graphics-cards

[keen nacelle]

Aight... one minute

[cerulean rover]

I'll leave it to bacca

@sturdy storm good resource, we use it:
https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/

[magic wing]

a kidney is only worth a 3090ti doesnt come with a psu

:(

[cerulean rover]

Then don't sell it :p

[sturdy storm]

once again, max 1,250 but 1,000 is my safe budget here lmao

[keen nacelle]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cYB6rD

[sturdy storm]

christ that was quick

[keen nacelle]

I just edited the one I already had

[sturdy storm]

never seen that video card

[keen nacelle]

It performs a bit better than a 3060

[sturdy storm]

but 8 gb isn't bad lol

[keen nacelle]

Don't measure performance in vram

Otherwise 1080 ti would beat 3080 10gb

[sturdy storm]

this'd be my first actually custom, not a damn modified prebuilt

I mean I never really measure there lol

I just say that because why not

[keen nacelle]

Do you have any leftover parts from your currently build that might be useful

Or are you the person with the 680 from earlier

[sturdy storm]

yeah

[keen nacelle]

Probably not then

[cerulean rover]

@sturdy storm TPU chart for an idea of 6600xt perf

[keen nacelle]

6600xt pog for the price

[sturdy storm]

GeForce GTX 680, Intel Core i5-10400, 12 GB DDR4 Mem
This is my current PC

[keen nacelle]

Wait

[sturdy storm]

idk the damn motherboard

[keen nacelle]

Holup

[sturdy storm]

wait

[keen nacelle]

You have a 10400

[sturdy storm]

i5

i5-10400 🤔

mind if I steal that

[keen nacelle]

Why do you want a new cpu

You can prolly keep the mobo

What's the power supply

[sturdy storm]

this was a prebuilt office pc

[keen nacelle]

Prolly not the psu then

[sturdy storm]

well the stock was a 500w but I replace that with the 650w i think

[cerulean rover]

10400 not bad

[sturdy storm]

let me check

600w*

[keen nacelle]

Most likely a C tier

Do you know the model?

Or atleast brand?

[sturdy storm]

of the psu?

orrr

[keen nacelle]

Yeah

[sturdy storm]

I forgor

[keen nacelle]

Did you buy it on amazon

[sturdy storm]

someone else helped me, is not on my account

lol

[keen nacelle]

Anyways

It sounds like you could get away with a ram and gpu upgrade

[sturdy storm]

I could just take the cpu cooler and cpu out rq and that part is done

[keen nacelle]

No like

I mean keep everything but ram and gpu

Maybe also case

[sturdy storm]

case is microatx

don't think that would fit an atx motherboard

hell, we had to remove the drive tray to fit the gpu

the gpu is as wide as the case is

[keen nacelle]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/

[cerulean rover]

Depending on mobo, could see use from b560 board, but would prob swap case, ram, GPU, depending on how good current PSU is, PSU.

[keen nacelle]

Hard to say if the psu can be kept or not

[keen nacelle]

Doesn't know model of the psu

[sturdy storm]

wait I think i know the brand, could just look at the psu lmao

[cerulean rover]

Ye, just putting together a smol list

[keen nacelle]

What brand?

[cerulean rover]

Will also need to know model

[keen nacelle]

Also can you go into system info to look at the motherboard?

[keen nacelle]

Brand is a good start

[cerulean rover]

If you could take off the side panel and see it, a picture would help

[keen nacelle]

If its Thermaltake, aresgame, gamesmax, we know it has to go lol

[livid idol]

I had to cut the metal bar off the right side of this GPU to fit it in my server

[sturdy storm]

alright dipping that

[cerulean rover]

Hey to be fair thermaltake makes some good psus :p

[keen nacelle]

Rarely

[sturdy storm]

it was a smart series thermaltake 600w yada yada

[livid idol]

Modding things is half the fun

[keen nacelle]

I dont believe that's one of them

[cerulean rover]

Smart 80+ is yikes if not one of the other ones

[sturdy storm]

80+ something

might just replace it too?

idk

[keen nacelle]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/

I'd reccomend replacing it

Can you check system info for the motherboard?

[livid idol]

Smart 80+ white is E tier iirc

[sturdy storm]

where would I see that?

[keen nacelle]

Do you have system info open?

[sturdy storm]

yea

lol

[livid idol]

Nope F

[keen nacelle]

Should be somewhere on the right side

Board manufacturer or smthn

Not at my pc rn

Lying in my bed staring at a phone screen eating cheetos when I should be sleeping. I think this is an all time low

anyways

[sturdy storm]

nope don't see

[keen nacelle]

Baseboard manufacturer

[sturdy storm]

acer 🤮

[keen nacelle]

Acer what

Screen shot would be fine

[livid idol]

cpu-z?

[keen nacelle]

Sounds like it's oem, so prolly looking at a new mobo

[sturdy storm]

pain

idk whjy i drew a line there in particular

baseboard same as system bs

[keen nacelle]

Yeah looks like you want a new mobo

Also just to make sure

You're 100% certain it's a 10400?

[sturdy storm]

BaseBoard and System Manu. Acer
BaseBoard Product and System Model. Asp...

[sturdy storm]

one hundo there

[keen nacelle]

Ok good

[sturdy storm]

runs amazing honestly

[keen nacelle]

How much storage is in the pc?

And ssd/hdd?

[sturdy storm]

512 SSD
500 HDD

I think

[keen nacelle]

Ssd you can carry over

[sturdy storm]

aight

[sturdy storm]

I forget which is which lmao

[keen nacelle]

Are you sure it's an ssd?

[sturdy storm]

wait

[keen nacelle]

Open task manager

[sturdy storm]

512 SSD 500 SSD

just checked disks

[keen nacelle]

Oh nice

Are they both sata?

[sturdy storm]

I think so?

Sata afaik, yea

[keen nacelle]

@cerulean rover you think mp33 or just the two sata ssds

[sturdy storm]

wait no I was right the first time

[keen nacelle]

When did you buy them?

