im planning to buy new gpu in newegg.com. what do you think is better?

[asianboyjr1]

Refurbished: EVGA GTX 980 Ti ACX 2.0 6GB GDDR5 06G-P4-4996-RX Video Graphic Card GPU - Newegg.com

 

XFX SPEEDSTER SWFT 210 Radeon RX 6600 Video Card RX-66XL8LFDQ - Newegg.com

i kinda don't want to spend over $300, so i found these two best gpu for me that i checked in specs and other info

also i think i like 8gb gpu better but Im just making sure in this site

[asianboyjr1]

also sorry if im like cheap person to u

[Poinkachu]

20 minutes ago, asianboyjr1 said:

also sorry if im like cheap person to u

Hmm? no such thing.
Buying only what one's can afford is smart
Buying only what one's need is wisdom

If it's me, personally, I will get the 6600, mainly because it's newer and therefore (most likely) will have longer support & warranty.
Also, I tend to avoid refurbished stuffs, unless it's refurbished by NVIDIA themselves, and have a clear, good RMA rule.

And, if you are unfamiliar with GPU testing, or in a country where RMA is troublesome, etc, I'd suggest avoiding used or refurbished stuffs.
Especially if the one refurbishing it is questionable.

[Mark Kaine]

14 hours ago, Poinkachu said:

Buying only what one's need is wisdom

oh yeah? tell that to my paypal credits... 

 

14 hours ago, asianboyjr1 said:

i kinda don't want to spend over $300, so i found these two best gpu for me

don't buy a used gpu (a very old one at that) UwU

[kylemarshmallow]

23 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

oh yeah? tell that to my paypal credits... 

 

23 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

don't buy a used gpu (a very old one at that) UwU

Is it that bad to buy a used gpu? I want to buy a 1080 Ti and I don't know if I should. Right now I have SLI 970's that my uncle gave me for free (which was a pretty good deal) because he upgraded to a 3090. I also don't know where I should even buy a 1080 Ti.

[Mark Kaine]

2 minutes ago, kylemarshmallow said:

Is it that bad to buy a used gpu?

Depends, if you get a full warranty (for 1 year or so) from a trustworthy seller then why not... except in your case you say you want a 6600 also and a new/modern card just makes a lot more sense imo.

 

 

[MadAnt250]

21 hours ago, asianboyjr1 said:

i kinda don't want to spend over $300, so i found these two best gpu for me that i checked in specs and other info

also i think i like 8gb gpu better but Im just making sure in this site

The RX 6600 is better value.

Trust me, I own a GTX 980 Ti.

[Poinkachu]

6 hours ago, kylemarshmallow said:

 

Is it that bad to buy a used gpu? I want to buy a 1080 Ti and I don't know if I should. Right now I have SLI 970's that my uncle gave me for free (which was a pretty good deal) because he upgraded to a 3090. I also don't know where I should even buy a 1080 Ti.

IMHO, Not really if you can deal with the 3 IFs
IF the circumstance are right (right seller, right price, right item condition)

IF you know how to properly look for fault
And IF you are willing to deal with the trouble if it is faulty

The one you linked though is Refurbished, usually it means something about it has been replaced. It could be just the fans, but it also could be the capacitors/resistors on the PCB, could be the copper line tracing on the PCB broke and they repaired it with a jumper wire. Which most often you can't see until you take off the heatsink, or atleast the backplate.

When done by non big vendor, it is usually done so by cannibalizing other broken GPU (at the very least that is how it is in my country).

Save yourself the trouble, atleast with the new one you have full warranty. Which means you can RMA if it's defective.