Buggerlugz
ULTIMATE Member
Having recently built a new PC I'm becoming really frustrated with the pitiful Nvidia GT640 in it and am in dire need of replacing the damn thing. Unfortunately graphics cards of any variety from the past 4 years now appear to be ludicrously overpriced on the second hand market, or impossible to buy new anywhere at all.
This is down to the daft price of "pretend currencies" as I call them (bitcoin and etherium) causing the entire stock of most graphics card of 4gb or more being hoovered up by miner farms, and the rest going to those keen on "retail arbitrage" (mostly on ebay and amazon as they're keen to promote this practice.) scalping cards and selling them at up to 3 times their RRP.
I'm not a gamer by any stretch of the imagination, but I am after something which will last me the next 5 years, so if anyone has any suggestions as to what I should be looking for/at please let me know!
Probably was the wrong time to build a new PC eh!
This is down to the daft price of "pretend currencies" as I call them (bitcoin and etherium) causing the entire stock of most graphics card of 4gb or more being hoovered up by miner farms, and the rest going to those keen on "retail arbitrage" (mostly on ebay and amazon as they're keen to promote this practice.) scalping cards and selling them at up to 3 times their RRP.
I'm not a gamer by any stretch of the imagination, but I am after something which will last me the next 5 years, so if anyone has any suggestions as to what I should be looking for/at please let me know!
Probably was the wrong time to build a new PC eh!