[sturdy storm]

ssd came with pc
hdd came with an old laptop I moved from and to

[keen nacelle]

Alright the hdd is kinda useless

[sturdy storm]

lmao

[keen nacelle]

Ssd you can carry over, you have two options from how I see it

1tb ssd (faster storage, more reliable) for $75

[sturdy storm]

been used for like 7+ years

[keen nacelle]

Or 2tb hdd for $50 (slower, dies eventually)

Ssds die too, just harder to kill

Longer life span

[sturdy storm]

I'll just get the 1tb

honestly

[keen nacelle]

Kk

What were looking at rn https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8LLgbK

[sturdy storm]

god I definitely don't need a cd-rom on a pc
this one came standard with one lmao

[keen nacelle]

If wanting to save money, this gpu instead https://pcpartpicker.com/product/DgFbt6/asrock-radeon-rx-6600-xt-8-gb-challenger-d-oc-video-card-rx6600xt-cld-8go

[sturdy storm]

plus the other parts in my current lol

really saving here

[keen nacelle]

Ye

[sturdy storm]

might save and also swap to the amazon version since I normally use that to buy parts

or will anyway

[keen nacelle]

I once tried to build a pc purely off amazon

[sturdy storm]

619+ on amazon for the 12g one

[keen nacelle]

It is a terrible idea

[sturdy storm]

oh lord

[keen nacelle]

Please don't repeat my mistakes

[sturdy storm]

i'll
avoid that

[keen nacelle]

Anyways, you can also sell some parts from the pc that you're "scrapping"

[sturdy storm]

yeah

[keen nacelle]

Mobo case together for like 50-80, ram for $30-40, psu for $20 or so

[sturdy storm]

eh yeah

swapped the vid card to the 8 gb since I don't do much too intense

should be fine

can use the memory from my system, it is removable iirc

has to be idk

[keen nacelle]

What?

[sturdy storm]

i am slow tonight

[keen nacelle]

Don't use 12gb of ddr4

Only 8gb will run dual channel

[sturdy storm]

not the mem I am stupid

[keen nacelle]

And 16gb kinda needed for gaming now

[sturdy storm]

meant processor

[keen nacelle]

Yeah cpu is removable

[sturdy storm]

looking at 878 which is good

[sturdy storm]

also what happened when you did it, curious

[keen nacelle]

I would've ended up overpaying way too much

A friend saved me from that

Though I then ended up buying a terrible pre built that I had to rebuild

And then spent too much on that

[lone pond]

If you want more performance out of any electronic, like tinkering with electronics, and you buy a prebuilt, you are doomed to rebuild at some point

[sturdy storm]

I would always check to make sure the seller is a high rating or from amazon.com or something lol

if I would anyway

[keen nacelle]

The issue is I didn't get more performance

[lone pond]

You still were looking for it

[lone pond]

that’s not the main problem here, but that’s still one thing to look out for

[keen nacelle]

Not really

The mobo died

The ram died (somehow)

The psu was E tier

[lone pond]

died ? lmao

[sturdy storm]

I may just buy from different websites at this point

[keen nacelle]

And not what it was supposed to be

[sturdy storm]

and maybe swap parts to and from

[keen nacelle]

The case was oem and only fit the mobo (that was dead)

The heatsink was worse than a stock amd cooler

[livid idol]

I started with a prebuilt too. I traded my PS3 for my buddy's Phenom PC. I'm finally at the point where I think all the parts from that are gone.

[lone pond]

Newegg is okay but if you use them, ONLY BUY FROM shipped+sold by newegg

[sturdy storm]

yeah I know

[keen nacelle]

Or trusted sellers...

[livid idol]

*or well rated sellers

[sturdy storm]

I usually do a similar thing if I buy from amazon, only choose amazon.com and whatnot

[lone pond]

some other sellers are ok like corn, and high rated trusted sellers.

Yes

I am too slow at typing lmao

[keen nacelle]

Korn? Rata rata pea rata oo

[livid idol]

Also if it's the manufacturer selling direct through third party

[lone pond]

That works too, but don’t get sucked into fishy deals from third parties

End up with a lotta trouble and frustration

tons of people end up here complaining about it

them: I bought x item from newegg! it’s not shipped and i can’t refund!!
us: third party seller?

[sturdy storm]

i'll choose the cheaper option from all of them and make sure i can trust it yada yada

[livid idol]

If it's the manufacturer they're usually well rated at least. Arctic sells direct for example, they've got like 20k ratings

[sturdy storm]

see already good news because bacca was smart about it

might want to make an account real quick

so I don't lose the damn list

design

the amazon parts I can take advantage of prime
the rest on newegg I can take advantage of the newegg sold thing

and this

hey 8 dollars for shipping does not add too much so whatever

[keen nacelle]

The shipping prices are included in the total on pcpartpicker

Only thing not are taxes

[sturdy storm]

oh yeah ikik

taxes to b a b

gonna add the amazon items to a cart so I can quickly get those bought without finding them for a few minutes

please stop trying to get me to spend money i do not need a thing for a few years that i forget about and also lose money

[livid idol]

Amazon lists work well too

[sturdy storm]

always check the rating alr alr good good

i am about to stab you

now for the other three item cart

not again

[livid idol]

I love it when they used to FORCE ADD protection plans

[sturdy storm]

i lost my negg cart

i found it

lets go

i do not want the free gifts

[livid idol]

"Click ok to accept 2 year plan!"
tiny print on the bottom right
"clicking decline adds a standard 1 year plan for $9.99"
The tiny X on the top right that's the same color as the window was the only way to skip that

So glad they don't do that anymore.
Except Dell

[sturdy storm]

art

[livid idol]

Yep lol

[sturdy storm]

thanks guys lol

waiwaiwait

might want thermal paste

just in case the original one sucks

[livid idol]

If you're getting a new cooler they usually come with some

[sturdy storm]

which it will

[livid idol]

And it's good enough for a midrange cpu

[sturdy storm]

I think I can just take the same cooler my processor uses from my current build and move it to my new build

10th gen core i5 :')

[livid idol]

Yeah if you're trying to transplant the cooler you'll need paste

[sturdy storm]

yeah

[livid idol]

MX-4 is decent and cheap

[sturdy storm]

gonna have to find another monitor if I don't wanna keep using a whole television meant for other entirely unrelated things

lmao

doesn't bother too much

[livid idol]

MSI Optix G241/G242 is a good 1080p 24" 144Hz monitor for $180-190

[sturdy storm]

and I use a goddamn roku tv, 4k60

I mean it is 4k, which I never use 4k because it hurts my 680

[livid idol]

Oof that latency is going to be bad too

Ghosting for days

[sturdy storm]

yeeeaa

I rlly need a monitor anyway

because i hurt my neck constantly looking at the bottom at this lol

[frigid anvil]

I've got a Fire stick Max.

It's great

But my 60Hz TV sucks.

[solemn panther]

Get good, Bryce

[queen moss]

Do u guys know how the cooling fans work on the rtx 3080 FE? Does one fan sick air in and one blow out, or do they both suck in?

[livid idol]

Both fans blow the same direction, the right side fan blows through the heatsink and up

[velvet grail]

What's the main difference between dvi-d dual link and dvi-d single link?

Bitrate? Max resolution? Colors?...

[vital oriole]

It's just extra bandwidth for higher res

[velvet grail]

Ok, i thought it also had less colours but apparently they're the same

[ivory herald]

Single link is a bit old & obsolete a while ago. Even my gtx 660 has a dual link dvi port I think. Really just handy to do "normal" use w/ a 1080p or maybe 1440p screen.

