@Garrison72 I have no recollection of ever saying so, but if I did, I was clearly wrong and I apologize.
Pay $300 for a new 1660ti? no way
Buying used components from Ebay doesn't sound like a good idea to begin with..
Depends on what it is. I took a gamble with the Core i7-4790k I bought on eBay. 6 months later and it's still a good CPU. But I would not recommend that it will be okay every time. It's all just a big gamble on everything. New, used, refurbished, it doesn't matter. Buying brand new is not a guarantee to be DOA free.
And I'm not going to deny that. When I built this one, before making upgrades, I had a Thermaltake PSU 550 80Gold Semi-Modular. It went out for no reason at all, 11 months old. Actually I think I had like 15-19 days left on the Manufacture's Warranty.No it isn't, but buying new means you have recourse to getting parts replaced or your money back, the second hand market is buyer beware.
And I'm not going to deny that. When I built this one, before making upgrades, I had a Thermaltake PSU 550 80Gold Semi-Modular. It went out for no reason at all, 11 months old. Actually I think I had like 15-19 days left on the Manufacture's Warranty.
This replacement is just fine.
I have more faith in a dozen or more 2nd hand goods off ebay than a thermaltake PSU (i worked for large PC hardware retailer). Hope it lasts, and when you can - next build, get a seasonic. Set and forget.
the PSU has been the only issue I have had in, going on, 4 years.
https://www.techspot.com/news/83387-report-nvidia-next-gen-ampere-cards-50-faster.html
Must be nice being Nvidia and having no competition..
Altho I'm still skeptical if they really will be that much faster.. because why bother?
AMD will return to the high end market this year, in all probability. Below the very top they compete nicely already.https://www.techspot.com/news/83387-report-nvidia-next-gen-ampere-cards-50-faster.html
Must be nice being Nvidia and having no competition..
Altho I'm still skeptical if they really will be that much faster.. because why bother?
https://www.techspot.com/news/83387-report-nvidia-next-gen-ampere-cards-50-faster.html
Must be nice being Nvidia and having no competition..
https://www.techspot.com/news/83387-report-nvidia-next-gen-ampere-cards-50-faster.html
Must be nice being Nvidia and having no competition..
Altho I'm still skeptical if they really will be that much faster.. because why bother?
Does this 50% performance increase also affects RT cores and texturing blocks? Because it is right adequate amount of peformance increase to chug through ray-traced titles with better and stable fps. Especially Metro Exodus and Control, which uses it for GI and needs lots of rays for. On the other hand, used RTX 2080 ti starting to cost adequate money... RDNA 2 is also worth waiting it seems...https://www.techspot.com/news/83387-report-nvidia-next-gen-ampere-cards-50-faster.html
Must be nice being Nvidia and having no competition..
Altho I'm still skeptical if they really will be that much faster.. because why bother?