ASUS GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Phoenix Fan Edition DVI-D HDMI DP 1.4 Gaming Graphics Card (PH-GTX1050TI-4G)

I bought this to replace an ATI era hd 4850 video card. Yes the video card from the year 2008 if I remember correctly. Anyway I knew even buying a budget card would be a massive improvement. After all the ATI 4850 only came out with 512MB of ram! Yes thats right MB not GB. Moving forward after looking online for a new video card I was sticker shocked. I guess something called bitcoin mining has made the demand for video cards crazy high right now. the Date is 4/5/2018 at the time I'm writing this. However I needed a video card and I didn't want to sell my soul for one. So after realizing the 1060 was just too much I settled for the 1050 ti over the 1050. The reason.... I wanted 4gb of ram.... not the 2gb that comes with non Ti version. I have been burned by not buying enough ram but never by buying too much. So I did a search and it seemed that the 1050 ti series seems to be higher in price over their MSRP due to this mining stuff going on. However this card seemed to be the best bang for the buck and I have heard of ASUS before since I have owned many of their motherboards and knew they made quality products. So with limited stock and the prices seeming to be going up every day I placed my order at the 216 price and a few days later it arrived. I installed the card with little issue and loved the fact I didn't have to use an external power cord for the video card like the ATI Radeon 4850 used. Amazing isn't it that a card with almost 4 times the ram and many many times the computing power over my old card didn't even need the amount of power my old 2008 4850 card needed. Good job Nvidia! Anyway now I can play (WOT) World of Tanks at over 100fps using almost the highest settings. The new maps in Patch 1.0 look amazing with this card. I plan on loading more games once I find my Steam password again. However I am pleased even though this is not a barn burner video card it plays many games perfectly fine even though you might not be able to play them at maximum video settings. I hope this holds out until the prices of video cards come down. its sad what is happening right now in the video card world! I just checked and the cheapest I can get this card seems to be 267 dollars. :( the price has just gone up that much in about 1 week. Anyway time will tell if this card holds up but I am fine with it even though a little piffed that I had to pay a higher price than they would be going for if this mining stuff wasn't going on. Take care and hope this helps!

Built a new computer for my home office. I don't do any heavy gaming but I want speed and reliability from all my components. I chose ASUS because of my past experience and I am using an ASUS motherboard and know there won't by any compatibility problems using a GTX 1050 Ti ASUS card. I was afraid that at this low price I was going to get a dog of a graphics card even though I don't need a fast GPU for my home computer.This card does a fantastic job for the price. I ran some GPU performance tests and very surprised how well this card ran. Buy it before they realize they have it priced too low.UPDATE - Purchased this card two years ago. It has worked perfectly and doesn't even break a sweat and is super quiet. I paid $154 and the price is now $350. I thought the price was unbelievably low when I purchased it. Seems I was right. I would pay the $350 for it now. It's a great graphics card for the lite user.

If you are upgrading your current GPU card then this budget card is the one to get. Keep in mind that you should check your motherboard or GPU specs and see if it supports PCIe 16, x16 or dual x8. Since this 1050 Ti is PCIe 3 it still works fine in a PCIe 2.0 slot.My Specs:OS - Windows 10 Pro 64-bitMOBO - ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (Socket 942)CPU - AMD FX-8350 Vishera 32nm TechnologyGPU - 4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TiRAM - GSkill 32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 802MHz (11-11-11-28)Drive - Samsung SSD 870 QVO 2TB (SATA (SSD)The MOBO is a few years old but you have no worries if your current setup supports PCI-E X16 slot.Suggestion is to run a GPU test on it with NovaBench and/or Unigine Heaven Benchmark apps. Another suggestion is to remove all of of your old graphic drivers before you install this new GPU card and then install the new drivers for this card and do a fresh install.I achieved up to 150 fps during bench marking with no hiccups. Great card - glad I got it. Cheers!

When introducing someone to VR, it's best to go with a lightweight system before investing $$$$ in a top of the line rig. That is where this video card comes in. It meets the minimum requirements for Windows Mixed Reality and will power a headset such as the Samsung Odyssey Plus at its lower settings running some of the older games. It will let you join the VR world to determine if you want to upgrade to a more sophisticated system without breaking the bank.Outside the VR world, the video card is a great addition to a desktop system designed for graphic rendering. It has one each; display port, HDMI and DVI ports (can power multiple monitors at the same time). It does not require a PCIe power adapter to run so it can be installed in a system with an older power supply. It fits nicely into a case; however, it does require two card slots to allow enough room for the cooling fan.You will need to download the latest NVIDIA drivers to maximize the card's potential. It runs quiet, displays 4K and can run HDR if your monitor supports it.

I have been told (and have learned from experience) that ASUS is a very good brand. I purchased this for my father's computer as an upgrade from an EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 SUPERCLOCKED (3GB GDDR5). He is now able to play God of War 4 on his PC (albeit with the lowest graphics settings). The computer cannot handle a better GPU which would result in bottlenecking, but the game seems to run sufficiently well. The computer now meets the minimum system requirements of the game and meets nearly all of the recommended system requirements excluding the CPU, which is an AMD FX-8300 (8 core 3.3 GHz). A Ryzen 5 2400G (4 core 3.6 GHz) is recommended, but the socket on the motherboard is AM3+ (Ryzen is AM4).Easy to install.