Buggerlugz
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Thanks for that, I was considering a 1660s but they're ludicrously overpriced currently. The RX580 is around 25% faster than a 1650, so am still hunting a new 580 in stock anywhere.
Good Luck, I haven't seen many in stock, the only ones ive seen are as you say overpriced..Thanks for that, I was considering a 1660s but they're ludicrously overpriced currently. The RX580 is around 25% faster than a 1650, so am still hunting a new 580 in stock anywhere.
And there lies my major issue, a newly built Ryzen system, wanting a half-decent card that'll last me 3-4 years and yet there is nothing available to fill that void.Issue is its a 4year old card
I wouldn't hold your breath, CEX is flogging second hand 6700XT's for £675 currently.Had my GTX970 die,been looking for something to replace it for a few weeks now, but a secondhand 2 or 3 year old card, is still way overpriced.
I'm waiting for the RX6600XT due out around 11th August,might be available for a sensible price,if your quick, would like to see a few reviews first, but I might just take my pick from cards available & hope it's a good choice.
That 3060TI at Scan.co.uk is now £539! a £170 (46% increase) in two and a half months....... CEX will give you £400-600 for one if you walk into a store. Must be scalper season!
Workstation cards are not beefier than Geforce cards when new, they're the same GPU cores (aside from some of the very high end cards) but are certified for 3D applications and can have some other benefits like more display outputs. The Quadro K2200 uses a Maxwell GM107 the same as a low end Geforce 750 so it was a middling card on release.I needed to upgrade as a Google Sketchup update meant it refused to run. Ran into similar frustrations re gamers / miners scalping each other.
I went for an old workstation card, cos they are beefier when new but too old to be of interest to scalpers. Reasoning being like choosing a 2014 ferrari over a 2021 BMW, I went for a NVIDIA Quadro K2200. Also they tend to come from old corporate stock so less likely to be abused.
Anyway NVIDIA Quadro K2200 with 4Gb can start about £90 on ebay, and sketchup is more than happy with one. I paid £85.