What should I buy ? (AMD or NVIDIA)

1050ti 4gb. 460 isn't worth it.

Questions like this always end horrible I think. Why? The majority will give fanboy answers, while some will give objective answers, but even many of those may not apply to you personally. My advice, look at benchmarks for games your interested in for the various cards, and see what turns out to be the best bang for the buck. Anyway, here is one vid to start with, benchmarks over a variety of titles. This specific reviewer suggest the 1050 (non ti), and although I personally like using AMD, given the results, I can't argue it. Still, really try and research as much as you can. Trusting others opinions will often lead to disappointment, and possibly wasted cash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSURL-eC-SY

Edit: However, if you find the 460 would give you fps you can tolerate in games, grabbing it may be preferable for the increase in VRAM. But that would come down to the kind of gamer you are. More VRAM would be handy for games you can mod, adding higher resolution textures and such.

I recommend AMD, but they're kinda hard to get these days thanks to miners who buy them all as soon as they hit the shelves. Either way you can't really go wrong.

I get the limited budget, but the 1060 3 GB is really one of the best bangs for your buck on the market right now. It was $220 on Newegg, and it works fine for VR gaming too if you ever decide to get a headset. The 1050 TI is technically compatible with VR, but it's the bare minimum. Anything more than the 1060 is overkill for right now in my opinion. If you can wait for Black Friday, you might be able to get the card to be within your price range. Or if you can hold out long enough there will be price cuts when the next model comes out, whenever that may be.

I recommend these websites for checking out computer products and their values. The first one compares different graphics cards by their benchmarks, and the second compares them by price vs performance. The last one is a great website that recommends parts for building computers.:

https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html
https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html#value

http://www.logicalincrements.com/

Good luck!

If you can't pick anything else go for the RX 460. AMD age better and will have better DX12 support. If you can find brand new Radeon 7870 or RX 270 for less, pick those.

As the proud owner of a Radeon R9 380x... fuck AMD. Wouldn't buy AMD again, probably. So many minor problems with a few games, but enough to make you reconsider your choice of patronage. Personal opinion, of course. Heck, I've never even had an Nvidia GPU.

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add some dollah and buy a gtx1050Ti much big performance for a small money difference

Both AMD and Nvidia have great graphics cards. I´ve owned both brands and never had any problems with them. Between the RX460 and the GTX1050 I would go with the gtx 1050Ti 4gb.

Also, I never had problems with AMD cards temps, usually they sit around 60-75 degrees while gaming. I guess it also depends on the game you are playing, the case air flow and room temp.

Saving for the GTX 1050ti 4gb is completely worth it. I was in the exact same boat as you, about to get the 1050 just because it was a bit cheaper. But I ended up spending a bit more to get the Ti, and I'm really glad I did. Performance is quite a bit better than the regular 1050, which means that you will be able to play the newer games in the foreseeable future.

Oh, and I don't like AMD. Too many problems and compatibility issues.

Like so many others have said, save a bit more and get the 1050Ti. (check your sofa cushions)
It ruins the "new card feeling" when you get a new card and wish later you'd bought a better one.

I have a 960, which is the same as a 1050. It's a good card, but if you are into big open world games and modding than get a 4GB version if there is one.

one more question. Is it really true that AMD cards often have high temps when playing games ?

Yes. All GPUs have high temperatures when gaming, including Nvidia ones. Actually, the hottest cards on the market are the GTX 980 and 1080.

As for the current line-up, AMDs tend to run about 2-8°C hotter, but they have cards with large enough cooling to be under many Nvidia ones.

Still, in general, desktop GPUs under load are really hot. Where Nvidia has a clear advantage, is the mobile GPUs, their chips usually run a lot cooler than AMD ones (they still can boil a man's balls if they game with a laptop literally in their lap).

I won't recommend a particular because I'm not up on current cards and specs, but when I was building my system last year one thing I noted was the power draw of some of the cards. I don't like hot, noisy, systems, so an efficient GPU was important to me. Higher power requirement from GPU can also mean needing a bigger PSU and sometimes means more noise. In the end, I'm just a casual gamer who mainly uses my PC for work/analysis type stuff, and I'd had my fill of fans humming away in the case. If that's important to you, do consider that angle. good luck

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NVIDIA!

The choice you should make without any doubt!

Nvidia graphics cards are stable, have better driver support and perform just better than AMD graphics cards.
It's also true that AMD graphics cards get warmer than their NVIDIA rivals!

Also, you will experience less stability issues with games by using an NVIDIA card. That is largely because NVIDIA spend the most money on game publishers! And there drivers are just better implemented.

So if you ask me; NVIDIA..no doubt about it :-)

Good luck

never buy AMD not worth it, the quality of the hardware it's shit, expect a 1-2 years duration only whit luck.
otherway whit nvidia expect a 5-8 years duration easy.

don't confuse duration whit power, all graphic cards will be "shit" as time pass, however Nvidia will work a lot more than AMD hardware.

AMD ----> 1-2 years and say goodbye to the graphic card because it's broken
Nvidia--> until now i never need to change my Nvidia Gforce graphic card because it's broken and i have one from more than 6 years ago working like the first day.

AMD---> buyed 2 times a graphic card, a few months later both of them died and need to buy another graphic card, so hope this will make you an easy choice to Nvidia.