graphics-cards

[livid idol]

Pretty much that, yeah. A bunch of people needed new PCs to work from home.

[ivory herald]

Right, gpu chips in more than just desktop s

[heady turtle]

Well yes and no

The cars etc don't use gpus but they'll use that fab space etc

But the console chips are "apus"

[ivory herald]

That I get

[livid idol]

Tesla has a gpu

[heady turtle]

Well yeah but that don't explain the parking lots full of fords without chips lol

[ivory herald]

Midway thru summer should start getting better, everyone outside more during day & not buying GPUs as much. Next fall/winter wil be interesting.

[keen nacelle]

theres a chip shortage, time of year doesnt affect that

well

not in that way

new chip fabs are opening q4 2022

[ivory herald]

I mean in general, 6 months or a year from now

[keen nacelle]

that will help

[ivory herald]

New fabs no doubt a huge undertaking. Bit different than a car factory or a simple big office building

[dusk kraken]

could you male your own gpu?

[keen nacelle]

technichally yes

but it would be very difficult without prior knowledge, and still an immense task with it

[dusk kraken]

i think if i try hard enough

[keen nacelle]

unless you know gpus inside and out

it is near impossible

you cant just stumble upon it

[ivory herald]

I had a thought about a gpu being like a cpu & going into a 2nd socket on a mobo. That would be interesting.

[heady turtle]

Not really, this summer was arguably just as bad as it is atm if not worse

[dusk kraken]

i think i will try hard and make one

[heady turtle]

Although 40 series/rx 7000 will be coming in q3/q4 and intel should be releasing in q1 next year so we will see

[heady turtle]

Good luck with that

[dusk kraken]

thank you friend

[opal iron]

Alr go ask Escanor for nvidia 30 series blueprints

[dusk kraken]

i will thank you

[ivory herald]

Yeah that's what I mean, just the passage of 6-12 mo. Doubt 30 series owners will scramble for the new stuff as much as 20 series owners did. Who knows. 12400 P-core only is what I'm really itching to see.

[opal iron]

Well the 40 series is tremendously more powerful than the 30 series

So its a big jump

[heady turtle]

According to leaks*

[ivory herald]

Perhaps high 40 series msrp and some used/new 30 series just go back to near msrp, lol.

[ivory herald]

Wonder how many will have more than 2x8pin power.

[opal iron]

The majority most likely

They reportedly have a massive power draw

All ofc according to leaks so nothing proven

[dusk kraken]

what if its proven

[opal iron]

We will just have to wait and see until official news

[heady turtle]

The fe cards are supposedly going to be using the same 12 pin power connector they are using now which will be the same power as like 4 8 pins iirc

Soooo

[dusk kraken]

i think the official news will be soon

i have it on good arthritis

[ivory herald]

I bet, good to know. Neat how their 12pin candle handle so much. @opal iron well, could be helping higher watt psus sell more. Besides price as a factor, cool to see performance while sticking to certain cpu and/gpu wattage levels. I mean personally. Want to stick w/ 650w psu.

[static narwhal]

Why a 3090 gotta sell for 1K over msrp on the shuffle? 😭

[brazen canopy]

Cause newegg hasn't sold a gpu at msrp for like 2 years now

[late haven]

I spent $1400 on a 3080 for this

Can someone help me out

My gpu usage is always so low

[brisk flame]

what cpu

[late haven]

I9 10900k

Weird

[brisk flame]

whats cpu utilization at

[late haven]

Lemme see

[brisk flame]

if it takes the CPU a full second to prepare a frame

you will have

1 fps

and the gpu will do nothing

[late haven]

And my game crashed

Im blaming zotac

[brisk flame]

this sounds more like you havent increased the default ram allocation

running any shaders on 2gb is madness

[late haven]

dang

how do i fix it

i have 32 gigs

i should be fine

[brisk flame]

increase the amount of allocated memory

[late haven]

how

[brisk flame]

in the minecraft launcher

[late haven]

how

[brisk flame]

set the -Xmx argument to whatever you want

I have it set to 8G

default is 2G

[late haven]

imma put it to 16

alr

lets see...

[brisk flame]

do 8

or 12

16 is just overkill

[silk thicket]

nah i got it set to 20

[brisk flame]

like, i think mine uses like 5 at most

[late haven]

it helps

still at 40-60fps

[silk thicket]

^

[late haven]

imma use 24

[brisk flame]

thats a 40-60X improvement

lol

why use 24

[late haven]

idk

the more the better ig

[brisk flame]

12 tops

[brisk flame]

false

[late haven]

alr

[silk thicket]

oh make sure you render distance is set to a reasonable amount that can cause a ton of frame loss

[brisk flame]

if you wanna use any wacky insane high res textures and some overkill shaders, i suppose you could use more, but even 12 should still be enough for that

[late haven]

shoot

that might be why

im at 48

imma lower it so 15

[silk thicket]

lol there you go yeah

[late haven]

getting a solid 140

thx

[quartz gull]

Attempt #35 without winning let's gooo

A friend told me if I can reach 100 entries without winning that he'll give me his spare 2080 super lol

[silk thicket]

nice

[silk thicket]

your very welcome

[late haven]

gpu usage still isnt going above 50

[silk thicket]

huh

idk

[late haven]

its around 30-40%

oh well

[brisk flame]

whats CPU usage at then

[quartz gull]

What game and what CPU?

[brisk flame]

well, whats the utilization of minecraft at specifically

[silk thicket]

mc

[quartz gull]

Oh Minecraft is limited by single thread.

[brisk flame]

3 threads, now

[silk thicket]

^ tru

wait no way fr?\

[brisk flame]

but the other 2 are mostly helper threads

[quartz gull]

My GPU sits at about 11% with 1 thread maxed out

[silk thicket]

oh huh

[quartz gull]

If you want true multicore support, there's a mod called sodium

[brisk flame]

its like, 90% one thread, 10% the other two lmao

[quartz gull]

I get 5,500 fps at 12 chunks with sodium

It maxes my whole cpu

[silk thicket]

dang

[quartz gull]

It doesn't have the fancier features of optifine. It's just a performance booster

[brisk flame]

i swear microsoft is purposefully not improving java edition so more people switch to win 10 edition

[quartz gull]

Well windows 10 uses Java.

[brisk flame]

especially with a default ram allocation of 2gb

[quartz gull]

Its a limitation of how it was written

[brisk flame]

thats just evil

huh?

wdym

[quartz gull]

It needs a complete rewrite like what bedrock edition is

[brisk flame]

windows 10 edition isnt java

[quartz gull]

Yeah ik

[late haven]

oh this is weird

cpu usage is 10-25%

[quartz gull]

Sodium uses a different rendering method

[quartz gull]

Go into task manager and sort by logical cores

One should be maxed out

Also Minecraft is also decently memory bound too. What ram are you running?

