Is the cheapest Pascal graphics card worthy of consideration? On the face of things, Nvidia's GP107 should be one of the most tempting GPUs of the year. The small, cost-effective 14nm chip, productised as GTX 1050 or GTX 1050 Ti, is designed to offer 1080p gaming credentials in compact, energy efficient graphics cards that don't break the bank.

Sounds ideal for mainstream gamers, however the first GTX 1050 Ti partner boards to pass through our labs have either been pricey, bigger than need be or unnecessarily burdened with additional power requirements. Can the standard GTX 1050 help balance the scales? To find out, we're putting EVGA's GTX 1050 SC Gaming through the wringer.