[thin jungle]

what should i look for if im getting a 3070

[keen nacelle]

Wdym

[thin jungle]

like i was looking for them and found a lot of different types

[keen nacelle]

Look for anything that isn't ventus 2x, and aside from that the cheaper the better

For the most part

[livid idol]

Price to go for on the 3070 is currently $650 or less at retail, you can get a 3070 ti for $700 easy

Assuming US

[keen nacelle]

3060 ti also consistently avaialble for around the 600 price point

fairly often lower

and is like 10% worse than 3070, so pretty close in real world perf

[ivory herald]

10% is 10%, but yea 60 ti is often enough $550ish while 3070 is $650ish & 70ti is often $700 (asus tuf)

[livid idol]

The Gigabyte Eagle OC model 3070 ti is also $700

[dense wraith]

Anyone have that post where they said the 4000 series cards would require 1000w+ psu's and iirc they mentioned needing a 1500w psu for the 4090

[livid idol]

It's all just rumors right now

Current theory is ~500W 4090 that overclocks at up to 600W

[dense wraith]

Hmm could possibly be, but i wouldn't doubt it if it was actually true lol

[brisk flame]

you can bet on max 600w for any card you would reasonably purchase

[dense wraith]

Well that's just gpu alone correct?

[brisk flame]

yes

[livid idol]

Correct

[brisk flame]

but the rest of the system sips power for the most part

[livid idol]

So if you pair it with a 12900k that's another 300W to account for

[brisk flame]

and CPUs dont use too much

comparatively

[livid idol]

Which is where the 1000W psu thing comes in

[dense wraith]

Well my 5800x uses like 100w alone

[livid idol]

That's nothing compared to the gpu

[dense wraith]

adding in all the lights and stuff add another 100 😛

Yeah of course but it's not impossible

[livid idol]

Probably not 100W for fans, LEDs, and drives, but if you have a lot maybe 50-75W

[dense wraith]

I run a 011 dynamic razer edition, razer taichi b550 mobo gskill royals sl120 lian li fans and a kraken z73 literally everything has rbg on it lol i mean thats no 300w right but it's still a lil taxing

I run a 2070 super on top of that and i run a 1000w psu so i should be good assuming the newer gpus dont require some crazy wattage

[livid idol]

If you go to the 4070 (which is supposed to be about equal to the 3080 ti/3090) it might be 350-400W so 1000W psu is more than fine

[dense wraith]

Hoping so lol thanks Fal 😄

[idle idol]

GTX 1080 for 250$ a good price?

My RX 580 died today.

[livid idol]

Not too bad yeah

[fading briar]

Does anyone wanna trade a kidney for a 3090 to?

ti*

[livid idol]

Make it 2 3090 tis and you got a deal

It doesn't matter that I'm an alcoholic right? /jk

[keen nacelle]

I just sold the 1650s I got on b stock yo someone, the serial number sticker is partially on the gold pcie things that go into the pcie slot

Is that normal?

^

Well

Maybe delete it @hasty sphinx

People can steal warranty if they want to be word I can't say

[hasty sphinx]

oh right

[keen nacelle]

With serial #

One sec

[hasty sphinx]

good idea 😛

[brisk flame]

i would try to peel it off and stick it up higher

but it might be a pain, i dont think those stickers come off very nicely

may need some sort of solvent to pull it up

[heady turtle]

Probably not easy

I dont see a problem with it being that low tho

[hasty sphinx]

It's working right now

[brisk flame]

i think your best bet would be to just stick the card in and see what happens

[hasty sphinx]

I just got everything put back together

[brisk flame]

well in that case its whatever

but i would check the bandwidth

[hasty sphinx]

so quick querstion though.. Do I download the drivers from the evga site or from nvidia?

oh how do I check the bandwidth

[brisk flame]

gpuz would show it

[heady turtle]

Nvidia

[cerulean rover]

Would also just run a bench to make sure perf is fine even if bandwidth says it's fine

[brisk flame]

it should be x16, but it could potentially only be x8 should the pins farther back be covered too much

i thought the contact point was farther up the pins

so only having the lower third on some of those pins exposed might be an issue

[hasty sphinx]

am I looking at bus interface?

let me update driver real quick

it's reading as a microsoft display adapter lol

driver date of jun 21 20065 lol

2006*

[brisk flame]

lmao yeah fix that first

[keen nacelle]

Oh alright cool

It'll be fine then

[keen nacelle]

Looks like it's fine

1 yr warranty if anything is wrong anyways

[hasty sphinx]

ok cool

[brisk flame]

is that not running at x4?

it is a 1650s after all, probably wont hurt too much

[hasty sphinx]

so the x4 in the bus interface should say x16?

[keen nacelle]

Oh wait

I see what he means

[brisk flame]

yes

the card is x16 3.0 running @ x4 3.0

[hasty sphinx]

oh ok, and that's probably because the sticker?

[keen nacelle]

What motherboard is it running on?

Most likely the sticker though

[hasty sphinx]

mag tomahawk z690

[keen nacelle]

Def not the mobo then

It shouldn't hurt perf that badly, maybe like 5%

Since it isn't a 6500xt

[hasty sphinx]

ok. It'll only take like a minute to pull it out and take teh sticker off so I'll try that once I'm done eating

[keen nacelle]

I dont think it'll come off in one piece

[hasty sphinx]

the sticker came off super easy, I put it just above the connectors.

I'm not sure what x16 1.1 means though

huh, it's fluctuating between 1.1 2.0 and 3.0

oh ok clicking the ? next to it explains it.

[vital oriole]

It swaps version cause of different power modes

[hasty sphinx]

yeah

[ivory herald]

Should've ran timespy before & after. I wouldn't have even tried the card w/ the sticker on contacts.

[hasty sphinx]

I'm a noob 😄

[ivory herald]

Learning is good.

[dreamy dragon]

Rhine Edit#3324 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[keen nacelle]

Nice. Surprised it came off in one piece

[hasty sphinx]

it wasn't even that sticky tbh

the dollar store labels I use for my vape juice are tonns stickier than this sticker

[keen nacelle]

I thought it'd come off in pieces with like residue left over

How those types of stickers normally do on pretty much everything like them

I thought someone at evga messed up with that sticker placement or smthn lol

[ivory herald]

Tbh usually SN sticker is literally just slapped on the back somewhere. Perhaps Ray Charles did that card for ya.

[hasty sphinx]

So far this has been stable for almost an hour now

[keen nacelle]

that mem clock way too high

for it to be stable it has to be udner stress

[velvet grail]

What model of 1650s?

[keen nacelle]

run a benchmark, if it completes then its stable

[hasty sphinx]

I did run a benchmark

[keen nacelle]

but 1500 isnt stable on nearly all gpus

what bench?

id use timespy demo on steam

[hasty sphinx]

ok I'll grab it and check it out

says I have to own 3dmark to get the benchmark adddon

[keen nacelle]

one sec

theres a button for it

ill take a ss after tjhis game

its under 3dmark demo

when you click on 3dmark demo, its on the right side

@hasty sphinx

[hasty sphinx]

alright thankjs

[keen nacelle]

np

[hasty sphinx]

that's a big file lol

must be more than just a benchmark

[keen nacelle]

theres a few other things, but they all have to do with the benchmark

[hasty sphinx]

oh ok

[wicked hound]

Isnt it also on 3dguru or smth?

