Considerations Other than Price/Performance?

[TDCTomas]

Hello,

I'm in the market for a GPU and have found a couple of good deals on the local second hand marketplace, namely a Rx 480 8gb (90), a Vega 56 (125), a 980ti (130) and a 1070ti (150). Looking at reviews, the price per performance on these is very close, so I'm just wondering if there are any other things I might be missing about these cards that might differentiate them.

Thanks : )

[porina]

How much performance do you need? That might swing you higher or lower in the range.

 

Newer generations might get support for longer than older ones.

 

There's a lot of RNG in it, older GPUs may be more likely to die, both from age and usage.

 

If one of these has a better cooler than others that could make it nicer to use. Three fan coolers tend to be decent. 

 

Edit: Nvidia only added G-Sync Compatible from 10 series, so if you want to use a freesync display for example, the 980 Ti would not be the best choice.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

9 minutes ago, porina said:

There's a lot of RNG in it, older GPUs may be more likely to die, both from age and usage.

Theres definitely a slight risk here but most ppl will be fine

 

But you can also run into some very odd issues like me with my gts 250 that dont detect on 775 (aside from x38/48) but works fine on everything else newer than 775, only tested till z77 though

 

10 minutes ago, porina said:

If one of these has a better cooler than others that could make it nicer to use. Three fan coolers tend to be decent. 

^^^

A beefy cooler is always nice since gpu runs cooler and quieter, my gts 250 seems to have a pretty beefy cooler for being a gts 250 with 4 heatpipes when everything else uses garbage sunflower designs, 70c max under load but that was maxed fan speed and ive already sold it now since i dont really have a use for a gts 250

 

 

My only other card is a 9500gt that works perfectly fine till the 60 series chipsets but after that i need to use the igpu cause seems like it dont detect on newer than 60 series boards. Yea ill prob go buy a 6350 or 7470 as a replacement

[Sat1600]

Bottlenecks could be a consideration. If your system can't utilize a 1070, then it may not make sense to pay extra for one.

 

If your system can handle it, I would need a 1070 to be closer to $110 to $115. $150 doesn't make sense when a brand new 6600 is as low as $220 and Newegg has open box ones for $200.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

30 minutes ago, Sat1600 said:

Bottlenecks could be a consideration. If your system can't utilize a 1070, then it may not make sense to pay extra for one.

 

If your system can handle it, I would need a 1070 to be closer to $110 to $115. $150 doesn't make sense when a brand new 6600 is as low as $220 and Newegg has open box ones for $200.

Theres even some on ebay going <200$, you may even be able to get one even cheaper on some going for auction

[TDCTomas]

1 hour ago, Sat1600 said:

Bottlenecks could be a consideration. If your system can't utilize a 1070, then it may not make sense to pay extra for one.

 

If your system can handle it, I would need a 1070 to be closer to $110 to $115. $150 doesn't make sense when a brand new 6600 is as low as $220 and Newegg has open box ones for $200.

The 1070 ti does outperform the 1070 by quite a margin, so I think the price/performance is still good. As for a 6600, I haven't been able to find one for anything less than €250 anywhere. I don't think GPU prices have dropped in Europe anywhere near as much as in the US.

 

Edit: I have found some 5700xt's for around 200, but that's about a 25% performance gain for 25% price, so by that metric the 1070 ti, is still a "fair" price