Question So what to get?

[Vybz]

So since my GPU died. I need a new one. I need a budget GPU for gaming. I am fully aware of the GPU shortage but want to see what I can get. If I can get a new card (never used) for a good price, I am in, but I will also explore used ones. You guys need to help me find where should I shop for a card and what should I stay away from. I just need a decent frame rate. I mainly play overwatch and need to connect both my monitors.

 

[moonbogg]

A used 1660 Super can be had for around $500 on ebay. Other than that, I can't think of a solution besides an AMD APU. Basically GPUs are unavailable unless you get a GT 1030 with 2GB of ram for just under $200.

 

[Leeea]

Anything you can find in stock near MSRP.

The AMD APUs are roughly equivalent to a GT1030. A GT1030 is a massive downgrade on your gtx780.

this is way above its value, but for a 10% downgrade you could get this:
https://www.newegg.com/p/1FT-0009-004U7



Personally, I think a firmware flash or some time in the oven for your gtx780 is mighty attractive.

 

[nurturedhate]

For what it's worth I baked a 780ti twice over a couple years and extended it's life.

 

[Fallen Kell]

Yeah, unfortunately this is still one of the worst times in history to attempt to purchase a graphics card. Asside from paying scalper prices (which I really can't stomach personally because it just encourages the behavior by rewarding them), the only chances you really have are the Best Buy restock Tuesday, or getting on the waiting lists for EVGA. For Best Buy, make sure you have an account already setup and confirmed (i.e. purchase a movie or something that you will still use/want) and get setup with all the GPUs open in various tabs of your browser and sit hitting refresh from 9am to 11am EDT every Tuesday. There will typically be a roughly 2 minute window before they sell out, but please note that simply getting it into your cart does not reserve the card for you. You need complete the checkout before you know you have it.

EVGA will at least send you an email once it makes it to your name on the list, at which time you have 24 hours I believe to make the purchase or you get dropped.

 

[Leeea]

or getting on the waiting lists for EVGA

just as an fyi, some streamers were saying there is already 1.5 million people on that list.

So, expect them to get through it a few years from now.

 

[Shmee]

Possibly look into used radeon 290 or 290X. They may not be easy to find now, but they shouldn't be too much money. Maybe around $150 to $200 or so.

 

[Vybz]

Personally, I think a firmware flash or some time in the oven for your gtx780 is mighty attractive.

yeah, I am thinking that I will try the flash first and then the bake. I am seriously going to do this. I was looking for a guide on how to take off my stock cooler but the ones I found seemed to be different than mine. any good resources for that?

Is it just a rumour that Nvidia is going to put something on their card to make them useless for bitcoin mining? because that would be sweet.

 

[Shmee]

Bitcoin mining no, but GPUs are already pretty much useless for that. 3060 came with an ETH hashrate limiter, and they are planning to release LHR (low hash rate versions) of 3060Ti, 3070, and 3080 soon. How well this sticks will remain to be seen.

I personally think that Nvidia has the wrong approach here. There are better ways to fix this, and I don't think Nvidia should be able to tell ppl what to do with a card they own.

Good luck with reviving the GTX 780!

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Basically, you need to find the best card you can with less than 6GB of ram (when it becomes useless for mining).

It makes me throw up a bit in my mouth even saying it, but you need to be gunning for a RX 580/570 4gb, RX 480/470 4gb, or a 1060 3gb card.

Edit: Dear god, you can even aim for a Radeon Fury card for ~$200. Talk about fine wine, it's time for AmD's Fury to shine!

All will be an upgrade in performance (albeit not by a huge margin) and all can be had around $150-$200 used, which is a terrible price in the grand scheme of things but a screaming deal right now.

Good luck on your 780 reflash and reflow attempts! God speed...

 

[Shmee]

Or a GTX 980 / R9 Fury.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Oddly relevant:

AMD Radeon R9 Fury X: How Does It Stack Up In 2020 Against Navi?

The first graphics card with HBM, Fiji GPU re-tested in 2020 against Navi, Turing, Vega, and Pascal GPUs.

www.tweaktown.com

The answer is... Actually remarkably well. There are a lot of frames to be had by backing off of Ultra setting to a mix of high/medium in many of these games.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Basically, you need to find the best card you can with less than 6GB of ram (when it becomes useless for mining).

It makes me throw up a bit in my mouth even saying it, but you need to be gunning for a RX 580/570 4gb, RX 480/470 4gb, or a 1060 3gb card.

Edit: Dear god, you can even aim for a Radeon Fury card for ~$200. Talk about fine wine, it's time for AmD's Fury to shine!

All will be an upgrade in performance (albeit not by a huge margin) and all can be had around $150-$200 used, which is a terrible price in the grand scheme of things but a screaming deal right now.

Good luck on your 780 reflash and reflow attempts! God speed...

