Would a 1050Ti with only 2GB get me anywhere ? Just looked and cards right now even for something 2 years old are wayy overpriced. Sure isn't a good time to but graphics cards thats for sure.
I did find this
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MEGB6LK/?tag=pcpapi-20
That's what I'm looking at too ( GTX 1050)...AC for me can be a slide show, same with F1 2017.....others ( iracing, RRE, Dirt Rally, Automobilista) are OK. I have an old 1GB Quadro drafting card, not ideal.
The specs look OK, way better than what I have now and I can afford it ( < $200).
Not that familiar with how much vram is really used. Can you tell me the games and used resolutions? Then I'll load them up and check for the vram usages
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Resolution and anti aliasing increase it. Game settings too of course but with a 1050 ti you will run high settings anyway so you'll at least know if you need 2 or 4gb vram after my test
Before I test: I would always go for 4gb. Friend of mine had a gtx 670 with 2 GB and it worked mostly fine as game settings that needed more than 2gb would drop to sub 40 fps anyway because the gpu wasn't fast enough anyway.
But a few games caused massive problems because they had just big textures but weren't very demanding overall.
For AC I already tested:
- 1080p single screen
- 8x AF
- Word detail: maximum
- Shadow resolution: 2048x2048 (second highest)
- Smoke: minimum
- Show smoke in mirrors: yes
- PP on
- Overall: maximum
- Glare: maximum
- DoF: off
- Motion blur: off
- Heat shimmering: on
- Crepuscular rays: on
- FXAA: off
- Reflection resolution: 2048x2048 (highest)
- Reflection Rendering Frequency: static
- Mirrors on maximum
With 23 AIs, mixed GT2 grid and 2x AA I got a VRAM usage of:
Watkins Glen: ~2690 MB
Barcelona GP: ~2600 MB
So for AC I can't recommend anything below 3GB of VRAM as a 1050ti for example will be able to run the same settings or better (my 1070 downclocks 500 MHz and is only at 30% load)!
If you can't find a used 780/960/970 then maybe have a look on used AMD cards like a 290/390/470 or a new Radeon 560 with 4GB.
It wouldn't be a massive upgrade regarding performance but still be a step forward and especially no VRAM restrictions anymore!
Radeon 560 is a little bit below the 1050 ti but costs the same as the 2GB version of the 1050 ti while having 4GB vram
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Here's the Amazon Link:
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