Would this be a bad decision?

[notAfanOf]

A short introduction

I spend only a few hours a week gaming. But when I do, I want to immerse myself in the game. I don't play any competitive games/shooters - I prefer fidelity over fps>100. Currently running R7 5800X with 16GB RAM and a 1080ti (on a 1080/60Hz display). Playing mostly Cyberpunk, A:SE and similar RPG/survival games.

 

I know! 

The monitor will (has to) be upgraded alongside the gpu. I'm targeting 1440p 100Hz high settings and a monitor that will fit that.

 

Finally - the real question 

Would you consider getting a used 3080ti a bad decision in 2025? Considering Cyberpunk is the newest game I play, in my opinion, 360€ for a 3080ti wouldn't be a bad deal - or am I missing something? 

 

I'd love to hear your thoughts - thanks for reading through all this!  

[jmwhite33]

8 minutes ago, notAfanOf said:

A short introduction

I spend only a few hours a week gaming. But when I do, I want to immerse myself in the game. I don't play any competitive games/shooters - I prefer fidelity over fps>100. Currently running R7 5800X with 16GB RAM and a 1080ti (on a 1080/60Hz display). Playing mostly Cyberpunk, A:SE and similar RPG/survival games.

 

I know! 

The monitor will (has to) be upgraded alongside the gpu. I'm targeting 1440p 100Hz high settings and a monitor that will fit that.

 

Finally - the real question 

Would you consider getting a used 3080ti a bad decision in 2025? Considering Cyberpunk is the newest game I play, in my opinion, 360€ for a 3080ti wouldn't be a bad deal - or am I missing something? 

 

I'd love to hear your thoughts - thanks for reading through all this!  

gotta be careful when considering buying a used GPU.

You'll see a ton of them available on e-bay and similar sites because lots have come out of mining rigs and god only knows how many hours they have logged.

There has also been a scam where folks pull the GPU and Vram off the card and sell it.

 

be very cautious when buying used graphics cards nowadays.

[podkall]

9 minutes ago, jmwhite33 said:

There has also been a scam where folks pull the GPU and Vram off the card and sell it.

That's cool, but why would anyone do that? What are you going to do with bunch of VRAM chips?

 

32 minutes ago, notAfanOf said:

I spend only a few hours a week gaming. But when I do, I want to immerse myself in the game. I don't play any competitive games/shooters - I prefer fidelity over fps>100. Currently running R7 5800X with 16GB RAM and a 1080ti (on a 1080/60Hz display). Playing mostly Cyberpunk, A:SE and similar RPG/survival games.

Cool, very solid, I have the same GPU, can't really complain about 98% of it's entire thing.

 

33 minutes ago, notAfanOf said:

I know! 

The monitor will (has to) be upgraded alongside the gpu. I'm targeting 1440p 100Hz high settings and a monitor that will fit that.

Nah, not really.

 

You don't need to upgrade monitor because you have stronger GPU, you can just reap the benefits of higher fps and graphics settings.

 

34 minutes ago, notAfanOf said:

Finally - the real question 

Would you consider getting a used 3080ti a bad decision in 2025? Considering Cyberpunk is the newest game I play, in my opinion, 360€ for a 3080ti wouldn't be a bad deal - or am I missing something? 

Why 3080Ti? It's not a bad card though.

 

There are other GPUs that are ~50% boost or higher in average performance:

• RX 7700 XT
• RX 6800 (XT)
• RTX 4070
• RX 7800 XT
• RX 6900 XT/6950 XT
• RX 7900 GRE

Or if you don't mind smaller boost, like ~30%, there's:

• RX 6700 XT/6750 XT (these are 28% faster, but unlike Nvidia cards of similar "level" they have 12GB of VRAM instead of 8-10GB)
• RTX 2080Ti
• RX 9060 XT 16GB

 

Or you can get 3080Ti, how is your PSU? Wattage, brand, model?

 

3080Ti is exactly ~200% faster than 1080Ti on average. (doesn't always guarantee double fps, but it sure is significantly more)

 

As far as price goes, 360€ is pretty good price, not sure where you're from, apparently in Germany 390€ is price of brand new LHR 3080Ti.

 

6750 XT costs 330€, little bit more for 9060 XT and 7700 XT, and bit above 400€ or closer to 500€ for GPUs similar to 7800 XT.