[brisk flame]

its not about what sodium uses, its just that microsoft isnt doing what they could to make java edition playable out of the box

[quartz gull]

I noticed a 20% improvement going from ddr4 3000 to ddr4 4000

[late haven]

ddr4 3200

hyperx predator

[quartz gull]

You should be fine then

Plenty fast

Java just runs bad

[late haven]

how do i sort it tho

[brisk flame]

dont worry about it

theres nothing for us to fix

[quartz gull]

Yeah it's behaving normally

[brisk flame]

this is just how minecraft runs

[late haven]

alr

[brisk flame]

its how most games run, actually

[quartz gull]

Especially older games

[brisk flame]

you can click these tabs to sort by them

in task man

[quartz gull]

Any games 5+ years old will be single thread bound too. Only newer games tend to utilize the cores

[late haven]

Alr but how do i explain the crashing

[brisk flame]

try it without shaders or mods

[late haven]

I did

[brisk flame]

see if it crashes

i see

whats the crash report say

[late haven]

My pc shuts down

And restarts

[brisk flame]

thats not a minecraft issue then lmao

what PSU you got?

link it

[late haven]

1000w gold evga

[brisk flame]

link it

[late haven]

?

[brisk flame]

send me a link of exactly what you bought

[late haven]

Alr

[brisk flame]

because none of those words tell me anything about the quality of the unit

although theres a high probability its ok

[late haven]

Oops

Check this out on @Newegg: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G5, 80 Plus Gold 1000W, Fully Modular, Eco Mode with FDB Fan, 10 Year Warranty, Includes Power ON Self Tester, Compact 150mm Size, Power Supply 220-G5-1000-X1 https://www.newegg.com/evga-supernova-1000-g5-220-g5-1000-x1-1000w/p/N82E16817438160?Item=9SIAN0MBXS5979&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-9SIAN0MBXS5979-_-12132021

[brisk flame]

yeah thats like the same one i have lol

does it also shut down when you run other games

[visual wolf]

What's the main differences in FE cards and other brands? Say a 3070FE vs 3070 from any other manufacturer? Is one better then the other?

[brisk flame]

for anything other than mining, they are pretty much the same

[late haven]

Havent tried other games yet

Lemme load gta up real quick

[visual wolf]

So no noticeable performance. Pretty much the same just different case around the card itself.

Ty

[ivory herald]

Gpu w/ more than 1 fan generally better temps & not as loud at load. That's 1 thing.

[lofty crane]

41% memory, how many chrome tabs are you opening?

[brisk flame]

it was just minecraft and a minecraft server

ion think chrome was running but at most it would have been like 5 tabs

[lofty crane]

I was gonna say

[hot folio]

Biggest thing is cooling

[royal kernel]

sorry if this is asked a lot but i literally just need a gpu that is better than the integrated graphics i have now

for reference i have 1.7gb vram

[ivory herald]

Gtx 660/750/760/950/960. Almost anything "new" from a store is overpriced. Cheaper places might be Ebay, forums, facebook marketplace

[gray bloom]

1060 is a good one if u could manage to find it under 200$

[keen nacelle]

-when talking about minecraft

And gpu usage

[vital oriole]

Besides running unlimited fps could introduce bad frame times

[keen nacelle]

According to him his gpu overheated from minecraft

He also thought 80c was overheating

And he had 0 case fans

[vital oriole]

80c?

[keen nacelle]

I wonder what could possibly be the issue

[vital oriole]

that's not overheating generally

[keen nacelle]

Ofc not

[vital oriole]

but yes, case with no fans

[keen nacelle]

But 80c while playing minecraft is just

[vital oriole]

definitely not an issue

[keen nacelle]

Wait im gonna ask what case

I'd put money on an h510

[vital oriole]

or any blocked front cases

[keen nacelle]

He said he doesn't even know what case, yet he built it himself

Mmmm

[vital oriole]

how?

i would believe it if it's a prebuilt

[keen nacelle]

Idek

Doesn't know the psu either

[rustic glen]

https://www.newegg.com/asrock-radeon-rx-6900-xt-rx6900xt-ocf-16g/p/N82E16814930057?item=N82E16814930057

Pretty good graphics card ?

[final smelt]

yes

very good graphics card

[ivory herald]

Hotspot might be 90-95C, so chance something is overheating

[heady turtle]

[heady turtle]

Probably fans maxed at 40% or some bs too

[heady turtle]

H510 is fine for lower end builds

[heady turtle]

Very

[final smelt]

6900xt>3090

[heady turtle]

One of the best models of one of the best graphics cards

[rustic glen]

Sweet good to know , thank you ! I ordered last night 😁😁

[final smelt]

you lucky mf

[rustic glen]

*Hard working MF 😉

[final smelt]

radeons aib models look so nice

facts

that's how i got my 3080

[rustic glen]

Hell yeah , I’m too excited! My first build

[final smelt]

ayyy

i just built my first pc the other day

it was actually so much easier than i thought

[heady turtle]

Np

[dreamy dragon]

Bamsefar#3056 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[hexed latch]

Hello. I'm looking to upgrade the graphics card on HPE DL360P GEN8. Do you guys have any similar builds or sugguestions for gaming server?

[heady turtle]

What's your budget and what are the specs of the system?

[hot kiln]

What are you hosting ?

[vital oriole]

That thing..

doesn't look like it has space for gpu

[heady turtle]

Didn't think they would tbh

[vital oriole]

It's a server rack

So yeah no space for gpu

The cpu is powerful enough to power games for sure, but it has no space for gpu at all

[heady turtle]

Also you don't need gpus for hosting gaming servers

[normal hawk]

Depends on what game. but tbf, I only know of one that requires a GPU

[heady turtle]

What game?

[normal hawk]

Ark SE ( not on steam, through windows 10 store/xbox app for pc) requires a GPU, because you actually have to load past its minimum requirements and get into the menu. While on steam its run through a command window.

it won't ever USE the GPU, but it won't let you launch the game itself without one iirc

[ashen nacelle]

Does anyone know why Best Buy doesn’t do in store drops anymore

[normal hawk]

and I don't think IGPU's hit the minspec requirements. lemme check

[normal hawk]

Cause they decided to embrace scalpers to get people to buy their 200$ memberships.

[ashen nacelle]

Wdym by the 200 dollar membership

[normal hawk]

Consoles at least require their membership to purchase now.

Xbox Series S doesn't require the 200$ TotalTech membership but the PS5 and Xbox Series X do

[kindred pilot]

Hey everyone,
I’m planning to buy a laptop with an RTX 3050. My main use is for programming(Machine Learning and Deep Learning).
How efficient is this gpu for my use?
Could someone please help me
pls tag me if u can help

[normal hawk]

Next time the series X drops I'll get a snip of the page then. this is on the series S page and the add to cart is a bit lower on the page. not the same for the Series X

[ashen nacelle]

So if you have total tech you can get a gpu or is that not how it works

[normal hawk]

I don't really check best buy anymore, not sure on GPU's

I don't know if it requires it for those.

[ashen nacelle]

I don’t think so

[normal hawk]

https://bensbargains.com/thecheckout/bens-bytes/best-buy-exclusive-access-totaltech/

[heady turtle]

Lol

[heady turtle]

They do sometimes

[heady turtle]

You should be able to find a 1660 ti (non max q) for the same price or cheaper, it would be better suited

[opal iron]

Dont get a 3050 very poor preformance per price ratio

[heady turtle]

youre thinking of 3050 ti, 3050 is fairly decent but can sometimes find 1660 ti for not much more or same amout/less and has 6gb ram instead as well as tiny bit more powerful

[ivory herald]

Price? https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16834233449

[hexed latch]

$300-$1200. Im going to run a golf simulator with Skytrak -TGC19 Current card is Matrox G200EH HP DL360p Gen8 8-SFF CTO Server 196GB RAM 2-Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v2 @ 3.00GHz

[heady turtle]

as mr1111 said as its in a server chasis so you woudnt really be able to fit more than a low profile 1650 if youre lucky, why do you even need a gpu? hosting a server shouldnt require one

[hexed latch]

I will try to run the software with the current hardware. I know its more than enough for RAM/CPU. Users with gaming PCs have better response time with shots with better graphic cards installed.

