I saw a comment on the article that the GPU should be fine, but the VRAM would be trashed. Anyone able to confirm or deny?
If true, is there a way to refurbish the RAM? Opportunity for some tech company, maybe.
Agreed, I wouldn't dream of buying used if I was looking for a new card—unless I knew the seller and that he hadn't used it for mining.it will poison the market for ordinary users, like me, who will be wanting to sell on their old gaming cards
I am waiting for the new AMD GPU to be announced and cards available before I buy a new GPU. And it won't be second hand.
I can already guess I can't afford the new Nvidia ones, and many of them require me to buy a new PSU, something I don't want to do. So I haven't even looked at the new 4000 series.
Yeah, that's where I am. It'll be a whole new PC build for me, with current guy 5 years old now and not officially qualified for Win11—plus mobo not suited to NVMe as far as I know.I probably dont need that anyway
Do we ever need itYeah, that's where I am. It'll be a whole new PC build for me, with current guy 5 years old now and not officially qualified for Win11—plus mobo not suited to NVMe as far as I know.
But yeah, don't NEED it—current does my biz fine, and plays the older games I have @1080p 60Hz, so another year or 2 won't hurt.
I just want a GPU that can run my screen at 144hz and 1440p, current one can do one but not both and I get screen tearing. Its one of the reasons I just don't play games now.
40 series prices and power demands are reason I looking at AMD this time. They won't announce the cards until next month and I heard the card I am after might not be released until next year anyway. I sort of hate not knowing what I am doing.