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R9 280x for only 30$ (with issue) should I buy it?

drkknghtavngr

The guy listed it as defective, he says it has artifacting issues, sometimes "garbage display" Im not gonna use it for gaming, I already have a gtx 960 4gb... Im planning on using it for Bitcoin Mining, artifacting doesnt matter on mining ryt???

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2 minutes ago, drkknghtavngr said:

The guy listed it as defective, he says it has artifacting issues, sometimes "garbage display" Im not gonna use it for gaming, I already have a gtx 960 4gb... Im planning on using it for Bitcoin Mining, artifacting doesnt matter on mining ryt???

don't buy at this point, mining will kill it in a week lol

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I've never had a card with a severe artifacting problem, but for mining, as you said, I don't think artificating would be a big issue. I'd say go for it :)

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Artifact probably cause by dud VRAM, can you actually mine if the VRAM constantly giving error?

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30 minutes ago, Auyott said:

I've never had a card with a severe artifacting problem, but for mining, as you said, I don't think artificating would be a big issue. I'd say go for it :)

 

32 minutes ago, Daniel Z. said:

it is probably close to dead. You can mine with it if you want but idk

It probably has memory errors and those errors would cause incorrect results when mining, so rejected shares and no reason to mine.

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