[kindred pilot]

I’m getting it with a r9 5900x for $1250
But my main use for the computer is my gpu so if the gpu’s performance is good, only then I’m going to buy it

[ivory herald]

That was just 1 good $1k-ish laptop that has a 3060, that's all. I know Intel vs Amd is a preference though. 👍

[hexed latch]

Skytrack Golf simulator- runing TGC2019 Recommended:

OS: Windows 10 64Bit
Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 3.20GHz or equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVidia GTX 1060 (or better), for 4K NVidia GTX 1080 (or better)
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 30 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 11 compatible

[kindred pilot]

Yea..
I prefer amd over intel

[heady turtle]

are you trying to game on the server or something?

[heady turtle]

no point in geting that, you would be better off with a 3060 laptop then, i believe you can even get one with an 11800h for that price let me check

[heady turtle]

thats just to run the game, to host the game you dont need a gpu

[kindred pilot]

Okayyy ty

[heady turtle]

theres no reason too, pick the better cpu/gpu for your budget

dont worry about brand

[kindred pilot]

alright : )

[ivory herald]

Apparently either that or certain other i7s are like an OC'd version of i5 in that 1 gigabyte laptop. Intel during the funky laptop cpu naming sometimes i see

[heady turtle]

https://www.newegg.com/shale-black-acer-nitro-5-an515-45-r21a-gaming-entertainment/p/N82E16834360085 id def grab this

[kindred pilot]

I’ll check it out
Thanks!

[dreamy dragon]

ACE#7814 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[dreamy dragon]

Jaya#2398 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[noble lance]

Local micro center, nature is starting to heal…or they’ve just cranked the MSRP up to where people don’t buy

[ivory herald]

Both, ish. 60 ti 50% over orig msrp is wack though. Also, pic:

[heady turtle]

Nah 600$ is a fair price for it tbh it was a great deal at msrp

[ivory herald]

Nvidia should've done a higher msrp Haha. The market is what it is now though.

[reef leaf]

Welp, pulled the plug and bought a 3060 TI

First GPU upgrade I'll do, theoretically have an idea what I am doing

Question is

Is it as plug and play as I think

[unborn swift]

Just make sure you have the right power supply and power cable and it should be good.

[reef leaf]

I'm on a 860w psu

I'm sure I do lmfao

But it uses a different power connection don't it

[heady turtle]

Plug in, install drivers

[heady turtle]

Which one is more important

[reef leaf]

Platinum Corsair

[heady turtle]

Model?

[reef leaf]

AX 860

[heady turtle]

Pretty sure all corsairs plats are good tho

[reef leaf]

Yeah I made sure to get a proper PSU

Either for power overhead or for reliability

[heady turtle]

Is ax not titanium?

Anyway really good unit ye

[reef leaf]

I have no idea I remember it being probably plat

Corsair says plat on their website

[reef leaf]

But don't 30 series use two connectors for power?

[heady turtle]

I mean which model but yes 2 or 3

[reef leaf]

3060 TI

Eagle 8G rev 2

Oh webpage says one 8 pin

[unborn swift]

Yeah i wasnt quite sure about whether the 3060 was a 12 pin or not. It doesnt use as much power as 3070 up

[abstract vigil]

3060 FOr 681$ is a bad deal

its worth 350 MAX

even if it is overclockd

[heady turtle]

What lol no

It's worth 500 max

No more than 450 ideally

[abstract vigil]

yes

sorta

but

EVGA sells one for 329

[ivory herald]

Maybe 400, but thats what the 60 Ti was listed as. People are compelled to pay a certain amount. Only so much above orig msrp I'd be willing to go. Nearly $500 might be a bit much for a 1080, but I'm content. Close to 2070 in many games & therefore close enough to 3060. 🤘

[abstract vigil]

thats alotta words

too bad i didnt read em

JK

BRO

im just kidding

ti is way better than the normal 3060

guys

i hate the fact

[ivory herald]

Mostly glad cpu/mobo prices are reasonable, because that's obviously what I need.

[abstract vigil]

that

the gpu shortage exists

[reef leaf]

Reasonable prices

Czech Republic

Pick one

Mutually exclusive in any environment

[abstract vigil]

reasonable prices

[reef leaf]

Except for high tier audio for some fracking reason

[shy forge]

so i havent looked recently is it still extremely hard to get gpus

[rustic pulsar]

no, u can go on newegg right now and get any (modern) gpu you want, just not for a good price

[cosmic bluff]

Back in my day gpus were always in stock and at msrp

[wooden helm]

definitely thats the last upgrade i need

[cosmic bluff]

?

[formal dagger]

I am waiting on a 3060ti or greater. I am patient, not going to pay any scalper prices! $100 over msrp is the max I would be willing to pay a re-seller.

[cosmic bluff]

$100 over is a good idea but its gonna be rough to find that price range

[reef leaf]

If even possible at all

[normal hawk]

if you can go to Microcenter, the EVGA FTW3 3060 Ti sells for 529. best you'll get for a while

[terse verge]

1080 for $425 sellers account seems new and there are 0 reviews buy at own risk but it could be legit

I'd ask for pictures of it working before buying.

https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m95533646802/

[brisk flame]

pictures look real, just reverse google image search

mmhmm

read the #rules

no selling

[slim mantle]

alright sorry about that.

[compact panther]

8800 ultra

best gpu

[ivory herald]

That was a beast in '07. $800+ & 175w tdp, yikes. Back then 1 year or so later there'd be a gpu 1/2 the price & same performance or not far off. Actually I had the 8800 GTS 512, matched the 8800 gtx in some stuff. 9 series wasnt great. Had the gtx 260, now that was a decent upgrade.

[vital oriole]

nvidia is weird

no 100 series

oh wait there actually was

i forgot about the g, gt and gts

[ivory herald]

Some nvidia models are weird, 1650/1660. I can't make any sense of amd models.

[dreamy dragon]

Janca_265#8419 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[late haven]

Disgusting

I thought they guaranteed that only gamers would be receiving it

[lofty rampart]

What the-

Some people like to mess up everything for everyone else

fr

[timid narwhal]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

thats some expensive paint

[compact panther]

guess what
many scalpers are gamers too

🙂

[heady turtle]

They can't guarantee that gamers won't sell it

[vital oriole]

^

[quartz gull]

Shuffle attempt #36 let's gooo

[spice mulch]

How much would someone buy a AMD rx570 for?\

i have one that im not using anymore and want to sell it

[heady turtle]

Like 800-900$

[hot kiln]

my GPU is sagging a lot

is it worth putting a support leg or something underneath or nahhh

never heard of a gpu breaking because of sag, do they ?

[heady turtle]

Yeah no harm

[magic wing]

Uh

Pato

Read the name of card again

[magic wing]

200-240

No more

[heady turtle]

They edited

It said 5700xt

[magic wing]

Ah

[normal hawk]

Always tempted to sell mine

580 8gb and 5700xt i mean

[spice mulch]

This is my old pc I'm tying to sell https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/lenovo-legion-c530-cube

[waxen stag]

Should I dl my graphics card driver on motherboard website or AMD.

