GT 1030 and GTX 1050/Ti single fan vs dual fan / normal vs low profile

[hemla]

Hey

Does anyone own both single and dual fan versions of these cards and could do any comparison of heat/noise buildup? Is it worth to pay $15-20 more for dual fan version? And what about card size, normal vs mini vs low profile? I see normals with one and two fans, minis with one fan or just heatsink and low profile cards with both one or two fans.

Cheers.

 

[craigdt]

Since you will probably not be stressing the cards much by playing older games, I would save the money and get a single fan card.

But I guess if you decide to overclock the card, that may change things.

I think you are over thinking this. What are your current system specs and what games do you play?

 

[PGHammer]

I had both single-fan and dual-fan versions of the GTX 1050Ti in my decision matrix - wanting to avoid using a 6-pin need still left both sorts in the decision tree. (EVGA, for example, has all of ONE GTX 1050 Ti that requires a 6-pin - the FTW; the SSC - which like the FTW, is a dual-fan dual-width full-length design, does not.) The MSI GT OC is - like EVGAs SSC - a dual-fan dual-width full-length design that relies entirely on the slot for power. Since the GPU was going into an ATX - not mATX, despite the mATX motherboard - case, airflow improvement was, in fact, a consideration (the GPU it would replace was a single-fan GTX 550Ti); therefore, the dual-fan models had an advantage. Oddly enough, though, the biggest issue was availability - the MSI was the lowest-priced of the available GPUs - despite it being a dual-fan design.