The purpose of this article is to show the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Benchmark for CS:GO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive).
Topics Discussed:
- About the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Graphics Card
- Benchmarking Methodology
- CS:GO Overview and System Requirements
- PC Hardware used for the benchmark
- Resolution and In Game Settings
- Benchmarking Results
About the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Graphics Card
The NVIDIA GeForce 1050 Ti was in its prime when it was released in October of 2016. It was classified as a mid-range graphics card with 1MB of L2 cache, a base clock of 1290MHz and 1392MHz boost clock. It has 4GB of GDDR5 VRAM (video RAM). It’s an overall good graphics card that exceeds the minimum and recommended requirements for a lot of games, like StarCraft 2 and Fortnite. I did a previous post on where I benchmarked StarCraft 2 using the GeForce 1050 Ti and had good results. I also benchmarked Fortnite using the 1050 Ti and had not bad results.
Benchmarking Methodology
The benchmarking methodology is to measure the frames per second (FPS) that the graphics card can push out for the game. I used NVDIA’s in-game performance overlay. This tells us information like current FPS and average FPS (99% FPS).
We can also see information related to CPU Utilization, GPU Utilization, GPU Clock, Memory Clock, GPU Temperature and more. This is all helpful information to show us how well our CPU and GPU are performing under the duress of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
We also need to consider other aspects outside of the PC hardware that must be included in determining our benchmark. This includes in-game settings and monitor display resolution. For this benchmark, we tested against 1080P, which is the most widely used resolution according to Steam’s Hardware Survey.
CS:GO Overview
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) was released in 2012 by valve (four years before the GeForce 1050 Ti) and has become the world’s most played first-person shooter. If you are a gamer, you know Counter-Strike. At any point in time there are anywhere from 350K or up to 1 million active players. Its game engine, Source is the platform CSGO was developed on and is used in many other popular games like Dota 2. It was developed back in 2004 and has since been replaced by Source 2. The point of this is that the NVIDIA GeForce 1050 Ti had been developed leap years beyond CS:GO in technology terms.
CS:GO System Requirements
The system requirements for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive are relatively low. In fact, they only have minimum recommended system requirements. Modern games now include recommended system requirements.
- OS: Windows® 7/Vista/XP
- Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 processor or better
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Video card must be 256 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pixel Shader 3.0
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 15 GB available space
PC Hardware for the CS:GO 1050 Ti Benchmark
The PC hardware used for this benchmark is listed below with links to purchase on Amazon if you would like:
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler
- RAM: T-Create Classic 10L DDR4 16GB Kit (2 x 8GB) 3200MHz
- Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Gaming, 4GB GDDR5
- SSD Drive: T-Force Vulcan G 1TB SLC Cache 3D NAND TLC 2.5 Inch
In-Game Settings and Resolution for CS:GO Benchmark
The in-game settings used for this benchmark were the default selected settings:
- Resolution 1920 x 1080P
- Display Mode – Full Window
- Texture Streaming – Disabled
- Effect Detail – Auto-High
- Shader Detail – Auto-Very High
- Boost Player Contrast – Enabled
- Multi-core rendering – Enabled
- Multisampling Anti-Aliasing Mode – Auto: 8X MSAA
- FXAA Anti-Aliasing – Enabled
- Texture Filtering Mode – Auto-Trilinear
- Wait for Vertical Sync – Disabled
- Motion Blur – Disabled
- Triple Monitor Mode – Disabled
- Use Uber Shaders – Auto-Enabled
- Global Shadow-Quality – Auto-High
- Model / Texture Detail – Auto-High
- Texture Streaming – Disabled
- Effect Detail – Auto-High
Benchmarking Results: CS:GO and GTX 1050 Ti
The benchmark results we saw using the GTX 1050 Ti concluded that the game runs well at 1080P resolution with high graphics settings. Typical battle-moments showed we received anywhere from 90 FPS to 120 FPS. During load times and low activity times that FPS number would rise to 200 or more. Overall, the GTX 1050 Ti performed very well and I would recommend it with these settings and resolution for CS:GO.
- Average FPS – GTX 1050 Ti – CSGO: 120 FPS