Cuz on mb's website it shows version 21.30.14 and on AMD's website is show 20.10.2

[magic wing]

Always get all drivers from the company that made the part

[magic wing]

What card and what mobo?

Very strange

[cobalt flare]

Hey so I’m looking at a MSI GeForce 1650 gaming x. For a budget of about $600 is this good or is there a better option. I haven’t shopped for a graphics card for a couple years

[magic wing]

Is the gpu for 600$ or is the entire pc for that much @cobalt flare

[cobalt flare]

Just the gpu

I have a Pc built already I just need to upgrade my gpu

[magic wing]

Absolute garbage

I wouldnt spend more than 150$ on that

Look in the pinned comments here

And follow the buying guide

3060/3060ti is doable for 600$

[cobalt flare]

Okay. Thanks

[magic wing]

If you want a gpu fast, gtx 970/980/980ti sells for 200-300$ second hand

Id get one of those

[cobalt flare]

Okay. That’s a bit better than $600 😂

[magic wing]

Much better performance as well

/r/hardwareswap or ebay or facebook marketplace should be the way to go

[ashen nacelle]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/275061608844?hash=item400af3118c:g:BxMAAOSw0fxhtXUS

Good? or pass?

[heady turtle]

Yeah that's good for the price

[ashen nacelle]

what is the maximum i should bid

[ivory herald]

1 to skip might be 980 ti. Faster but power usage is high. $200 max for a 970, but that's just me. Watch some 980s also.

[heady turtle]

Run down the clock before bothering to bid

[ivory herald]

That or bid $160-180 early on one with no bids & if you get outbid, let it go.

[heady turtle]

Nah you can always outbid by like 3$

[ivory herald]

I was just thinking don't get into a bid war & end up paying $200+ when a 980 might be found similar price. Although, it's been a solid year or so since I sold my 970. Obviously prices were much lower back then.

[ashen nacelle]

so your saying that 970 is around 160

[ivory herald]

We wish. I sold mine for that, & would be a great deal if you scored 1 for this amount. I know current prices are simply jacked up for a while. 980 would be great around $210 also. 1060 3gb is similar performance but extra money.

[ashen nacelle]

I just took a benchmark test for my laptop which I got last year for 600 dollars

UserBenchmarks: Game 13%, Desk 60%, Work 12%
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U - 69.9%
GPU: AMD RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU) - 8%
SSD: Samsung MZVLQ512HALU-00000 512GB - 70.3%
RAM: Unknown 2x4GB - 71.6%
MBD: Acer Swift SF314-42

LMAO

GPU pretty good

[ivory herald]

Lol, wow. You do have a desktop also though right? Idk why I'm confirming.

[ashen nacelle]

nopr

nope*

[ivory herald]

Then tbh no point buying a gtx 970 or any desktop gpu. There is a device that is a box able to use a desktop gpu hooked to a laptop, but not familiar w/ it. Price of said device might make it not worth it also

[ashen nacelle]

I rather just get a desktop

[ivory herald]

Fine idea. Some prebuilts do have decent pricing apparently. Diy is good as well. Only thing overpriced is the gpu. Tons of cpu/mobo/ram options. ---many people here can offer build suggestions for various price limits 👍

[main sentinel]

Is a 1050ti good for a beginner pc

I don't play AAA titles

[heady turtle]

depends what youre paying for it but id say no

[ashen nacelle]

Ya I was looking into prebuilt “open box” specifically

[heady turtle]

!ubm

[dreamy dragon]

`UserBenchmark is NOT a reliable source of information and has been blanket banned in many hardware communities such as r/hardware and r/intel for what started as an anti-AMD bias but has spiraled into delusion.

In fact, they tried so hard to skew results in favor of Intel's midrange that they even cannibalized Intel's own high end. For example, according to UserBenchmark, the i3-9350K is rated higher than the i9-10980XE.

For a similarly convenient quick-and-dirty hardware comparison website, we recommend using PassMark instead of UserBenchmark.

PassMark CPU comparison: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleCompare.php
PassMark GPU comparison: https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/singleCompare.php
Want to know more?: https://youtu.be/RQSBj2LKkWg`

[heady turtle]

@ashen nacelle ^

[ashen nacelle]

Hmm

Ya I see, but the point is that my laptop still sucks

[ivory herald]

Pato and a few others are usually great at some suggestions when given a price. 🤘

[ashen nacelle]

I am stuck between 4 options:
Wait and get lucky to buy a gpu
Buy a 970 and wait a year or two to buy a good one
Buy a prebuilt
Go to micro center and buy stuff there (3 hours away)

[ashen nacelle]

Ya pato gave me some

[ivory herald]

Even 1060 3gb is much better. It's really about hunting for deals for a while

[ivory herald]

At 1080p specifically, even just the 970/980 is pretty good still for tons of older games.

[ashen nacelle]

Ya but I want to play games like rust, valorant, csgo, gta, and other games

[ivory herald]

Med settings in some games. They are often quite cpu dependent. I'd be fine w/ a 1060 if cpu was modern. It's mostly like do we want a decent $150-300 gpu for maybe a year, or overpay various amounts for anything 1080 or better. Idc anymore, but I've read about when 1080 ti was $400 evga bstock a couple years ago. Past prices aren't much relevance currently.

[eternal lark]

This says alot about our society

[ivory herald]

Indeed. Scalpaholics, greed, etc. Yeah?

[eternal lark]

My friends 980 Ti took a poop so I sold him a spare 3070 for MSRP

[ivory herald]

I wouldn't mind $200 for my 970, but 160 was plenty. Went to a guy who's other gpu died.

[royal kernel]

so on newegg and promotional stuff im seeing gtx 1050s everywhere

is there a reason why

[ivory herald]

High profit & they're not great buys.

[tall lichen]

Speaking of which should I queue up for a 1050 super? If available it would be $230

Oh and it's from the EVGA site

[quartz gull]

#35 failed 😢

[ivory herald]

Idk, 980 could likely be had near $230 & it's like a 3gb 1060. Although, 900 series does use more power & 980 has dual power sockets. ---Actually i might take that back. Idk how well the 1050 Super is.

[tall lichen]

o

I'm told the 980 was a powerhouse

[quartz gull]

You mean 1650 super? No super variant of the 10 series

[vestal forge]

i got selected for a 3060ti and they wanted 900 for it ROFL

[lone pond]

can someone help me about my build?

[normal hawk]

It's better to ask your question rather than ask to ask your question

[lone pond]

sorry, i just wanna ask, i have rx 6600 sapphire, is ryzen 3 3100 enough to handle the gpu? i also got 2 options, go with i5 10400f or r5 3600

[normal hawk]

I would go with 10400f or 3600. Whichever is cheaper imo

[lone pond]

my current mobo is asus tuf br450 pro II, is it okay to use pcie 4.0 gpu to a 3.0 mobo?

[normal hawk]

Yea

[lone pond]

okay sir thank you

[normal hawk]

Since you have a b450 go 3600

[lone pond]

here in PH, the i5 is much cheaper, but no stocks in online market

if i go with i5, what is the best mobo to pair with?