[keen nacelle]

?

theres a download link online, if thats what you mean

just easier to use steam. The site its one has like five different download buttons, most of which give malware, spyware and viruses

[hasty sphinx]

the one that is pinned in the overclocking channel?

[wicked hound]

Wat? 3Dguru has five servers for 3dMark, but that's it lol. Non of them are dangerous

[keen nacelle]

prolly a different thing then

[hasty sphinx]

the one pinned in the overclock channel has a few dl links as well, but one of them wasn't working for me

[wicked hound]

Overclocking pinned is Techspot, never heard of them so I wont comment on it. I've used 3DGuru for bunch of random things before and I never had issues, tho I always have had an ad blocker of some sort so maybe they had bad ads at some point.

[keen nacelle]

ah yeah diff thing

[hasty sphinx]

20 min left to dl I guess

the oiverclocking videos I've been watching one guy says that most people report being able to run 1500 extra mhz on their 1650s

but we'll see what happens with this timespy thing

I assume it's a better benchmark than heaven?

[keen nacelle]

that is not normal at all

timespy is actually accurate and updated, unlike heaven

[hasty sphinx]

ok

[ivory herald]

Also afaik 16 is like 20 series, it doesn't outright crash but error correcting on the memory just impacts performance. That's why running TimeSpy various times while increasing clocks is a good idea. Heaven is outdated. Superposition is better, but TimeSpy is preferred by most.

[keen nacelle]

ye... perf will decrease, but its unlikely to crash

well, tbf

my 3060 ti crashes when i put mem over 1100

[hasty sphinx]

I did crash when I had the core clock at 150

[keen nacelle]

but it increases perf at 1100 compared to anything lower

core is diff from mem

it has auto correcting mem oc

[hasty sphinx]

so I dropped to 125 and it hasn't crashed yet

[keen nacelle]

not core

core also increases in incriments of 15

so youre actually running it at 120 rn

150 was actually 155, 140 could be stable

but wont know till you try

this was my hard limit for ocing

wait

no it wasnt

i got +210 on core

wrong afterburner preset

there we go

[hasty sphinx]

@keen nacelle

maybe I should try to beat the worlds best since it's like 30 points away

[heady turtle]

Make sure you're looking at gpu score and not overall score lol

[hasty sphinx]

that's the 5113 right?

in the 2nd pic

so getting through the benchmark twice it's safe to assume that my oc is stable?

[heady turtle]

Yes

[heady turtle]

Probably

[hasty sphinx]

I mean could still crash in some games yeah?

[heady turtle]

It can

[hasty sphinx]

the guy in the video I watched said that is where profiles come into play

I can drop frequencys a bit for the games that do crash

so just use that profile for those games

[heady turtle]

Eh just do 1 that's stable in all

[hasty sphinx]

yeah makes sense

[cinder pumice]

I am looking at the Radeon 6600 graphics card is the msi 6600 any different than the XFX 6600

[wicked hound]

Idk if TS is really the best for finding stability. I know it isnt for GPUs with large VRAM/DXR support as there are quite a few better options.

[keen nacelle]

get whichever is cheaper

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/D9ytt6/asrock-radeon-rx-6600-8-gb-challenger-d-video-card-rx6600-cld-8g

[cinder pumice]

@keen nacelle I figured that was the case thank you

[keen nacelle]

cheapest 6600 in stock rn

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/qJZ9TW/msi-geforce-rtx-3050-8gb-8-gb-ventus-2x-oc-video-card-geforce-rtx-3050-ventus-2x-8g-oc also an option

though it is ventus

and 6600 has a bit better perf

[heady turtle]

actually this is the cheapest

oop nvm wrong gpu

[livid idol]

Low end models are fine with Ventus 2x, like 3060 and below tier. Maybe 3060 ti if you have a good case and airflow.

[keen nacelle]

I know, but the 6600 is the same price and has slightly better perf, and will have better temps

[lone pond]

😐

[livid idol]

You can pretend all you want but that's what half the people using nvidia reflex will use it for

[lone pond]

is a 2060 super gaming X (used no box)+600 worth it for a 3080 FE with box and everything and it has been mined on for 2 weeks

or the same 2060 +350 for a 3070 ti FE that has been mined on

[keen nacelle]

both are good trades

[lone pond]

isnt it bad to get a used GPU

[keen nacelle]

not really

[lone pond]

cuz like if it fails im screwed

[keen nacelle]

theres a warantee

[little sleet]

depends on what the person before hand was doing to the gpu

[lone pond]

mining

[little sleet]

otherwise its really not that bad to get a used card

[keen nacelle]

my card ive mined on for 1 year is perfectly fine

[little sleet]

for mining, assuming they know what theyre doing; a used mining gpu is better than a used gaming gpu

[lone pond]

yea but like what if they screw me over

[keen nacelle]

how so

[lone pond]

like asus has screwed me over, i know this is nvidia but still

[little sleet]

?

[lone pond]

my monitor broke and retail is like 230 and then they sent me a bill for 340

and i got it shipped back to me

i didnt pay the 340 obviously

[little sleet]

well that doesnt really give us much info on what actually happened

[lone pond]

the monitor out of no where started having lines

i sent it in for RMA and then they sent me a bill for 340

lol

[little sleet]

also for used stuff depends on where you buy it from because you can have buyers protection like ebay or just straight up through paypal

if its in person, then youd have to just try and trust the person

[lone pond]

its not ebay, its through the fixit discord server

yea im meeting with a person

like an experienced miner

[little sleet]

if you get proof of the card working and stuff then you should be fine

[lone pond]

the only thing stopping me is my mom lmao since im a kid

[rustic pulsar]

LTT did a good video on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKqVvXTanzI

[vital oriole]

an ex-miner gpu if well taken care of will only at worst have dried paste or broken fan

fan is pretty cheap and easy to replace tho

[ivory herald]

Although part of the worry could be much lower lifespawn since a mining card is usually on 24/7 and a gaming card isn't, even if a gpu usually lasts long enough to become "obsolete" (in other words actual lifespan isn't a huge concern)

[livid idol]

It's using less power during mining and doesn't get as hot so not as much stress as gaming at full/OC power

[vital oriole]

Nah, lifespan being lower is a fud

Gaming is actually more taxing on gpu

Cause of heat cycle

The only thing that wears down on a mining card if it's not abused is the fan

[ivory herald]

would be good if miners deshrouded then used 120/140mm fans for a while.

