guys im little bt confuse about the numbers in gpu. like gtx 660 gtx 1050 etc. what...

[Raphael Gabrielle M. Romey]

guys im little bt confuse about the numbers in gpu. like gtx 660 gtx 1050 etc. what are the use of this numbers??
noob here.

 

[Nick Petropoulos]

Usually, the last two are the model(and the range of the gpu) and the other are the lineup(the technology).So basically gtx1050 and gtx1080 use the same "Nvidia's Pascal" technology, but gtx 1080 is far superior because its a better and more expensive/high-end model. So a gtx980 (which uses the older "Nvidia's Maxwell" technology) is worse than a gtx1080. You should always check benchmarks tho, because newest technology isnt always better when comparing different models.An example is, that a 970 is better than a 1050.

 

[Joel Bason]

A 970 is a gem down but beats a 1050ti (slightly more power draw) and is about 3% slower than a 1060 3gb. If looking for budget 1080 try find a 970 or 1050ti. Or else yeah. But pretty much the 5 and 6 are obselete for gaming. The 7 and 9 series can be very good for budget, and the 10 series from the 1060 6gb and up are where the fun is. Pretty much you have you 10 or 9 which is generally architecture although well think of it as how it acts, then the 60 70 80 etc are the models with increasing performance capacity, and then to means a revision of the card to try make it better

 

[David Jeffs]

First number is the series, so 660 is in the 6 series, 1060 is 10 series. The higher the next numbers generally (not all the time) means more expensive but much better quality. For example 1060 = mediocre whereas 1080 = godly. A ti is then an improved version, usually with higher clock speed such as the 1080ti