[normal hawk]

Oh

[ivory herald]

In watts or speed? Yeah it was a good step up from the 970, and 165w isn't bad at all considering 7 years ago and overall performance. gtx 970 review is newer and incl results of the earlier 980 review 🙂 https://www.anandtech.com/show/8568/the-geforce-gtx-970-review-feat-evga

[ivory herald]

Righto, well scratch that part of my comment then. Someone might've mentioned 1050 Super or I meant to say 1050 Ti.

[ivory herald]

Double msrp is a bit of a stretch,

[ivory herald]

TONS of options, but cheapest is sometimes not smart and certain chipsets have much fewer features/options. edit: oh yeah w/ a non-K cpu, don't need the Z series, that's what I've heard.
https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100007627 4841 4131 601352138 600009016 600009017&Order=1
Here's a 1 option to check out. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WRMG17M

[ivory herald]

980 hit a nice 60FPS in Crysis 3 at 1440P. 🤘 THat was w/ i7-4960X @ 4.2GHz

[heady turtle]

Only upgrade I'd go for is a ryzen 5 5600x but the 3100 is pretty good if you're only gaming

[opal iron]

Uhhhh thats not a thing

You mean a 1050ti?

[ashen nacelle]

Yo I assume this is a scam https://www.ebay.com/itm/133965480011?epid=12043525651&hash=item1f30f7004b:g:nPIAAOSw-NZhunKy

Wait nvrm

I just checked it was at 99 cents lmao

[heady turtle]

Looks fine just a bidding tho

[unborn sedge]

How difficult/expensive is it to get safe water cooling going?

My GPU fans are faulty but getting them replaced would mean sending it in to NVIDIA, and not having my GPU for like a month or however much France decides to delay my shipping

[normal hawk]

https://rog.asus.com/us/external-graphic-docks/2021-rog-xg-mobile-model/

[compact panther]

$500

difficulty?

eh

idk

yes

[normal hawk]

The store my brother works at just got that in stock lmao

[unborn sedge]

oof, more than the price of my GPU :/

[normal hawk]

More than my 3080 ti lol

[compact panther]

watercooling properly aint cheap

can probably do a cheapo loop for less

[normal hawk]

Oh they meant the water-cooling

[cerulean rover]

For a custom loop, easy 300$

For like the EVGA GPU aio thing, around 100$ or so

[normal hawk]

https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails?ItemList=Combo.4434051

[cosmic bluff]

Yet my gpu loop finna cost me $521

[ivory herald]

A you problem. Also, gonna*;

[spare relic]

https://tenor.com/view/king-krucial-sauce-god-rap-drake-drip-god-gif-17339288

[wicked hound]

It wasnt slang, it was spam with an everyone tag

Ah... Nvm then lol

[wicked hound]

You got some pretty mid end stuff, I would definitely not go any premium brands for liquid cooling. Get a cheap Bykski/Barrow kit and be happy.

Unless its for a diff system where it might be worth going premium

Tubing goes a bit meh on this semi-quickly, only affects looks tho. Otherwise it's pretty alright
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000807277229.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.846036benAy4WR

[ivory herald]

1 of these went for quite a price, lol.

[late haven]

My gpu is making this whirring noise but the fans arent spinning, any idea what it could be?

It does it for a few secs and stops

[cosmic bluff]

Which card is that?

Didnt hear any whirring noises but if anything check to make sure the fans are not just looses some how

[runic crypt]

hello, i realized i should wait until the upcoming series comes out before i get a gpu

until early 2022 anyway

otherwise my pc is working the way i need for artstuffs

[ivory herald]

Yeah gpu market worst I've ever seen. Eventually prices will be better when supply is.

[empty compass]

any news on 40 series and 7000 series?

[runic crypt]

if supply is

but i realize if i'm gonna get a good gpu, i should stick with windows until linux improves compatibility further

[heady turtle]

Can't actually hear a thing in this vid, could you try take another one of it happening?

[heady turtle]

Too early yet for news, intel is realising their gpus in jan/feb tho

[empty compass]

interesting

@heady turtle hey, would you also happen to know why my audio has been acting up after a bios update?

[heady turtle]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[empty compass]

dang

[pastel narwhal]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hot folio]

Try reinstalling your mobo’s audio drivers

[quartz gull]

Attempt #37 on shuffle let's go

[ashen nacelle]

[ivory herald]

Imagine getting up early enough, lol.

[normal hawk]

RTX 2050? Wtf

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2050-mx570-mx550-spring-2022

[rustic pulsar]

why...

i guess for low power builds it could be good

[umbral kayak]

Is an RTX 3060 for $459 a good price?

[heady turtle]

It's an okay price

[umbral kayak]

ok

[normal hawk]

its mobile. so Low powered Laptops I guess

[marsh charm]

I posted this in the PSU area but I feel like it could also be put in the GPU chat. I have these connectors. There’s 4 connectors but it’s only 2 cables coming from the PSU. The GPU I’m looking into requires 3 PCIe connectors. Would these 4 connectors be able to power the GPU?

[marsh charm]

It’s the MSI 3080 Gaming Z Trio

Should I just get a new PSU

@sweet flax

Ping me for replies

[normal hawk]

So I finally checked the 3080 in my brother's Prebuilt and it's a Non LHR 3080. Lol

[keen nacelle]

yeah i saw that

itll perform like 1050 ti area

worse than 3050 ofc

[normal hawk]

Yeee

[prisma cradle]

what

i thought it would be more like a 1650

[keen nacelle]

3050 already loses to a 1650

[livid idol]

Source?
Are you maybe comparing mobile to desktop?

[keen nacelle]

yes

because 3050 desktop doesnt have performance tests yet

[ivory herald]

what's the point then

[livid idol]

In such a case the only fair comparison is mobile to mobile

[keen nacelle]

not really, its still a good idea of performance

3050 still has worse performance to a desktop 1650

[ivory herald]

Sure as heck isn't. Can't say 1650 beats 3050 when you mean a certain desktop gpu beats a certain mobile gpu

[keen nacelle]

in the current day

3050 desktop doesnt exist

[livid idol]

Performance will vary wildly on mobile as well with the 8 different power limits

[keen nacelle]

meaning you both know that i am referencing 3050 mobile

[keen nacelle]

obviously

but whether or not its "fair"

i was giving a performance idea

i was giving a general point of reference

[ivory herald]

Doesn't 2050 beat 1650? Well, that would be a point of reference. Why is this such a big conversation, lol.

[keen nacelle]

2050 will lose to a mobile 1650 lmao

[livid idol]

The mobile chip is completely different from the desktop chip, it's simply not a good comparison. It's like comparing the mobile 3060 vs the desktop 3060.

[keen nacelle]

its a meme gpu

[livid idol]

The 2050 they're launching is a mobile chip, isn't it?

[keen nacelle]

i was giving a performance reference, a general point of performance

it doesnt matter if its a "fair" comparison, its irrelevant here

im not saying that the 3050 is bad because it loses to the 1650

im saying that it does

and that the 2050 will therefore lose to a 1050 ti

[ivory herald]

[keen nacelle]

most likely anyways

112gb/s memory

[winged minnow]

how big of a diffrence is the gtx 1650 to the gtx 1650 mobile

and what other nvidia gpus are equavilant to it

[vital oriole]

1650 mobile if it's not a max q is about 10% less perf compared to desktop one

[prisma cradle]

so a 2050 is a lesser 1050ti with raytracing and dlss

epic

[vital oriole]

uh, what?