[vital oriole]

They just put external active cooling on em most of the times

Like an ac or a fan

I'm a little sad how people thinks mining damages gpus

Probably seen bad examples

People loves to make mining look much worse than it is

[ivory herald]

Eh it's not exactly the best thing, running many gpus 24/7 using power just to make some money back. I wouldn't ban it though. Sure wouldn't say no to a decently priced ex-miner card either.

[vital oriole]

It doesn't hurt if the source comes from green power

Besides I was just talking about gpu wear

[tardy radish]

i’m rocking a 1060 3gb what is a good upgrade?

[ivory herald]

3060 (ti) sure would be, or even as "low" as a 2070(S). Really it's all about budget/patience, but quite a few cards are an upgrade for ya.

[livid idol]

Speaking from experience even the 2070 will get you about double fps in some games

About equal to the 3060 for newer model

[ember iris]

Im having issues

[keen nacelle]

with what

[ember iris]

do you know what this is caused by? not the startup screen, just the obvious pink lines

it seems like a gpu issue to me but when I restarted my pc it just went away

[keen nacelle]

that looks like gpu artifcating, could also be caused by monitor or a bad cable

or a cable not fully plugged in

[ember iris]

what's artifcating

[keen nacelle]

artifacting* sorry typoed

[ember iris]

oh

[keen nacelle]

basically when the gpu is on its way out

[ember iris]

like getting old?

man that's not fair

[keen nacelle]

sometimes it can be fixed with an underclock or power limit

[ember iris]

well

so basically

these lines didn't happen before

what did happen and still does

is uh

my computer just crashes out of nowhere

[keen nacelle]

what gpu is it?

and when did you get it?

[ember iris]

https://www.techpowerup.com/161711/asus-announces-its-radeon-hd-7800-directcu-ii-graphics-card-series?amp

it's not mine I got it from a trust worthy dealer who sold it second hand and it was originally used for like 2 or 3 years

and it looked very good in condition

and it was totally fine when I got it

which was just a year ago

I got my pc a year ago roughly

slightly less than a whole year but yeah 10-11 months

[keen nacelle]

that aint even close to a new gpu

[ember iris]

and now my display just went blank

[ember iris]

I know it's not new

[keen nacelle]

was released in 2012

its most likely been used since 2014 at the latest

[ember iris]

well I guess that's the only justification for this

it makes sense

[keen nacelle]

could try underclocking it if you can get it to boot

make sure cable is fully plugged in

how much did you pay for it?

[ember iris]

around @keen nacelle 130$

[keen nacelle]

couldve gotten a 1050 for around the same price :p

[ember iris]

I was going for that at first

but the guy told me this is better

and we'll

[keen nacelle]

they seem to be similar perf

but 1050 is a good bit newer

[ember iris]

both cards were generally second hand

I didn't know much anyways this is my first pc

[keen nacelle]

i didnt know much either when i bought my pc

made a lot of mistakes

so i get that

[ember iris]

well idk what I'm gonna do now

[keen nacelle]

could try the gpu in someone elses pc to make sure thats the issue

[ember iris]

I had this issue before too

I took it back to the guy

and he had it repaired somehow

and took like 20$ for fixing it too

[keen nacelle]

some people know how tof ix gpus

[ember iris]

but it was fine after that

[keen nacelle]

but i wouldnt put any more money into that card

[ember iris]

it just started happening again though

[ember iris]

true

I literally got it repaired like in December last year

[tired pilot]

i found an rtx 3060 3 fans from msi for near 400$ us

a good deal

[heady turtle]

Is decent

Evga has been selling them for like 370ish tho

[idle idol]

Got this for 379$

From in-store bestbuy

[wooden fern]

nice

[keen nacelle]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/M9ytt6/msi-radeon-rx-6600-8-gb-mech-2x-video-card-rx-6600-mech-2x-8g :P

[vital oriole]

379

breh

wegg has it cheaper, yeup

[idle idol]

eh,

I kinda needed it,

since my RX 580 died

[lone pond]

good price for 1070?

sub $200 maybe?

[keen nacelle]

Good? 225 or under . Market I think is around 275-300 without actually checking

[lone pond]

oh what

[keen nacelle]

I could be wrong on that

[keen nacelle]

I don't feel like pulling up ebay to check

[lone pond]

1 trade tho

could be sus

[keen nacelle]

Eh

[lone pond]

it’s still a 1070…

[keen nacelle]

PayPal g&s protections

[lone pond]

ah yes

[keen nacelle]

I wish I could still use hws

[livid idol]

Do the usual due diligence and check scam lists

[keen nacelle]

Annoying that I can't

[lone pond]

Why can’t u use it

[keen nacelle]

Reddit banned all of my accounts and won't tell me why

And won't accept any appeals

[lone pond]

damn use an rss feed

To the subreddit

[keen nacelle]

No ban evading, no discrimination, nothing of the sorts

I could prolly use a vpn

[lone pond]

Nah like use RSS feeds

[keen nacelle]

But whenever I make a new account it gets auto banned

[lone pond]

and an external website that reads rss feeds

[keen nacelle]

What is that?

[lone pond]

google it

[keen nacelle]

Rss?

[lone pond]

it’s like news feeds

[keen nacelle]

Would be easier/better to just use a VPN and make a new account

[lone pond]

I guess

if it works

[keen nacelle]

If I need to sell anything I can also use my brothers phone and account

Just can't check throughout the day for decently priced things I might be interested in

[static egret]

whats best gpu?

[livid idol]

For gaming? We have a tier list actually https://imgur.com/a/WZBresN

It needs to be updated but that's still fairly accurate

Best for the price for gaming currently would be the 6900XT at ~$1000 USD

[heady turtle]

Oof that's very overpriced for a 6600 non xt

[random walrus]

What's the vertical scale?

Obviously higher is better but is there any sort of metric?

[livid idol]

There isn't really one, gaps are mostly left to show larger differences and leave room for later GPUs to slot in

[random walrus]

Got it

And then what's the bold for?

Oh it's just the coloring of the chart nvm

[thorn turret]

How tf is a 30 series worse than a 20 series and a 10 series

[keen nacelle]

Because that's how generational increases work

980 ti actually has similar perf to a 3050 too

So does 1070 and 1660 super

3060 is similar to a 2070 and 1080

[thorn turret]

But 3060 only has the ray tracing right

[keen nacelle]

2070 has rtx too

Only 20 and 30 series have rtx

But rtx is kinda a waste anyways

It tanks fps usually for not much you can notice

[livid idol]

Yeah it's not well implemented in most games

It's a great concept but the trick is to use it meaningfully

[thorn turret]

I dont like that concept

You basically pay less for a better perfomance

Wait no thats good

[livid idol]

Would you rather have the lowest cards of a new generation beat the best of the last, making everyone feel like they need to upgrade every 2 years?

