Asus or zotac

[Tridefender]

So here's the case, I decided upgrade to 4060ti, 16gb because I do some ai related stuff. I have 2 choices in my budget and is in close price range. 

One is zotac gaming twin edge for 439.6€, and another is used Asus dual advanced edition for 447.73€. I was aiming for a used zotac at less than 400€ but someone snatched it before I did.

 

I 100% don't mind used graphic card and I actually don't know the naming schemes and games of different vendors. There's also another zotac amp but they charge you like 30-40€ more than the twin edge, but there's only clock boost differences according to specs from zotac.

 

Any suggestions?

[venomtail]

How ASAP is it? Why not just wait till another used 400eur 4060 appears?

[Tridefender]

Just now, venomtail said:

How ASAP is it? Why not just wait till another used 400eur 4060 appears?

I uses a 4060, not very happy with large ai models

[venomtail]

3 minutes ago, Tridefender said:

I uses a 4060, not very happy with large ai models

Can you check if the AI stuff your doing can even be handled by a 16GB 4060? I've read people who do AI stuff that even a 4090 struggles and people are forced to upgrade to the A series GPU's.

 

Just first want to confirm we're not having a drop in the ocean sort of moment with such a GPU upgrade. TI is basically a sidegrade from a 4060, you shouldn't be seeing too much of a difference.

[Tridefender]

6 minutes ago, venomtail said:

Can you check if the AI stuff your doing can even be handled by a 16GB 4060? I've read people who do AI stuff that even a 4090 struggles and people are forced to upgrade to the A series GPU's.

 

Just first want to confirm we're not having a drop in the ocean sort of moment with such a GPU upgrade. TI is basically a sidegrade from a 4060, you shouldn't be seeing too much of a difference.

It should, I mean it won't load fully on my 4060 and spits out a OOM

[Ha-Satan]

I would trust Asus and Zotac about the same amount (i.e., not that much).

 

To be honest, with EVGA out of the market, IMO all of the major GPU manufacturers are basically the same in terms of trustworthiness, in the sense that they are all equally bad.

[Tridefender]

8 minutes ago, Satan_Prometheus said:

I would trust Asus and Zotac about the same amount (i.e., not that much).

 

To be honest, with EVGA out of the market, IMO all of the major GPU manufacturers are basically the same in terms of trustworthiness, in the sense that they are all equally bad.

True

[Somerandomtechyboi]

used 3090?

24gb of vram with a ton of memory bandwidth albiet closer to 600€ pricewise

 

you could also opt for dual rtx 3060 which should go around 200€ each and still give you more vram but depends on if your board has a usable secondary x16 slot or not

[Tridefender]

39 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

used 3090?

24gb of vram with a ton of memory bandwidth albiet closer to 600€ pricewise

 

you could also opt for dual rtx 3060 which should go around 200€ each and still give you more vram but depends on if your board has a usable secondary x16 slot or not

Power restrained, what else can fit in a 500w rig?

[Somerandomtechyboi]

7 hours ago, Tridefender said:

Power restrained, what else can fit in a 500w rig?

aaand this is why i always reccomend used 850w rmx/equivalent over throwaway 650w and lower units

 

resell that throwaway 500w get a used rm850x or equivalent for ~50€

[freeagent]

There is nothing wrong with Asus, or Zotac.

 

Get whichever has the features you want.

[Tridefender]

26 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

aaand this is why i always reccomend used 850w rmx/equivalent over throwaway 650w and lower units

 

resell that throwaway 500w get a used rm850x or equivalent for ~50€

I need a "flex" to fit in my case, it's supposed to be smaller than 1u power supplies and the 600w one is overpriced