3050 mobile doesn't lose to 1650?

2050 is likely to be 1650 perf actually

where did you get info on lol

cause everywhere i see, 3050 beats 1650

unless well, that said 3050 is the worst version with tgp of 40w

iirc

and the only 3050 laptops i know that has those 40w stuff so far are uh, i guess acer swift x?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byehMmou-KE

this vid really proves it

[ivory herald]

https://tenor.com/view/losing-my-mind-gif-8500094

[vital oriole]

it's definitely not losing to 1650 desktop too btw

[ivory herald]

Somebody up there was saying 3050 mobile vs desktop 1650..... 1 of the dumbest "for reference" sentences/stories ever

[vital oriole]

might be less diff but not losing

1650 mobile vs desktop has about 10% perf diff

cause the 1650 desktop runs at 75w anyway

you can say 1650ti laptop is 1650 desktop i guess

it's pretty similar kek

in any case, 3050 desktop is probably at ballpark of 1650 super to 1660 perf

it's likely coming with 4 and 8 gigs vram options

1660s perf is also likely

cause 2060 refresh is already here

[normal hawk]

64 bit. 112 GB/s, 30-45 W lol.

I don't think it'll outperform the mobile 1660 ti.

The mobile 1660 Ti is 192-bit btw. For reference

[vital oriole]

yeah for sure

it's likely just 1650 replacement

or i guess a step higher than 1650"ti"

idk lol, 3050 already exists so it's hard to place it in somewhere

[normal hawk]

The mobile 1650 is 128 bit...

Is this a replacement to mobile igpu's? 😭

[vital oriole]

no

mx550 and mx570 are coming

[normal hawk]

Yes

[vital oriole]

im fairly certain it's gonna be 1650 mobile replacement

if it even performs like that

[golden horizon]

Wow, Nvidia just decided their naming scheme doesn’t need to make any sense

[vital oriole]

i do hope at least it's like that

also what's worse is

it looks like 2050 isn't even a turing gpu

it's ampere lol

ga107 core

[heady turtle]

Bro

[vital oriole]

an even cut down 3050

basically

[heady turtle]

Lol

3040

[golden horizon]

First this “16 series” bullshit, now launching a “2060 12GB” that’s actually just a 2060 Super with cut-down member, and then launching a GA107 “RTX 2050” for laptops three years after the 20 series finished

[vital oriole]

"NVIDIA has since responded to us and informed us that, despite the RTX 2000 series naming, RTX 2050 is based on Ampere, not Turing. Specifically, GA107, the same GPU used in the RTX 3050 series."
https://www.anandtech.com/show/17124/nvidia-announces-geforce-rtx-2050-mx570-and-mx550-for-laptops-2022s-entry-level-geforce

lmao

the confusion

my head hurts

[normal hawk]

It's a New 1030 i guess

[golden horizon]

And don’t get me started on the 3090. I kept hearing that speculation over pretty much the entirety of 2020 and hoping Nvidia wouldn’t do it, because that’s just such a stupid name for an equally stupid card… but of course they would

[vital oriole]

3090 isn't so stupid

it does have reason to exist tbh

[normal hawk]

Wait, when the RDNA 2 apu laptops come out whats the point of low end mobile GPU's?

[vital oriole]

24 gigs vram is useful for some stuff

well, no point lol

nvidia will have to move their ass after that

[golden horizon]

And that reason is for the people who have $5000 to blow and/or want to do workstation tasks… but then just get a Quadro?

[vital oriole]

to catch up

[golden horizon]

As a gaming card though I consider it rubbish

[vital oriole]

well, 3090 is quadro-ish

and a quadro is way more expensive

[normal hawk]

Actually Nvidia got mad because 2 3090's are cheaper than their A6000 and I believe they outperform it.

[golden horizon]

Fair, and I do appreciate there being one big “absurdly high-end gaming/solid workstation” card

[vital oriole]

oh yeah, the blower models

nvidia axed em quickly

cause it's gonna eat into quadro lineup

rip 3090 turbo

[golden horizon]

That’s not so bad, if it eats into their workstation profits

[vital oriole]

quadro has way higher profit margin tho

that's why nvidia was salty about it

[golden horizon]

That’s what I figured

[vital oriole]

money is always the reason

[golden horizon]

^

[vital oriole]

like why nvidia is doing 2050

[golden horizon]

Especially with Nvidia, because they’re just such a transparently ruthless corporation

[vital oriole]

more skus for us to do research on before buying i guess

lol

[golden horizon]

You know, it’s funny to me. High-end cards actually seem to follow a proper generational cycle, but I’m convinced the low-end market is just a whole bunch of stupid refreshes from here on out because Nvidia doesn’t actually want to service anyone below $400

[vital oriole]

nvidia rn be like: okay let's make more and more weaker, stupid skus cause we need to squeeze every single cent out of our newest gpu

[golden horizon]

Also, remember two years ago when AMD was the chosen one? Pepperidge Farms remembers.

[vital oriole]

ampere is milked to hell rn

[normal hawk]

Desktop 3050 and 3050 ti next year supposedly

Amd 6400 and 6500XT next year too

[vital oriole]

honestly

why did they bother with 2050 naming

just name it 3040

if it's ampere

[golden horizon]

The 3050 is just a 1660 Super for the same price again, I’m calling it

[normal hawk]

6400 is sub 75W

[golden horizon]

128EU ARC will slaughter it imo

[vital oriole]

i have no hope in anything low end

it's just gonna be lame

[golden horizon]

That is, the 6400

[vital oriole]

for a good while lel

[golden horizon]

Same

[normal hawk]

Well I mean, i already have the high end

[vital oriole]

16 series was the last hurrah of good mainstream to midrange

[normal hawk]

Low end is cheap though so i can waste money on fun projects

Mineral oil PC here i come!

[golden horizon]

Which is a shame, because lots of the cards coming out lately are actually really impressive pieces of technology

[vital oriole]

nvidia with 2050: hmm, it's weaker than 3050 so let's slap it into 20 series!

[golden horizon]

Especially the 6800 XT with how it overclocks like a demon, and the 6600 XT with its surprising efficiency

[vital oriole]

even tho it's not turing

[ivory herald]

Should've been 3040 or 3040 Ti, for LuLz

[vital oriole]

i would understand it better if it was turing

ampere but 20 series naming

extra confusion

[golden horizon]

Tbh the 1650 Super and 1660 Super were way better than I gave them credit for

[normal hawk]

Probably cause they don't want anything lower than "XX50"

[vital oriole]

i guess so

rtx/gtx were newer lower than xx50

[normal hawk]

Bring back the GT line!

[vital oriole]

nvidia should just revive gts, but rename it into rts or something lol

or rt

[normal hawk]

RT 3030

[vital oriole]

rt 3040

[golden horizon]

Also the 5600 XT was a pretty cool card imo

[vital oriole]

rts 3040 maybe but nvidia doesn't wanna do that

i miss when 2060 was 300

the evga 2060 ko was great

[ivory herald]

50 series is like having a 4cyl instead of a v6, even if the performance is good.

[vital oriole]

2080ti core iirc

but cut down

so in blender it slays

other than that it performs like a 2060

[normal hawk]

I want an Intel GPU

Just to have it

[golden horizon]

Actually almost the entirety of RDNA 1 were genuinely solid value cards, though they were a bit finicky with drivers

[normal hawk]

I hope their FE cards look cool.