[thorn turret]

True

[keen nacelle]

It allows performance of similar tiers to be cheaper

Shortage prices aside, 3060 ti gives 2080 super performance at $400

And 3060 gives 2070 performance at (supposedly) $330

[thorn turret]

Well I havent seen the chart yet but now im not sure if I should stick with a 3060 or get a 2080 ti since it is cheaper

[keen nacelle]

Where tf are you seeing a 2080 ti for less than a 3060

[thorn turret]

Nvm it was a sketchy ass website

[keen nacelle]

Are you in the us?

[thorn turret]

Yes

[keen nacelle]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/wD8bt6/msi-geforce-rtx-3060-12-gb-gaming-x-video-card-rtx-3060-gaming-x12g cheapest 3060 atm

And $570 3060 ti https://pcpartpicker.com/product/89BG3C/msi-geforce-rtx-3060-ti-lhr-8-gb-ventus-3x-oc-video-card-geforce-rtx-3060-ti-ventus-3x-8g-oc-lhr

Next jump would be an $800 3070 ti, which imo 3060 ti at 570 is much more worth it

Then a 1k 3080 12gb, which is pog

Though 6900xt is also 1k rn

[thorn turret]

Isnt that good

Since 6900xt is on par with 3090

[keen nacelle]

6900xt asrock oc formula actually consistently beats 3090 when both are oced

I'm not sure which comes out on top without ocing

[livid idol]

The 3070 ti has been $700 lately

And the 6900XT slightly beats the 3090 at 1080p, matches at 1440p, and slightly loses at 4k

[heady turtle]

That would mean that your 250$ cared from this gen would beat out the 1500$ card from last gen that would be crazy for one and basically impossible if amd/nv weren't artificially limiting how good their products where each gen

[normal hawk]

@heady turtle https://videocardz.com/newz/sycom-launches-geforce-rtx-3090-ti-with-asetek-noctua-custom-liquid-cooling-solution-feature-five-fans-in-total

Lol

[heady turtle]

lol

[normal hawk]

You gonna buy it?

[livid idol]

If that's an asetek like it says in the title then you can't bottom mount the rad. That's an immediate no from me.

[heady turtle]

ofc /s

[heady turtle]

mm yes thats the issue

[livid idol]

Right? 100% the only problem I see

[heady turtle]

nothing else

like the fans that look like they were pulled out of 2001 lmao

[livid idol]

Don't be hating on Noctua fans, that's their signature. You take one look and see exactly what brand it is even without a logo.

[heady turtle]

meant the ones on the gpu lol

[livid idol]

Ohhh gotcha

Yeah they don't even have any of the modern touches on those like vibration damping or the center fan being reversed

[ivory herald]

Mainly clear fans & copper windings showing, lol. I'd deshroud that instantly & throw on a couple more Noctuas to match the others (perhaps 140mm fans)

[livid idol]

140s would be too big for most cases unless you do vertical mount

And having the fans bigger than the heatsink means bad pressure

That's why we have such weird fan sizes for GPUs like 88mm

[velvet grail]

What should the "normal" price be for a basic GTX1080 waterblock?

[keen nacelle]

Not worth water blocking a 1080

[heady turtle]

Custom loops spensive

Although if you need, because heatsink not available anymore there's the nzxt kraken adapter

[ivory herald]

1080 block would be $90ish probably at least, of course not really worth it

[wicked hound]

Used blocks are cool. Should be like $50 - $70

[hard tinsel]

hey guys, I'm moving to a 2-pc streaming setup. I already have a gaming/power pc and currently building my stream pc and don't know which GPU I should need to stream with. I already got a Elgato 4k60 mk.2 available, but I don't know what is the best budget GPU I can get.

[livid idol]

You're better off using the CPU for encoding. It's slightly less ideal but far cheaper.

[hard tinsel]

yeah, tried it. not the best quality so far for a 3600

[livid idol]

Well if you're stuck with a 3600 there's your problem 🙃
Something modern and cheap like a 3050 would be fine. It'll have the nvenc encoder.

[hard tinsel]

got it thnx

had a budget of 550aud

[livid idol]

Might be able to do a 3060 in that budget if you wanted but shouldn't make a whole lot of difference.

[hard tinsel]

should try that. gonna yoink my friend's 3060 for a week to try it out

[ivory herald]

3080 FTW3 10GB - $843.89 (Associates Code) (EVGA $869.99 - 3%, free shipping with ELITE membership) https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=10G-P5-3897-KL

[magic wing]

lol

[ivory herald]

[magic wing]

this is what happens when 90gb windows install

this is fine

oh ffs

Windows had made big page file on c drive

so much better

[livid idol]

https://tenor.com/view/todd-howard-it-just-works-bethesda-this-all-just-works-gif-20598651

[magic wing]

honestly very glad i daily linux

windows is just to game

[livid idol]

Don't forget powercfg /h off and delete hiberfile.sys from the root

[magic wing]

oh true

[livid idol]

That'll reclaim a couple gb too, how much depends on your ram size

[magic wing]

ive got 32 gigs

which is why a page file of that size on c drive confused me

[livid idol]

Yeah I leave mine at 800MB and call it good, that's the minimum for blue screen dumps

[magic wing]

i just let windows go nuts with the page file on my downloads only hard drive

disabling hibernate freed up like 12 gigs

bruh what is microsoft smoking

[livid idol]

lol right

"We need to reserve space equal to the system ram times 2!"

[magic wing]

37 gigs of swap and hibernate on a 85gig install?!

[livid idol]

Like bruh it's not 1995 any more

[magic wing]

its not shrunk partition on pre existing install either

its a brand new install

[solemn panther]

The GPU crisis is over??

[vital oriole]

not yet

it's getting better but it's not over tbh

[solemn panther]

[lone pond]

why is your c drive 85 g b

[magic wing]

rest of the 400GB went to linux

[lone pond]

O

[livid idol]

Follow up question: why does your Linux need 300gb? Mine uses like 25 with the /home on a separate drive.

[ivory herald]

Indeed. It's over imo when the majority of aib cards are within $50 of their respective msrp's.

[heady turtle]

Think they mean including files because ik they need like at least 200gb worth of stuff for the rom

[main sandal]

its prob going to last until or just near the 4000 series drop

thats my prediction

[heady turtle]

It's no longer a crisis but it's not back to normal yet

[main sandal]

ye, and I think it'll stay this way until next drop and then the NEW crisis will start ;-;

[livid idol]

We're at the point now where some people have decided to wait for the next gen. It'll sell out fast but not as bad as June last year lol.

[keen nacelle]

so what i do with mining is spend the profits on upgrading my pc

do you think my next upgrade should be cpu, mobo and possibly ram or 4060 ti/4070?

im thinking cpu

but idk

[livid idol]

It depends on what you play. I play stuff that's CPU heavy so I'd go CPU.

[keen nacelle]

mix of both

a lot of val but im not really worried about fps for that lol

im stuck in the mindset of "if i have the chance to upgrade why not" since the money from mining isnt "real" money to me

maybe i should grab an m27q first

[livid idol]

Then I'd hold out for next gen, whether that's the CPU or the GPU. Both should be a good jump coming up.

