Nvidia knows how to make an entry

With the release of the GTX 1050 and the GTX 1050ti, NVIDIA finally has a viable entry level GPU offering in the market. With Team Red (AMD) having taken a significant lead with the RX 460 in terms of time, Team Green’s announcement could not have come at a better time.

Both the GTX 1050 and the 1050ti are strictly budget, entry level cards with the GTX 1050 offering 2GB of GDDR5 memory with 648 cuda cores and the GTX 1050ti offering 4GB of VRAM and 740 cuda cores.

Just like the RX 460, the GTX 1050 and 1050ti are aimed at the growing eSports crowd and will launch with a max TDP of 75W. This means that gamers can run these cards directly off the PCI-e slot on the motherboard without requiring an additional power source. It is thanks to this feature that the AIB partners have also launched cards with one additional 6-pin power connector that drives the overclocking potential through the roof.

The best part about the launch of these cards is perhaps the pricing. The GTX 1050 is priced at Rs 10,500 and the GTX 1050ti is priced at Rs 12,500. Both are perfectly priced for what they have to offer and may force AMD to rethink their pricing of the RX 460 in India, just as how they had to bring down the price of the RX 480 in response to the launch of the GTX 1060. If you are a PC gamer looking to upgrade with a budget end GPU, rest assured you will not be left grasping at straws.