Nvidia Pascal invades the mainstream. At some point in the future, Nvidia will reminisce over past architecture generations and recall 2016's Pascal with fond memories. The firm's latest technology made its consumer debut as part of the formidable GeForce GTX 1080 way back in May and has since filtered through to the GTX 1070 and GTX 1060, as well as the all-singing, all-dancing Titan X.

Each Pascal GPU has hit most of the right notes, and though AMD's competing Radeons continue to serve as a viable alternative, the GeForce 10-series line-up has become the favoured high-end solution. The last piece in the Pascal puzzle is an entry-level card to tempt the masses, and it just so happens Nvidia has not one offering, but two, in the form of the GeForce GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 Ti.