Yeah 3060 ti should do 1440p high refresh well enough with respectable settings

[hasty sphinx]

If I plug my second monitor into my iGPU, will that monitor run games off that instead of my dGPU?

[fading glacier]

be aware that the high end gpus will launch first, xx60 and ti series maybe mid to end of next year

nvidia milk the big bois first

[keen nacelle]

3060 ti came december, 3 months after 30 series launch

maybe 3 and a half

[fading glacier]

true, then maybe at the end of the year maybe

[keen nacelle]

ill be saving up anyways

[fading glacier]

i will skip this gen 😛 im happy with my 3060ti, im pretty sure it will hold its own for some years, at least at the gaming level

pretty happy at 2k

[lost nebula]

what should i get RX 570,Ryzen 5 5600X or rtx 3050 XC,i3-6100?

[keen nacelle]

whats your budget and where do you live

[lost nebula]

400$ i already have i3-6100.rx570,,i live in Saudi Arabia

[keen nacelle]

of you alreday have those, no point in buying that whole new pc unless you can sell yours for $300 or so less

[lost nebula]

i know but i want to upgrade should i upgrade the gpu or the cpu

[keen nacelle]

cpu

[lost nebula]

oh that was fast

[tired pilot]

what gpu should i get for 400 ?

[heady turtle]

english only server oilucian

[ember eagle]

Hey I was wondering how people “mod” the Evga ftw3 cards into being white

Is it like vinyl or is it smth todo with painting the shroud and does it void the warranty

[heady turtle]

They take off the shroud and spray paint it

[green harness]

I've heard people also plasti-dip them iirc, that way they can return them to the original condition

although maybe it's a different method people have used? But you can avoid spray painting to not void warranty iirc

[livid idol]

Plasti-dip for the shroud is really common yeah, it's easy enough to take off and mostly flat so it's a good candidate for that.

[odd siren]

Yeah white plasti dip I feel like I remember people saying it works on that

[keen nacelle]

Istfg some people are so stupid

My friends doing +1650 on his mem on his 1650

And won't listen to anything

[livid idol]

Willful ignorance, don't waste time on those kinds of people

[keen nacelle]

Used to do +1350 on their 1050 ti... that died

[livid idol]

I wonder why

[keen nacelle]

Mmm

Oh thank god

I got him to stick to +750

[livid idol]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-squarepants-nickelodeon-sigh-phew-gif-5752975

[rustic pulsar]

Wait now I’m scared, if it’s stable it’s fine right?

[livid idol]

Define stable

Because stability can be measured in several ways and has different meanings

[lone pond]

stable for me = doesn’t crash and does not artifact during the specified tasks

[rustic pulsar]

Like for me it’s mining and does not crash

[livid idol]

Mining stability can be tricky. If it's too high it might just lose hash rate instead of crashing. Also I've seen a mining overclock crash file explorer but still be fine mining.

[rustic pulsar]

I have my 3070 ti mem set to +1200, raising it is not stable and lowering it decreases hash rate

[livid idol]

That's about right for GDDR6X

[lone pond]

Mining profiles are finicky

Windows is also finicky in general

💩

[livid idol]

Ew are you mining on Windows

[rustic pulsar]

on the topic of mining, its normal for 3070ti mining just ETH to be more profitable then mining ETH + ERGO

[livid idol]

It'll vary by the market but yes that'll often be the case

[keen nacelle]

Eth and ergo both use mainly vram, so doesn't make sense to dual mine those two

[rustic pulsar]

i dont have enough to do eth + rvn or eth+octo

[solemn panther]

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/geforce-rtx-3080-ti-msrp-newegg

Good good good

[ivory herald]

Eh, full $200 more than the non ti often is lately. Try harder Newegg

[solemn panther]

It's msrp tho

Not going any lower I think

[ivory herald]

Things are improving no doubt

[brave violet]

Wow, finally getting to noemal

[vital oriole]

woo

hitting msrp

[ivory herald]

2 years later woooo

[quartz gull]

Where's your GPU upgrade smh

Also how's the jump to 16 threads from 4?

[ivory herald]

Pascal still good at 1080p. At this point probably will do 40 series or wait for 3070(ti)/80 to drop another $50ish. As for cpu, 8 to 16 threads since I've had the 3770 instead of 3550. Tbh been busy & obviously got a final 3rd m.2 ssd in the mail right now.

[heady turtle]

3080 12gb has been going for ~1k for a while now

[gray bloom]

3050 or 2060 6gb? price rn simalar

[vital oriole]

get 2060

[heady turtle]

2060

[gray bloom]

okay buying for a friend ty

[hasty sphinx]

So I had 2 monitors hooked up to 1650 super. I noticed that the memory was being used at 100% with a 100% uptime so I did troubleshooting and found it was my second monitor. I plugged it into my iGPU and the issue went away, but there was no display on the monitor for at least 10 minutes. So I started looking into how to use a dGPU and iGPU at the same time and as I was watching a video, bam, my monitor kicked on. A couple questions. QUESTION 1: Did my motherboard decide that it was going to be smart and just enable the feature for me so I didn't have to go into the bios? QUESTION 2: Also, what might have been causing the 2nd monitor to use 100% of my GPU memory like that?

[heady turtle]

Im confused what

[runic crypt]

which mining software is recommended if i consider getting into it?

if my older 670 can do anything good

is a seperate mining os recommended?

[hasty sphinx]

I had a second monitor hooked up to my dGPU. My dGPU memory was reading at max constantly. It was not fluctuating at all. I unhooked my 2nd monitor and it went back to idle instantly. My second question is regarding this.

[keen nacelle]

670 won't be worth mining on

[runic crypt]

okay nvm

is it any better than the 1030?

or are they both bad

or outclassed

[hasty sphinx]

I then hooked up that 2nd monitor to my iGPU, but no display was present. I then remembered that I had to enable some sort of bios setting to allow the iGPU to be "on" along side a dGPU. When I was looking up a video to see what settings I needed to enable/disable, my monitor all of sudden started showing display. My 1st question is regarding this.

[runic crypt]

tbh i need my current gpu for adobe so no mining

[heady turtle]

It would be a glorified space heater

[runic crypt]

yeah thats not a good idea

[heady turtle]

Same with the 1030 except less heat lol

[runic crypt]

okay

theyre not bad for games or even artstuffs but higher sysreqs are getting up there

and at least the shortage died down a bit

[heady turtle]

Yeah just weird, and that looks normal it reads your current clocks since your gpu is idling it's at base clock for mem and gpu by the looks of it

[heady turtle]

Should just be whichever cable you have connected to where is the one the monitor runs off of

[hasty sphinx]

This is my Idle

[heady turtle]

Hmm

[hasty sphinx]

this is with 2nd monitor plugged in

and it won't go down

it sits at that constant

like 100% of the time

until I unhook it

[heady turtle]

Hmmm

Sounds like a driver setting maybe

[hasty sphinx]

No drivers for the monitor

plus I still can't get a driver for my G27Q

it still reads as generic pnp

it's running fine on my iGPU though at 300mhz.

just a little wierd to me is all

it was causing my gpu to sit at a constant 46c

[heady turtle]

Meant the Nvidia drivers, but most of the time windows will find drivers for the monitor in update

[hasty sphinx]

It doesn't seem to for these monitors. I've tried in device manager/vendor website

and windows update.