5500?

[golden horizon]

Yep, agreed. The 2060 was actually pretty solid at $299. If Nvidia had released it at $249, it’d have been an incredible card.

[golden horizon]

The 5500 XT is the one exception, it kinda sucks

[vital oriole]

oh wait

2060 ko uses 2070 core actually

whatever, it's still better than normal 2060 lol

[golden horizon]

Uh… the 2070 is TU106 though

[vital oriole]

only in blender ofc

[ivory herald]

The days when 60 series was a nice $250-300

[vital oriole]

ah confusing stuff

[golden horizon]

I mean, Nvidia only gave us the 2060 KO over a year after release when the 5600 XT appeared

[vital oriole]

so there's 2060 with tu106 and 104

same for 2070

well 2070 super is 104 actually

so weird lol

[ivory herald]

You missed the gtx 260 that's 192 cores & 216 cores w/ no name change, then the 270 that had a few models almost like a 280.

[vital oriole]

bruh damn

that'd be hard to spot cause that age had less internet access lol

[normal hawk]

I had a phoenix fan 2060. That was a time

[vital oriole]

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2050-and-mx500-laptop-gpus-tested-in-3dmark-timespy

scores like 1650 mobile lol

so yeah 2050 is probably sitting in place of 1650

[abstract vigil]

Guys

can someone help me find a 3060 for a reasonable price

because

well

GUESS

[heady turtle]

[visual wolf]

ok so i have an offer to trade my Nvidia 3070 FE for a Zotac 3060 amp white edition. i want the white gpu. but is it worth it to trade for a white gpu thats a downgrade just to have white to match my build?

I know its probably mostly just a matter of my preference. but would like some opinions. my FE 3070 is 2 months old never used for anything but casual gaming and never over clocked. and the white zotac 3060 is BNIB.

[golden horizon]

Eh, no. You’ll be giving up 25% of your gaming performance to fix a mild colour clash that you’ll never see anyway.

[visual wolf]

my case sits on my desk build facing me

[golden horizon]

Then, uh… turn it?

[visual wolf]

lmfao i like to see it though hahaha

[golden horizon]

Then I’m pretty sure there’s no problem here xd

[visual wolf]

hahaha well damn.

its a 25% performance loss?

i mean i was gaming on a 2060 super before i got my FE 3070

[quartz gull]

2060 super is about the same performance as the 3060 I believe

[visual wolf]

ok well i guess ill be cancelling the trade lol

i didnt realize it was that much of a differance

thank you tulip and hammer

[keen nacelle]

Yeah 3060 is ~2060s 2070 area

Very much so not worth it

Unless you're getting a lot of cash, ~600$ atleast

[visual wolf]

this is good to know

[keen nacelle]

Bc 3070 fe is fhr

[visual wolf]

fhr?

[keen nacelle]

Full hashrate

It crypto Mines well

[visual wolf]

ahhh gotcha

im not a miner

just a gamer

[keen nacelle]

Yeah but it's still worth more

[visual wolf]

yeah yeah for sure

[keen nacelle]

3070 fe goes for up to 1300$ iirc

[visual wolf]

well GD

[keen nacelle]

That 3060 goes for maybe 700

[visual wolf]

yeah he has it posted for 850

GNIB

[keen nacelle]

Ew

[visual wolf]

BNIB*

[keen nacelle]

Awful price

[visual wolf]

yeah

[keen nacelle]

Absolutely atrocious

You can find a white zotac 3070 for 950$ on r/hardwareswap

[visual wolf]

all prices are pretty insane lately

[keen nacelle]

No like

That's more than usual

Way more

[heady turtle]

It's like a 25% perf drop so they better be offering like 300$ at least on top of the gpu

[keen nacelle]

Unless you mean cad

[visual wolf]

for sure ill take your word

nope is USD lol

[keen nacelle]

Yeah thats overpriced even for this market

[heady turtle]

Also used and new now doesn't really matter.... Gpu is gpu

[visual wolf]

gotcha

so whats my old MSI 2060 super worth these days?

lmao

[heady turtle]

Ye if it was a 3060 ti then it would be like only 10%

[keen nacelle]

Up to 500$

[heady turtle]

Some people will say 600

[keen nacelle]

Well

Ebay maybe

[visual wolf]

SHEEEEESH!

[keen nacelle]

Also depends in model

[visual wolf]

gaming X

its in my sons PC so its going no where but still crazy

[keen nacelle]

Decent model iirc

[visual wolf]

your all life savers! id just be a stupid gamer without you all

[keen nacelle]

We're all happy to help

[visual wolf]

well is anyone interested in trading me a white 3070 for my FE?! lol

[heady turtle]

That's against rules of this server fyi

[visual wolf]

i guess the color clash isent to bad but it bugs me. not going to kill me but id like it to be all white. i need a cable mod kit and new fans to complete it

AHHHH! i lied dont listen to my last comment

Again thank you all!

[normal hawk]

No. 3060 out performs the 2060 super in 90% of games.
3060 beats out the 2070.

[quartz gull]

by under 5% though from most of the benchmarks I've seen

depends a lot of newer games just run better on ampere too. I generally play older titles

[normal hawk]

5% is still outperforming it. The 2070 only outperforms the 2060 super by the same amount so is the 2060 super actually a 2070?

https://technical.city/en/video/GeForce-RTX-2070-vs-GeForce-RTX-3060

Only games that really performed better on the 2070 than the 3060 were cyberpunk and watch dogs.

[quartz gull]

I consider them about equal actually

2060 super = 2070 imo

May be silly but I consider a 5% margin to be negligable

[normal hawk]

From upgrading from one or the other yeah

But if the choices were a 2060 super or 3060 for the same price. 3060 would be the better choice because it has better performance and better features.

Also, some games have around a 20% increase in performance on the 3060 vs the 2070. (Cyberpunk has around the same performance increase on the 2070 over the 3060)

But if you go to 1080p high, that reduces the gap for cyberpunk

[ashen nacelle]

Just paint the 3070 white

[dreamy dragon]

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Reason: Bad word usage

[maiden sun]

yo buying a 6600xt tmr, would it be worth the 550 when going from a 580

i sold my 5700xt for 900

[golden horizon]

I mean, you’re up $350 on the trade, and the 6600 XT is genuinely a solid ~10% faster… but $550 for a 6600 XT is still an objectively garbage price

[maiden sun]

looks to be 3x to 2.5x as performant as a 580

im selling the 580 for 400

[golden horizon]

Mind you, I’m enough of a price hawk to think the 6600 XT is garbage at MSRP, but in this market, that’s probably actually a sensible move?

You might be able to find a 6600 XT for less though

[maiden sun]

its more performant than the 580

but i dont ahve to worry about getting scammed on ebay

[golden horizon]

I’d say it sounds like a pretty solid buying decision

[maiden sun]

again its 200 over msrp

so good deal rn

800 on ebay

[upper pecan]

What’s a good sale price for a 5700XT Nitro +? Just bought a 6900XT and am trying to decide whether to part out my old PC or just sell it as is.

[upper pecan]

What AIB?

