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Secondhand Nvidia cards in 2021

dlebbingdlebbing Posts: 2
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

I now have this system:

Intel Core i5 7600k

32GB DDR4 ram

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

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Obviously I understand the shortage b/c of the chip shortage and miners, but would there a GPU of like 2019 or 2020 that is much better than what I have now and other gamers/3d artists are probably selling because they're upgrading themselfs? I could spend € 500-600 (600-700 USD) on this.

Your help is much appreciated!

 

 

 

 

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  • JVRendererJVRenderer Posts: 661
    edited October 2021

    an RTX3060 is around $700 in the secondary (scalper) market.

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  • dlebbingdlebbing Posts: 2

    JVRenderer said:

    an RTX3060 is around $700 in the secondary (scalper) market.

    thanks, but is it is a wise choice? or is there another one that renders faster/better for around the same amount?

  • AgitatedRiotAgitatedRiot Posts: 4,404
    edited October 2021
    They were mixing 3070s in i5 based laptops
    Post edited by AgitatedRiot on
  • JVRendererJVRenderer Posts: 661

    dlebbing said:

    JVRenderer said:

    an RTX3060 is around $700 in the secondary (scalper) market.

    thanks, but is it is a wise choice? or is there another one that renders faster/better for around the same amount?

    There are cards that render faster, but not better. If you're lucky, you may be able to get an RTX2080Ti,for $700  but it is only a tad faster, but with 1 gb less VRAM

    Any other faster cards would set you back $800-$2500 and up 3060Ti, 3070, 3070Ti, RTX A4000,  3080, 3080Ti, 3090

  • JVRendererJVRenderer Posts: 661
    edited October 2021

    AgitatedRiot said:

    They were mixing 3070s in i5 based laptops

    Beware of laptops, some of the GPUs are powered down Mobile 3070 tdp = 120W, less cores, slower core clocks  Desktop 3070 tdp =220W . In addition, It's not advised to cook a laptop with 20 hr renders

     

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  • AgitatedRiotAgitatedRiot Posts: 4,404

    JVRenderer said:

    AgitatedRiot said:

    They were mixing 3070s in i5 based laptops

    Beware of laptops, some of the GPUs are powered down Mobile 3070 tdp = 120W, ess cores, slower core clocks  Desktop 3070 tdp =220W . In addition, It's not advised to have cook a laptop with 20 hr renders 

    That's why I built this one. I was trying to render with a Dell laptop with a Ryzen 5 with Radeon Graphics. Took forever to render. I thought it would melt at times.

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