1050ti is the way to go lulu. you have 8 months to save up to make up the price difference...also i was wondering how you get along w the 360 now? it's unrelated but i have one in my closet and have been wondering if i should put it towards a cheap build for a friend.
@Crazy_Chin_Guy
I tried going the console route... its just not for me...
@Giannola
If your friend is interested in 7th Gen games or Free To Play Games... then The R7 360 isva decent card... it was 2015's Entry Level GPU for gaming in HD... for indie games its more than Solid.
Any 2GB Card just simply isn't going to cut it... games Hog VRAM like crazy now...
Oh BTW... R7 360 also comes with VCE... so if your friend wants to stream or record... its solid for that too..... just make sure you got the Hard Drive space for it. Because its using the older H.264 Encoder instead of the H.265 found in Polaris GPUs.
LoL... the extra GB of VRAM definitely gives it the edge... but as is always the case, nVidia is just too god damn expensive...
I got the 280X for half the price of a new 1050 Ti... and the only thing I need to be mindful of is Texture Size.... oh and the gigantic difference in Power Consumption.