[maiden sun]

gigabyte

[normal hawk]

Mine on it, sell it to a miner for an upcharge (around 900-1000$ i believe), or see if you have a friend who needs a GPU and sell it to them closer to msrp

[maiden sun]

bro i can buy 6600xt and sell it on ebay

i hate everything

[sacred cargo]

hey guys, which GPU do you suggest I get for 1080/240hz gameplay? most esports titles

[magic wing]

Budget and games?

And cpu

[sacred cargo]

R7 5800x, mostly CSGO but then the odd 3-5 yr old AAA title like Detroit: Become Human. I just want something that can handle the refresh rate and have another monitor for productivity

Budget is 350 capped at 450? I know GPU prices are jacked up these days

[magic wing]

You can slap on a gt 1030 on and get good fps on csgo tbf

I would look for a 1660 or a 1070 or a 2060 or something for that price range

[sacred cargo]

yeah ive been getting good fps but dont wanna stress my 1060 thats on its last legs at 240hz. ill try to scrape for the 1660 super or 2060!

thanks a bunch

[magic wing]

1070 also great option

Its about as good as a 2060

But has more vram

[magic wing]

1060 should be enough tbh

More than enough

For 240hz on csgo

Like actually no issues

[ivory herald]

I suggest aiming for a 1080. You might be surprised/lucky & get 1 for $400ish. If not, 1070 is probably next best pick knowing the recent prices of the other 2 options. I just got it in June & had a 970 so I get where you're coming from.

[maiden sun]

bought it today

[dreamy dragon]

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Reason: Bad word usage

[normal hawk]

Nice

[maiden sun]

secondary computer gets the 580 now

6600xt

[ivory herald]

.24v less & alt-tabbed w/ 20 fps sure does let the temp drop quick, lol

[ivory herald]

Looks cool. I'll pretend I didn't see the 1st pic w/ that tiny horizontal cpu cooler.

[maiden sun]

its dell oem mb and cooler

cant replace it w my hyper 212 or it goes crazy ab it

[ivory herald]

I like the F40 in the hdd cages (Ferrari, for the uninformed)

[maiden sun]

f40, trx and some wrx

its my temporary parking garage

[bold swan]

Does it matter which aftermarket brand you use for a GPU?

Like why are Gigabyte GPUs a lot cheaper than ROG strix GPUs?

Like I have a 3080Ti by gigabyte I got for 1400

[little sleet]

yes and no, pricing is up to the manufacturer regardless but its a matter of cooler designs, what goes into the cooler, thermal pads, chips that they get, etc.

some coolers are good some are bad some cards dont perform well compared to others or arent designed well and such

[bold swan]

But a ASUS ROG 3080ti is 2000

[bold swan]

Ohhh

Are ASUS ROG cards always superior to Gigabyte cards?

[little sleet]

not always but they tend to be a good choice

[bold swan]

So I’m not missing out at all right?

[little sleet]

again pricing is up to the manufacturer so if asus wanted to they could charge 2k for a 3060

[bold swan]

Wow. Gigabyte is more reasonable with their prices

Compared to ASUS at least

Same with EVGA

[little sleet]

its just be best to look at reviews of the gpus to see how they perform and see if theres anything missing or see the quality of the cards

early on, dont know if its still an issue, but some cards were shipped without some thermal pads and such from evga, gigbayte and even asus i think for certain models

just look at reviews and buy based on what would be better for you

[bold swan]

Oh okay. Thank you

[normal hawk]

You got the vision or the gaming OC?

Or did you get the Eagle?

[bold swan]

Gaming OC

The pure Gigabyte brand

[normal hawk]

Gaming OC is good. Thats the one i have.

[bold swan]

You got it for a good price I bet

I paid 1400 for my 3080ti

[normal hawk]

It's like, middle of the pack compared to other AIB's.

1475$

[bold swan]

Bruh you paid 75$ more for double VRAM 😂

[dreamy dragon]

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Reason: Bad word usage

[bold swan]

Man good stuff

[normal hawk]

No, my 3090 isn't what I'm talking about

My 3090 is Aorus extreme.

[bold swan]

Ohhh

It has rgb around the fans?

[normal hawk]

It's the one it the screen on the side.

[bold swan]

This one?

[normal hawk]

Nah

This one

Having an AIO one would be cool. But the AIO one apparently only has 2x8pin connectors instead of 3x8 for some reason lol

[bold swan]

Wow how much was it? I’m guessing no more than 2K

[normal hawk]

It was more than 2k lol

[bold swan]

2200?

2300?

[normal hawk]

2200

[bold swan]

Well better than paying 3K

😂😂😂

[livid idol]

Can confirm the aorus xtreme waterforce 3090 is 2x 8 pin
And it's total trash. It loses to 3080s in benchmarks.

[ivory herald]

375 power limit holds it back? bummer.

[toxic hamlet]

i can find 1660 supers on ebay for like 450 aud, but there all bids

and then buy now is more expensive than retail

[hot folio]

I kinda wish I spent the extra cash and got a 6900xt

Just for the funny number

[random bluff]

im looking to upgrade my gpu do you guys have any recomendations that are $300-$500 ? my current gpu right now is a 1050ti

[keen nacelle]

depends how patient you are

and on your psu and cpu

[maiden sun]

im still not a gigabyte fan but this card is rad

[keen nacelle]

i like my gaming oc pro

[ivory herald]

gtx 1080 or maybe rtx 2070/S. 30 series prices are pretty much all above $600.

[green harness]

A 3060 may be possible for 500ish

[rustic pulsar]

What would happen if I started my computer without a gpu if it doesn’t have integrated graphics. Would it still boot?

[dreamy dragon]

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Reason: Bad word usage

[heady turtle]

No

[rustic pulsar]

would there be an indication that psu works, like would the case fans spin?

[heady turtle]

Afaik no

[rustic pulsar]

okay so put in new psu then new gpu then test to see if it works?

[heady turtle]

Ye

[dusty tide]

Hi guys. I need card rtx 3060 Ti Non-Lhr. can you recommend me smth?

[heady turtle]

Non lhr you can try search ebay or r/hardwareswap but why would you need an non lhr one? They're gonna cost more anyway

[dusty tide]

my friend says they are better for maining, I'm new in this area, what do you think about this?

[rustic pulsar]

yeah they are better for mining but gaming perf is about the same

[heady turtle]

They're only better at mining but they'll cost more so ehh no point

[dusty tide]

and it is rather difficult to find them, i can't see them on newegg

[rustic pulsar]

only place u can really get them is ebay and prices will be crap

[heady turtle]

[dusty nova]

I got a 3060 5 days ago

[forest hare]

i got a 3090!!! but later day i had to stop playing games cuz my mom saw a video on the news saying that video games is bad for kids to play and they can hack things some stupid stuff and thats why i use my 3090 for zoom now

[magic wing]

I would strongly suggest reading the rules

Rule 3 in particular

[severe onyx]

okay sry

[quartz gull]

Your only ways really are to enter a shuffle or camp outside a bestbuy or microcenter on in-store drop days

[alpine drift]

Guys, 3090’s are easy to get, just pay 4,000$ for it, I said there easy to get, not pay for

[ivory herald]

If no $4k, technically not easy to get.

[heady turtle]

They're easy enough to get for the 3k mark on ebay so

[alpine drift]

Yea but used

[heady turtle]

Who cares if it's used you can literally get a kingpin

For 3k

If it's used its for less than a year anyway

[alpine drift]

Kingpin?

What’s that