2019 Hardware Thread

AddRAM said:

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In the last couple years, companies have been adding the words Pro and Gaming to a lot of their products.

Christ, ASUS even calls one of their 1050's "Gaming" for what? Solitaire?

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AddRAM said:

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Everything is "gaming" nowadays even cases.

RGB on board?
Then it's gaming

That Asus 1050 Gaming card will beat a pair of Titans

Cliff S said:

Christ, ASUS even calls one of their 1050's "Gaming" for what? Solitaire?

I think it's worth bearing in mind not everyone can afford the top of the range cards for gaming. At lower settings the 1050 is fine for gaming. To put it into some kind of perspective the 1050 is almost twice as powerful as the gpu in an Xbox One S .

paulpicks21 said:

I think it's worth bearing in mind not everyone can afford the top of the range cards for gaming. At lower settings the 1050 is fine for gaming. To put it into some kind of perspective the 1050 is almost twice as powerful as the gpu in an Xbox One S .

You do know I meant the board partners call every thing gaming.

I'm just surprised Intel and AMD don't call their iGPU's Gaming.
Like "Buy the new i9 9900K with the new integrated Intel® UHD Gaming Graphics 630"

I play Minecraft with good frame rates using Intel HD 515 GPU. Does this mean it's a gaming laptop?

Don't underestimate the power of a 1050 or 1050 Ti. Not everybody play AAA titles.

Hey, on my Lenovo H530, I have to make do with a AMD Radeon™ HD 8570 2GB, and for that PC it's enough.
It can't be upgraded anyhow, unless I buy a more powerful PSU for the H530, and that will never happen, even if the PC itself works well enough.

Cliff S said:

You do know I meant the board partners call every thing gaming.

I'm just surprised Intel and AMD don't call their iGPU's Gaming.
Like "Buy the new i9 9900K with the new integrated Intel® UHD Gaming Graphics 630"

Well Ryzen 2400g has graphics at par with 1050 and that's integrated.