 4 gigabyte version is roughly on par of the GTX 1050 moving to the bar graph which I'm told many of you prefer arranging the data by the average frame rate sees the RX 470 way out in front with the second lowest cost per frame arranging the graph by cost per frame we find the 10 52 gigabyte provides the best bang for your buck as it just edged out the RX 4 70 meanwhile the 10 52 I was 6% more costly per frame when compared to the rx4 70 in short the GTX 1050 - I was on average 22 percent slower than the rx 4 70 meanwhile the $140 MSRP means it's just 18% cheaper there were a few games where the rx 470 didn't look nearly as impressive when taking the minimum frame rate into account and we hope AMD can address these performance issues without coming driver updates it has to be said though AMD has been doing an exceptional job with their drivers lately even with all the data now in picking between these two graphics cards really doesn't seem to be that easy and I'd say that's because they're both great products once again it's a case of I don't really think you can go that wrong with either there's probably no wrong choice here I mean the 1050 Ti clearly is the more efficient GPU while the rx 470 was outright faster and probably the better value choice overall so far we haven't discussed DirectX 12 performance too much we included a bit of DirectX 12 testing but I haven't discussed the results on which card I think's better for those kind of games and for me personally the jury's still out on DirectX 12 and I really don't think either of these GPUs will be fighting the DirectX 12 battle I seriously doubt that'll be the situation for upcoming games that do support DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 will likely find a similar situation to what we found with battlefield 1 by that I mean a situation where the GeForce graphics cards should be using the DirectX 11 API well AMD will probably be best with DirectX 12 while on that subject going forward it might make more sense to test games such as battlefield one with the NVIDIA GPUs using DirectX 11 while the AMD GPUs use DirectX 12 in the same sort of graph we'd display basically in this video how we did the DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 testing what I'm suggesting is just one graph where DirectX 11 DirectX 12 obviously the api's use would be clearly stated but since you know there's no visual difference but these you know perform better DirectX 11 better performance probably with DirectX 12 for AMD it might make more sense that way so I don't know if that's something you guys think would be worth doing or find it misleading I don't know let me know what you think anyway because that could be an option getting back to the matter at hand I am sticking with our original findings back in August if you're going to get the RX 460 get the 2 gigabyte model for those chasing performance of around 60 frames per second the full gigabyte version has little to offer in most games over the cheaper 2 gigabyte version so it's $20 you don't need to spend really not only that but for $10 less we actually prefer the GTX 1050 anyway on the other side of it though rather than spending 120 dollars on the RX for 64 gigabyte we highly recommend spending $140 on the GTX 10:50 TI that 17% increase in cost will net you almost 30% more performance and a considerably more efficient graphics card to boot however if you can afford to go as high as 170 dollars then the RX 470 becomes very appealing and even opens the option up for cheap 1440p gaming so in short if we had around $100 spend we would be getting a gtx 1050 2 gigabyte graphics card for between 120 and 150 dollars we'd get the gtx 1050 TI and for between 150 and $190 the RX 470 seems like the way to go for those spending $200 or more we previously went with the GTX 10 63 gigabyte but it might be time to revisit that comparison with the RX 4 70's revised price and AMD's new found form the 10 63 gigabyte may not be the best option here all right well I'm going to stop there before I go into some other sort of whatever comparison rattle on about something and drag this video it even longer than I have so far I hope the testing was useful and I hope there's enough information there for you guys to make your own conclusions we will of course continue to monitor new games as they're released and see how AMD and NVIDIA stack up there so that'll be something we do forever but as it stands I'm confident whichever of these GPUs you buy you're gonna have a great gaming experience great bang for your buck and there's really as I said no wrong option there so that wraps it up until next time stay classy