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Would one of you be able to advise which of these is likely to be better?

https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/gi ... ds-5832053

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https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/gi ... ds-5984850

There are lots of other cards, around this price using the GTX 1050 chipset, but not sure which is best suited to my requirements?

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Hi Toby, the 2GB 1050 card is the best of those 2, by quite a bit. It seems there is a 1050Ti card with 4GB memory for $20USD more. If its in stock, that would be worth a punt, but you should do well with the basic 1050. P3D (If your ever tempted) recommends a minimum of 4GB.

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compa ... 5B%5D=3595
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Toby..

That mobo you're getting.. while already EOL.. supports PCI Express 3 so you'll be able to take advantage of all the bandwidth these newer cards can push out. It also has a very trendy M.2 slot for push-in solid state memory. Very fast and very stable from what I've read ;)

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Thanks for the help!

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Hello all, after an evening of building (and finding out that a large component was completely loose inside the new power supply), a trip back to the warehouse where I collected the power supply and exchanging for another one, I am now posting from my new (and much quieter and cooler) PC :welldone: :cpu:

Still on onboard graphics and using my 10yr old TV as a monitor, but I'll get there eventually :)

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Great stuff Toby. It's like a sauna across the UK tonight. Wouldn't be adverse to sitting atop a Swiss mountain. 😁 👍
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:lol: :lol:

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TSR2 wrote:
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Great stuff Toby. It's like a sauna across the UK tonight. Wouldn't be adverse to sitting atop a Swiss mountain. 😁 👍
Me neither :lol: but where I live is only 1180ft ASL, which may sound like a lot, but isn't really. Topped out at 25C here today according to Meteoschweiz. I was in Germany this afternoon doing some shopping and one digital sign was reading 30C but I think it was a bit exaggerated.

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Out of interest Toby, what output does your new PSU have? Before getting settled into choosing your GPU.. make sure your PSU has enough poke to cope :worried:

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That would have been my next question - 550W is the answer. Nearly wrote 550MW (brain in "work" mode :lol: ). I've actually just downloaded and installed FSX:SE and flown from LCY to Lambeth Bridge in a microlight and I'm amazed at the frame rates I am getting even with the sliders fairly far to the right.

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