What kind of sick world do we live in when an AMD Fury and a GT 1030 sell for the same price? JFC

 

[Shmee]

Wait, you found Fury cards for $200? Were they working? Those are generally faster than 290X, even RX 580. Closer to GTX 1070. THAT would be a pretty big upgrade.

 

[Fallen Kell]

Oddly relevant:

AMD Radeon R9 Fury X: How Does It Stack Up In 2020 Against Navi?

The first graphics card with HBM, Fiji GPU re-tested in 2020 against Navi, Turing, Vega, and Pascal GPUs.

www.tweaktown.com

The answer is... Actually remarkably well. There are a lot of frames to be had by backing off of Ultra setting to a mix of high/medium in many of these games.

Yeah, this is how I have been surviving for this long on my GPU (GTX 670). It helps that I only use 1920x1200 resolution, which for the most part has been what keeps the card able to play most things. But I had been waiting specifically for this generation to upgrade since it was finally a real process node shift. And the combination of covid having so many working and going to school from home forcing people to finally upgrade their PCs and/or buy multiple ones so that everyone in the house could be on at the same time, and the price increases in various cryptocoins combined to make demand super high...

 

[Fallen Kell]

Oh, and I have to say that there has got to be better ways to sell cards at this point that is more fair to people. The two ideas I have had are the following:

1) A Nvidia and AMD master waiting list. Nvidia and AMD would implement a basic waiting list for being able to purchase their products. Once your name makes it to the top of the list, you are then given a voucher/token/something that you need to have in order to then make a purchase of that class of card (i.e. all retailers would need to check that you have a proper voucher and it enables that person to then buy one card of that class type from any of the various card/board manufacturers, or better still, you are able to tell Nvidia or AMD who you want to purchase it from and the voucher is good for that particular brand and Nvidia/AMD knows who to allocate their limited chips to fullfill your impending purchase). You are limited to 1 card and can only be on 1 list at a time. Once you have made it off the list, you can get back on the list for another purchase, but needing to wait your turn again.

2) The retailers all move to waiting lists. You are limited to 1 card, and can be on only one list at the retailer at a time. Just like the above, just at the retailer's level. In this case, due to the unknowns of which brand's cards will be received, the voucher is good for 1 month, but you can not get back on any list until you have used your voucher.

Again, no one i going to do this, but that would be the fairest solution to get cards out into the hands of actual gamers instead of them being purchased by scalpers, bots, and mining groups.

 

[gplracer]

just as an fyi, some streamers were saying there is already 1.5 million people on that list.

So, expect them to get through it a few years from now.

Yeah...... I put myself on the list 12/14/20 and still no reply......

 

[Mopetar]

Yeah...... I put myself on the list 12/14/20 and still no reply......

I'm looking for a site that will let me pass my spot to someone else after I myself pass on.

I figure that if I get in now my children, or perhaps my children's children, will be able to enjoy a card someday.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

I'm looking for a site that will let me pass my spot to someone else after I myself pass on.

I figure that if I get in now my children, or perhaps my children's children, will be able to enjoy a card someday.

- Didn't sign up for the "Legacy" waiting list then, eh?

Write your spot in line into your Trust or Will in that case...

 

[sze5003]

Yeah...... I put myself on the list 12/14/20 and still no reply......

I don't think anyone on that list is going to get a card. By the time they get through it, the 40 series will be out.

If you have an evga product you can register it on their website to become an evga elite member.

Tomorrow they have the 3070ti queue open at 6am PST for elite memebers first then on the 11th for the public.

That's the best bet you have to get into that list early. The 3080ti elite queue already started moving.

 

[GrumpyMan]

Pretty soon crooks will break in to your house and steal those expensive video cards that everyone brags about online when they get one. I would imagine renters insurance would cover it though..

 

[Leeea]

Pretty soon crooks will break in to your house and steal those expensive video cards that everyone brags about online when they get one. I would imagine renters insurance would cover it though..

at the inquest:

Did you fear for your life?
I feared for life without a graphics card!
-nods sympathetically- we understand
-after a moment-
Who would have thought CS:GO BHop would ever have practical application?

 

[SteveGrabowski]

I'm looking for a site that will let me pass my spot to someone else after I myself pass on.

I figure that if I get in now my children, or perhaps my children's children, will be able to enjoy a card someday.

Better start a gpu fund for them that you contribute say 5% of your monthly income to then.

 

[simas]

So since my GPU died. I need a new one. I need a budget GPU for gaming. I am fully aware of the GPU shortage but want to see what I can get. If I can get a new card (never used) for a good price, I am in, but I will also explore used ones. You guys need to help me find where should I shop for a card and what should I stay away from. I just need a decent frame rate. I mainly play overwatch and need to connect both my monitors.

Did you mention what your budget is? "Budget GPU" could mean different things to different people..
otherwise the answer is - get what you can actually buy right now..

 

[Snakexor]

Hi @ Vybz, I have an r9 380 and an r9 280 that are sitting collecting dust. We can work something out and I will not price gouge. PM me if interested.