GTX 1050	GTX 1050 Ti	Difference
	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Price	$ 129.0	$ 129.0	0 (0%)
Year	2018	2016	2 (0%)
Maximum Recorded Temperature	65C	65C	0 (0%)
Max Fan Noise	45dB	45dB	0 (0%)
Recommended Power Supply	300W	425W	125 (42%)
Benchmark CPU	Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.70GHz ($369.89)	Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz ($334.99)
CPU Impact on FPS	+0.0 FPS	+0.0 FPS	0 (0%)
CPU Impact on FPS %	0.0%	0.0%	0 (0%)
Benchmark Quality Settings	Ultra Quality Settings	Ultra Quality Settings
Average 1080p Performance	33.3 FPS	39.3 FPS	6 (18%)
Average 1440p Performance	24.1 FPS	28.8 FPS	4.7 (20%)
(Ultrawide) Average 1440p Performance	20.4 FPS	24.6 FPS	4.2 (21%)
Average 4K Performance	14.1 FPS	17.1 FPS	3 (21%)
Memory	3 GB	4 GB	1 (33%)
1080p Cost Per Frame	$ 5.1	$ 4.3	0.8 (16%)
1440p Cost Per Frame	$ 7.0	$ 5.9	1.1 (16%)
(Ultrawide) 1440p Cost Per Frame	$ 8.3	$ 6.9	1.4 (17%)
4K Cost Per Frame	$ 12.0	$ 9.9	2.1 (17%)
Variant	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Overall Combination Score	66/100	68/100	2 (3%)

Our Verdict:   Upgrading from GTX 1050 to GTX 1050 Ti is not recommended as it is less than 30% of improvement in performance. In general, a reasonable upgrade is between 30% and 50% or more to justify the purchase of new hardware.