 

• The choice is yours, used cards can be quite good deal with potentially low risk.
• The only concern would be card temps and potential overheating, which can be solved with re-pasting the GPU die.
• Then it shouldn't be too much concern, find a trustworthy seller that is willing to give you info about the card, and has valid non-shady reason to sell the card and it's practically not even that bad.

[xAcid9]

19 minutes ago, podkall said:

That's cool, but why would anyone do that? What are you going to do with bunch of VRAM chips?

Ship to China. 

[xhackforeverxdx]

1 hour ago, notAfanOf said:

A short introduction

I spend only a few hours a week gaming. But when I do, I want to immerse myself in the game. I don't play any competitive games/shooters - I prefer fidelity over fps>100. Currently running R7 5800X with 16GB RAM and a 1080ti (on a 1080/60Hz display). Playing mostly Cyberpunk, A:SE and similar RPG/survival games.

 

I know! 

The monitor will (has to) be upgraded alongside the gpu. I'm targeting 1440p 100Hz high settings and a monitor that will fit that.

 

Finally - the real question 

Would you consider getting a used 3080ti a bad decision in 2025? Considering Cyberpunk is the newest game I play, in my opinion, 360€ for a 3080ti wouldn't be a bad deal - or am I missing something? 

 

I'd love to hear your thoughts - thanks for reading through all this!  

360euro for a 3080 ti is a great deal most i see on * german kleinanzeigen * are 400+ so if its a trusted seller u will be very happy with it on 1080/1440p only downside really is the 12gb vram but it should be fine 

[strange13930]

40 minutes ago, podkall said:

That's cool, but why would anyone do that? What are you going to do with bunch of VRAM chips

there's people in china taking the gpu die from 4090s and putting them on 3090 pcbs to get the 4090 48gb

[podkall]

38 minutes ago, strange13930 said:

there's people in china taking the gpu die from 4090s and putting them on 3090 pcbs to get the 4090 48gb

Really? Interesting. Do people outside China do it?

[Millios]

11 minutes ago, podkall said:

Really? Interesting. Do people outside China do it?

I would assume so

At least a similar thing was done with motherboards a while back where they harvested the sockets I believe and made an Intel b650 board or smt like that 

[notAfanOf]

thanks for your very elaborate answer!  

 

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There are other GPUs that are ~50% boost or higher in average performance:

I kinda want it to be a substantial upgrade that lasts for a while. My previous upgrade was from a 1060 (6gb) to the used 1080ti I run now.

 

Most of the newer cards are noticably more expensive than the 3080ti and the other older alternatives are not that much cheaper. I found a 3080 (non ti) for 290 I'm also considering.

 

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As far as price goes, 360€ is pretty good price, not sure where you're from, apparently in Germany 390€ is price of brand new LHR 3080Ti.

I didn't find any new cards even close to 390€ - but maybe I was just looking in the wrong place.

 

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You don't need to upgrade monitor because you have stronger GPU, you can just reap the benefits of higher fps and graphics settings.

I really want to upgrade my monitor for a while now since I'm really struggling when editing photos, like getting the colors right and not seeing details due to my bad monitor.

 

I'm aiming for a 1440p (maybe ultra wide) 120-144Hz color accurate monitor.

[Poinkachu]

20 minutes ago, notAfanOf said:

I kinda want it to be a substantial upgrade that lasts for a while. My previous upgrade was from a 1060 (6gb) to the used 1080ti I run now.

 

Most of the newer cards are noticably more expensive than the 3080ti and the other older alternatives are not that much cheaper. I found a 3080 (non ti) for 290 I'm also considering.

It's probably best to check your PSU as well, since IIRC 3000 series had a problem with high transient spikes.

Basically, it may trips some PSUs' OCP, and yes, it includes some model from well known brands.

 

[notAfanOf]

1 hour ago, Poinkachu said:

It's probably best to check your PSU as well, since IIRC 3000 series had a problem with high transient spikes.

Basically, it may trips some PSUs' OCP, and yes, it includes some model from well known brands.

 

PSU is a 650W seasonic platinum - it should be enough (according to cooler master PSU calculator at least), but is on the list of things to upgrade soon. 

