you're tired of your wallet getting screwed over by greedy GPU manufacturers
so you get mad at me for what not crying hard enough on
your behalf that's not how this works that's not how any of this works if
prices are out of control it's because Gamers keep paying them so if you're not
happy do something here allow me to
demonstrate no Bravo lius you
patronizing Canadian you have more gpus
than any man could hope to use in a lifetime your performative little
boycott means nothing that's true but yours means a
lot and you don't even have to put off your next system upgrade to do it all
you need is a little bit of scrapyard War Spirit thanks to a combination of
factors whether it's the GPU mining crash or pandemic Gamers who are no
longer finding time for the hobby there's a veritable abundance of
secondhand gpus out there so let's do
some deal hunting shall we oh and some sponsor
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on the 22nd on steam or at the link down below the main advantages to buying new
are that it's fast convenient and covered by warranty in the event that
something goes wrong so secondhand shopping is not for everyone but by
following some simple guidelines it is a great way to save money rule number one
if it seems too good to be true it probably is look at this a 6900 XT for
just 300 bucks oh wait Parts only Parts
only is just another way of saying E-Waste it is possible that with the
soldering skills of Lewis Rossman you could Salvage it but even then it
wouldn't be a guarantee and you are not going to be getting your money back if
you fail so look closely at every list thing and use your common sense rule
number two is to trust your gut if a seller gives you any indication I mean
at all that they're sketchy bail hard
there are plenty of other fish in the sea common examples of sketchy Behavior
at least for in-person pickups include things like refusing to send you a
picture of their car or what they look like to facilitate meeting up or if they
refuse to meet in a well-lit public place and then probably the biggest red
flag for an online transaction would be trying to move the deal off of the
platform where it's advertised say for example eBay and then demanding payment
UPF front now eBay does have high transaction fees so I can understand why
even a legitimate seller might want to try to avoid paying them but the thing
is those transaction fees are for your benefit in the form of extremely strong
buyer protections and as soon as you send the money off platform it's
basically up to the honor code of the individual seller to put your order in
the mail so so um good luck with that
which isn't to say that you have to buy on eBay in fact the best deal that we
Tracked Down was on a classified site Facebook Marketplace to be exact and
we're on our way there right now though I realize I've gotten ahead of myself a
little bit here first we need to decide what to buy with current gpus it's
pretty easy because recent reviews will contain performance numbers across a
wide range of games the 6700 XT for example looks really good in our recent
coverage of the 4060 TI where it gets tricky is comparing across Generations
very few reviews of the 4070 for example include comparison numbers for the
2080ti even though these cards perform within about 20% of each other I mean I
get it Publications can't be expected to test cards forever but waiting through
garbage results from user Benchmark and fluff pieces like this one with no
actual testing can be a challenge when secondhand Shoppers or upgraders are
looking to understand how much benefit they'll get from the latest shiny now
Our intention is to solve this in the long term with the upcoming lab's
website but that's going to take us some time for now we can bridge the gap by
comparing each new generation to the last so we can see the 470 is pretty
close to the 3080 then we compare the 3080 to the 2080 TI but at its best this
is an inexact science even if we have the KN how to find reputable sites with
consistent test methodologies so I'm going to do the work for you for
enthusiast Gamers the deal to beat right now is a secondhand 3080 10 gig it's got
enough GPU Grunt and vram for the latest titles it supports most of NVIDIA's
latest AI Tom Foolery and it can be had for around $400 or even less if you're
patient then there's the 3070 this is a really solid runner up if you don't need
the performance of the 380 and obviously
if you can score a sweet deal on a 12 gig 380 or a 380 TI well then that's
great too but I didn't really see anything that caught my eye dropping
down to the 3060 range we do save some
money but you're not getting the same kind of bang for the buck I really want
to see these going from more like $220 to
$230 and if we go back a generation the
RTX 2080 TI is still a very capable card
it just seems like sellers are kind of deluded as to what these things are
worth I found one attractive deal but
most of them were well over $300 come on
guys I know your GPU is only two
generations old but it came out nearly 5
years ago which means that even if we ignore downsides like much worse rate
tracing performance and extra power draw it's a lot closer to losing driver
support than a 30 series would be with that said if I was on a bit of a tighter
budget I would say that the 20 Series has some very attractive Bargains namely
the 2070 super and the 2080 or there's
the rx5700 XT from team red all of those
can be had in the $150 to $200 price range if you're patient speaking of AMD
normally team red cards are great fodder for secondhand shoppers but that just
doesn't seem to be the case at the moment if I had to guess I'd say It's a
combination of two things one they aren't as popular so there aren't as
many flooding the market right now and two AMD has implemented some serious
price drops recently that don't seem to really be reflected in the used Market
on the lower end look at these prices for 6650 XTS it literally costs more
than just buying a brand new one and then on the high end look at this 6800
just under $500 brand new I mean sure it
could be had for about $100 less used
but the new one is new and it comes with a game bundle that's kind of a
no-brainer to me we're going to have some Choice AMD cards linked down below
if you must have a brand new card with a warranty on that subject I've got a
great Pro tip for you Savvy shoppers out there pretty much every RTX 380 comes
with a 3-year warranty and since the 3080 came out less than 3 years ago as
long as the seller gives you the original receipt you should still be
covered by the manufacturer warranty now some of them are going to try to weasle
out of it oh only applies to the original buyer but if you want my advice
don't give them a chance just submit your support ticket with whatever name's
on the invoice how can they prove my name isn't gab Ben mcloven ship the
replacement to my new address then please got it now there are a couple of
things that I forgot to mention earlier some cards are going to come with
accessories that you will want to make sure are included for example this
12-pin power adapter is needed to connect a 30 series card to an older
power supply oh wait this card doesn't have a 12 pin well if you buy a Founders
Edition you are going to need the adapter oh right and we actually saw a
3080 TI that was only a little bit more than this 3080 the only reason we didn't
jump on it was because I felt it wasn't really representative of the kind of
deals that you guys could expect to find and it's a good thing we skipped it
because we just came across this post warning other users about that scammer
this is a really common move where people will ask for a deposit to hold
the card and then just keep your money and ghost you never pay a deposit only
exchange money once you have the item in your hands in the old days I would even
take it a step further I would ask sellers if they could put the card in a
working system so that I could see it in action or even let me bring my own test
bench and hook it up to that but that's not always possible and I'm a lot less
worried about a card that I still have warranty on for a full year time for the
Moment of Truth I've talked a pretty good game so far but is this actually
faster than what I could have gotten brand new to find out we're going to be
drag racing it against the brand new 46ti in returnal f-122 and Far Cry 6
using our new and improved workflow with
our automated mark bench software
ooh well that's not the uh smoothest fan
I've ever encountered she's a little on the loud side boys and we're going to
have harnesses for games that don't support in-game benchmarking like uh
flight Sim soon right yeah sick test
parameter uh games for 1080 this is a
3080 sir this yes but this is also pathetic card oh right and then do I
need a tag for it 380 maybe no no it automatically uh saves that data when it
pulls it up sick okay now I get to drag race them yeah you can just hit run
select it and then go at it 3 two one oh
that I clicked that one a little later don't worry not thrilled about that crusty fan but
while we were on our break I found out that replacement fans are a lot easier
to get your hands on these days than they used to be like they're in the neighborhood of 10 15 20 bucks
wow that is not even close uh see you
later 46 DTI sure I've got to replace
this fan but guys I am 20 plus% faster
at 1080P and that performance Gap only
widens as I increase the resolution that I'm gaming at or as I run games that
have heavier demands on my vram so I'm freaking thrilled I won the game oh and
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