[heady turtle]

Fair enough

[hasty sphinx]

I'll look into the nvidia driver though. I didn't think about that

[heady turtle]

Nv driver was stopping me throttle cuz i had power management on performance instead of normal iirc idk why but just make sure it's not changing that for some reason

[hasty sphinx]

Do I want the game ready driver from the nvidia website? I had originally downloaded the driver from evga

[heady turtle]

Smh yeah get from Nvidia

[hasty sphinx]

shaking your head at me makes me feel like a total noob lol

[heady turtle]

Lol it's fine

[hasty sphinx]

I bought myself a phone cooler that actually works reallly good so this 700mb download is gonna be quick

took 1:37 on mobile hotspot

not bad I'd say

[heady turtle]

Pretty fast you must get good reception

[hasty sphinx]

I max out my dual band 4g+lte at 100mbps

with around 20-30 upload

and 10-15 ping

This geforce experience thing... I just launch the game from it and it auto optimizes?

[cerulean rover]

Don't use the auto optimize thing

Doesn't actually do anything worthwhile

Just messes with the settings, and the target is like 1080p60, not really great

[hasty sphinx]

alright

[velvet grail]

Oh no... The display port... Is dead
Haha not funny

[coarse lark]

Is there anyway scenario where the 1060 6gb model with GDDR5X is better than my 1070?

[cobalt lichen]

Only 2 fans on my gpu are spinning ??

[livid idol]

No. Not unless the 1070 is thermal throttling or underclocked.

[livid idol]

Run a stress test and see if the third spins up

[cobalt lichen]

I ran 3d mark but it does not look like it's doing anything

[livid idol]

Try manually putting the fan at 75% in Afterburner

If that doesn't work the fan is jammed or dead

[cobalt lichen]

The gpu is not even a year old?

[livid idol]

Duds happen

That's what a warranty is for

[wicked hound]

The load is semi-important here. What really matters is temps. It isnt that uncommon for GPUs to only turn on some of their fans at meh temps.

[cobalt lichen]

55c

[wicked hound]

Yeah that isnt really crazy, seems within a reasonable range that not all fans would be on.

[cobalt lichen]

I ran 3d mark

[wicked hound]

I'd try what Falc recommended, use a fan controller (like Afterburner) to set fan speed. Also, "3dmark" is pretty vague as that is a program that hosts many types of tests, ranging from really basic to fairly intensive.

What test did you run?

[cobalt lichen]

The free one lol

[wicked hound]

There is more then one free test last I remember

Was it Timespy?

[cobalt lichen]

Timespy

[wicked hound]

You only hit 55c in that? Seems pretty low.

[cobalt lichen]

Hold on I'll run it again

[cobalt lichen]

Running now. How do I get the overlay of temp

[wicked hound]

Should tell you temps after running, unless free version doesnt do that

[cobalt lichen]

Ok I'll let you know when it's done

Currently at 75c

[cobalt lichen]

76c right now

[wicked hound]

Much more realistic numbers now. If the fan didnt turn on then, it's damaged. I'd do a warranty claim for it

[wicked hound]

Yeah that looks more normal then the 55c stated earlier. As I said earlier, RMA it if the fan didnt turn on turning that test.

[cobalt lichen]

Ok will do. Ugh I'm going to be without a pc for weeks

@wicked hound Thank you for your help

[wicked hound]

NP. Hopefully RMA time isnt too long.

[cobalt lichen]

All good.

[solid pier]

is the 1060 6g or 570 better

[coarse lark]

Fal! Stop being so helpful. Just kidding never stop!

[coarse lark]

1080p gaming?

Esports or shooters?

[solid pier]

1080 shooters/triple A games

[vital oriole]

1060 is better

[coarse lark]

The userbenchmark review recommended $30 to 580 or $50 upgrade to 590. But that’s the original reviews. Is it just depends on price. The 1060 did have higher specs

[vital oriole]

also don't use userbench for guides tbh

[coarse lark]

Especially the GDDR5X version of the 1060

[vital oriole]

they have very biased results

also gddr5x 1060 doesn't exist, it only has gddr5

[coarse lark]

It wasn’t launched?

[vital oriole]

yeah, it's not a thing

[vital oriole]

in that gen, only 1080 and above has gddr5x

oh wait

[coarse lark]

That’s what I thought to until I saw this for sale. And then read some reviews on it

[vital oriole]

that's some obscure model

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-gtx-1060-6-gb-gddr5x.c3328

it's exceedingly rare tho

[coarse lark]

Oh got ya

https://merc.li/xRzu2frsb

[solid pier]

thanks for the help

[coarse lark]

What’s your budget John?

[solid pier]

well my friends dad upgraded and is getting rid of two gpus he has that are 1060s and im trading a 570+100$ for em

idk what imma do with 2 since SLI aint on 1060s

[vital oriole]

that's not that good of a deal

[coarse lark]

Hmm probably have to sell the other one. Or use it for a different build if you have one

[vital oriole]

unless you sell the other one

100 for one is easy deal

even 120 for it is fine honestly

[solid pier]

yeah, i think imma just do that and just get the money back and save for like a 3060 or sum

[coarse lark]

What’s your cpu?

[solid pier]

3600xt

[coarse lark]

Nice. I’ve never had a newer amd cpu so I cannot offer any insights on performance without the internet. Lol

[vital oriole]

3600xt shouldn't have any problem handling most gpus

[solid pier]

yeah, 3050 seem like a waste rn

[coarse lark]

Oh def. Internet says zero bottleneck with both 3060 and 3060ti at 1080p

[vital oriole]

it can even handle a 3090 lol

provided at higher res

[cosmic bluff]

I've used 9400F on 3090 and yeah that was a decent little upgrade

[cobalt lichen]

@wicked hound thanks for all the help

[upper cove]

Get rx6600xt Form Gigabyte

[hearty widget]

does anyone know how to install the radeon hd series ati hd 6770

my case has no place for its metal thingy to go into

[keen nacelle]

might have to take off the little things on theback of the case

to make room for the backplate

[hearty widget]

wdm

wym

[keen nacelle]

dm me a pic of the back of your case

ill show you

[hearty widget]

ok

wait

i cant find my phone

[livid idol]

Dremel time. My 5770 has the same blower cooler and spacer bar. It's ridiculous.