Graphics cards

[Void_dweller_]

Budget (including currency): $120 nzd

Country: New Zealand

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: minecraft/fortnite

Other details 

Looking to buy a second hand graphics card thinking of this 3gb 1060 for $100 but in the description it says the last but is confusing me what does it mean

Specifications:

Size: 28* 22*4cm

Type: Second-hand

Core frequency: 1354-1531 (MHz)

Video memory frequency: 8008 (MHz)

Chip manufacturing process: GTX1060(OC)

Please note that this graphics card does not have a video output port, please use it with Integrated Graphics

[jaslion]

Its not a gtx 1060. Its a MINING card that uses a gtx 1060 chip. It is NOT A GTX 1060!!!!

 

DO NOT BUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! These need hacked drivers to sometimes work for 100 nzd its a ripoff. Even free these things suck.

 

Whats the pricr for a rx580 8gb or rx 480 8gb?

 

What psu do you have make and model?

[Void_dweller_]

26 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Its not a gtx 1060. Its a MINING card that uses a gtx 1060 chip. It is NOT A GTX 1060!!!!

 

DO NOT BUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! These need hacked drivers to sometimes work for 100 nzd its a ripoff. Even free these things suck.

 

Whats the pricr for a rx580 8gb or rx 480 8gb?

 

What psu do you have make and model?

How do you know it is a mining card??There is this available and some other’s but on a benchmark website it says that it is worse than a 1060

[jaslion]

1 hour ago, Void_dweller_ said:

How do you know it is a mining card??There is this available and some other’s but on a benchmark website it says that it is worse than a 1060

The non display out consumer cards are all mining cards. As in they were made for the sole purpose of etherium mining.

 

Usually called p104 mining cards.

 

Sinc it has no display out it is NOT a gtx 1060 but one of those useless pieces of ewaste as they were NOT made compatible with any new nvidia drivers and also not an official nvidia card. Pretty much leftover p104 chips on a board with only one single purpose.

 

These things are practically free at this poiny usually. That person is just trying to get some money by branding it as a 1060.

 

Fyi you wouldnt even want a 1060 3gb anyway. Entirely different card from the much faster gtx 1060 6gb. That and 3 gb of vram is not enough these days for games.

 

What benchmark site? Userbenchmark? Yeah thats bullshit. Look up any re review years after the 480 and 580 basically universally beat the 1060 6gb. Often the rx580/480 gets close to a 1070.

 

There are exceptions but the 580 and 480 especially the 8gb variants have stood up to time way better than a 1060 6gb. The 3gb hasnt stood up at all.

 

Also what psu?

[Void_dweller_]

9 hours ago, jaslion said:

The non display out consumer cards are all mining cards. As in they were made for the sole purpose of etherium mining.

 

Usually called p104 mining cards.

 

Sinc it has no display out it is NOT a gtx 1060 but one of those useless pieces of ewaste as they were NOT made compatible with any new nvidia drivers and also not an official nvidia card. Pretty much leftover p104 chips on a board with only one single purpose.

 

These things are practically free at this poiny usually. That person is just trying to get some money by branding it as a 1060.

 

Fyi you wouldnt even want a 1060 3gb anyway. Entirely different card from the much faster gtx 1060 6gb. That and 3 gb of vram is not enough these days for games.

 

What benchmark site? Userbenchmark? Yeah thats bullshit. Look up any re review years after the 480 and 580 basically universally beat the 1060 6gb. Often the rx580/480 gets close to a 1070.

 

There are exceptions but the 580 and 480 especially the 8gb variants have stood up to time way better than a 1060 6gb. The 3gb hasnt stood up at all.

 

Also what psu?

Psu is a 650 watt something I just bought basically a scrap pc with bad parts and am upgrading it over time with mainly only the psu being decent it hasn’t shipped yet but an still waiting I’m using passmark video card benchmarks

[jaslion]

2 hours ago, Void_dweller_ said:

Psu is a 650 watt something I just bought basically a scrap pc with bad parts and am upgrading it over time with mainly only the psu being decent it hasn’t shipped yet but an still waiting I’m using passmark video card benchmarks

Aaah that explains .ore.

 

Yeah just check gpu benchmarks from this year you'll see the amds pull ahead. Also 8gb is the new min for 1080p.

[Void_dweller_]

9 hours ago, jaslion said:

Aaah that explains .ore.

 

Yeah just check gpu benchmarks from this year you'll see the amds pull ahead. Also 8gb is the new min for 1080p.

[jaslion]

1 hour ago, Void_dweller_ said:

Yeah thats userbenchmark. Its entirely useless basically. Has many cards that are far better than the other listed as worse.

 

Again check benchmarks of NOW gpu's change over the years. Nvidia's cards have a tendancy to age more poorly than amd driver wise.

 

 

In new games it tends to really pull ahead. In old ones like gta v it goes a bit behind.