[Poinkachu]

24 minutes ago, notAfanOf said:

PSU is a 650W seasonic platinum - it should be enough (according to cooler master PSU calculator at least), but is on the list of things to upgrade soon. 

Yeah because those kind of calculator is just working based on what's shown in spec page.

 

The following video was made because there was so many complaint after 3000 series launch.

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-rtx-3080-12-gb.c3834

 

Fun pic from when I was learning undervolting, GPU was 3080 12GB

Yes, Power Limit was kept at 100%. In most of the time it was under, but it sure had it's moments of reaching the amount written below.

[podkall]

3 hours ago, notAfanOf said:

I didn't find any new cards even close to 390€ - but maybe I was just looking in the wrong place.

What country you from?

 

48 minutes ago, Poinkachu said:

The following video was made because there was so many complaint after 3000 series launch.

Yeah, but 30-series used to have like the worst transient spikes though. But at the same time OP wants to buy 30- series card, so I guess that tracks.

[Poinkachu]

25 minutes ago, podkall said:

What country you from?

 

Yeah, but 30-series used to have like the worst transient spikes though. But at the same time OP wants to buy 30- series card, so I guess that tracks.

Yeah, that's why I suggested to check PSU.

At the very least check if it's one of the models that are known to have problem with transient spikes

https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/

[KidKid]

On 6/22/2025 at 11:10 AM, notAfanOf said:

A short introduction

I spend only a few hours a week gaming. But when I do, I want to immerse myself in the game. I don't play any competitive games/shooters - I prefer fidelity over fps>100. Currently running R7 5800X with 16GB RAM and a 1080ti (on a 1080/60Hz display). Playing mostly Cyberpunk, A:SE and similar RPG/survival games.

 

I know! 

The monitor will (has to) be upgraded alongside the gpu. I'm targeting 1440p 100Hz high settings and a monitor that will fit that.

 

Finally - the real question 

Would you consider getting a used 3080ti a bad decision in 2025? Considering Cyberpunk is the newest game I play, in my opinion, 360€ for a 3080ti wouldn't be a bad deal - or am I missing something? 

 

I'd love to hear your thoughts - thanks for reading through all this!  

Watch out for used GPUs coming out of mining rigs (though they aren't terrible). Maybe save up for a new RX 9060XT/9070.

[notAfanOf]

17 hours ago, Poinkachu said:

Yeah, that's why I suggested to check PSU.

At the very least check if it's one of the models that are known to have problem with transient spikes

https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/

my PSU is in A-tier, so should be fine. but I know that it's a weak spot and is after the monitor(s) the next thing to get replaced

[notAfanOf]

16 hours ago, KidKid said:

Watch out for used GPUs coming out of mining rigs (though they aren't terrible). Maybe save up for a new RX 9060XT/9070.

it's not an ex mining card. those cards are barely faster if any and cost a lot more.

[Millios]

11 minutes ago, notAfanOf said:

it's not an ex mining card. those cards are barely faster if any and cost a lot more.

Any card can be an ex-mining card

As long as that card was used for mining it is an ex-mining card and they (crypto-bros) bought all types of cards for their mining including the 30 series GPUs

[notAfanOf]

4 hours ago, Millios said:

Any card can be an ex-mining card

As long as that card was used for mining it is an ex-mining card and they (crypto-bros) bought all types of cards for their mining including the 30 series GPUs

it's from a gaming pc

I meant the Radeon 90 series cards are barely faster but a lot more expensive.

[podkall]

2 hours ago, notAfanOf said:

it's from a gaming pc

I meant the Radeon 90 series cards are barely faster but a lot more expensive.

Barely faster than what?

 

Only 9060 XT though, 9070 is faster than 3090.

 

3080Ti, no, 1080Ti, yes.

 

 

 

 

[notAfanOf]

1 hour ago, podkall said:

Barely faster than what?

 

Only 9060 XT though, 9070 is faster than 3090.

 

3080Ti, no, 1080Ti, yes.

 

 

 

 

I really appreciate your effort! I know the numbers - but ~20% more performance for 66% more money is not worth it in my opinion. (a 9070 is about 600€)

[notAfanOf]

If anyone wants to know: I bought a 3080 (non ti) for 290€

PSU is holding up so far but a 850W unit is on its way

I'm fine with the performance for what I paid.

Thanks everyone for your input!