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It's not time to rest yet (startrek.website)
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[-] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 73 points 10 months ago

1080’a going to be used until it dies. Don’t have a grand to spend on a card

[-] dan@upvote.au 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

A year or two ago, I needed a newer graphics card because my R9 390 couldn't handle the resolution of my new ultrawide monitor. This was when prices were crazy, everything was out of stock, and second-hand cards were selling for higher than the retail prices of brand new cards.

I got a 1080Ti for free from someone at my workplace because they hadn't used it for a while and would have felt bad selling it while prices were ridiculously high. He didn't want to take advantage of anyone. Good guy.

To pay it forward, when I upgraded my PC I gave away all the old parts (PSU, motherboard, RAM, CPU) for free. I posted about it, waited a day or two, and picked someone randomly for each item.

[-] Retrograde@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Be an absolute irresponsible moron and finance one like I did :) who cares about debt when you have FRAMES am I right?.. right..?

[-] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

Please pay off your credit card debt.

[-] Retrograde@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Oh don't worry, I have. In fact my credit rating rocks because of my irresponsible-ness - just the way capitalism intended

[-] eldain@feddit.nl 7 points 10 months ago

You don't need to. If you look at the relative performance table, you can get a feeling for a cheaper upgrade path (if you need it): https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-gtx-1080-ti.c2877

[-] hangonasecond@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

This took me down a rabbit hole, thanks for the link. Time to start saving my dollars. I didn't realise just how much of an upgrade a new GPU would be for me.

[-] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

That’s handy. Thanks

[-] sharun@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Bought a laptop with a 1050ti back in 2018, still use it to this day. Though I don't game on it as much as I used to. I've upgraded everything else in it that I could

[-] pacoboyd@lemm.ee 44 points 10 months ago

Accurate, my 970 lives on!

[-] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

My 980 is still alive, but I replaced it because I thought it had a bad fan bearing. I had just forgotten to remove the protective plastic on the fan shroud, so it peeled off a bit and the fan was hitting it.

It lived in my wife's computer until the psu I put in burnt up.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 10 months ago

Tbh if Maxwell/Pascal DX12 performance on Linux weren't permanently degraded, I'd likely still be using mine

[-] FunkyMonk@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

I used to crossbridge them but then one gave out but it just keeps on pluggin.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 1 points 10 months ago

It's the circle of life

[-] passepartout@feddit.de 16 points 10 months ago

I sold my old parts on ebay when i built a new rig. Got about 100€ in total and paid 2000€ for the new one :|

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 16 points 10 months ago

I hold on to everything. It's a problem.

[-] chepox@sopuli.xyz 10 points 10 months ago
[-] passepartout@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago

That's right, if RPGs had gamestops :D

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

eBay fucked me out of $40+ when I tried to sell a video card. Fuck eBay

[-] koorool@feddit.de 14 points 10 months ago

I read it and was trying to understand why Death suddenly speaks German on 3rd panel xD

[-] 7355608@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Only in death does duty end.

[-] majestic@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

My brother said my 1060 is out of date.

So, if u ask me, i have no siblings.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 11 points 10 months ago

The niced GPU I own is a RX590

[-] ExfilBravo@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago
[-] JATtho@sopuli.xyz 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Radeon RX 580 until the VRAM dies to the idle @50°C temps or the support is removed from the kernel...

[-] psud@aussie.zone 6 points 10 months ago

Here's a degree sign for you to keep in your copy paste buffer: °

[-] PoolloverNathan@programming.dev 7 points 10 months ago

Superscript ^o^, nobody ever notices.

[-] Dicska@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I bought an RX480 6 years ago and while it probably can't run the most modern games, it's still a trusty work horse for the ones I still play.

At one point I realised that my games have been crashing with BSOD for a year because the cooling paste melted and spread all around the chip. Fixed it, started working with no issues.

Its right fan was so loud that I thought it was shredding some plastic part. I replaced it, was fine for a week, it's loud as hell again. But it's still working like nothing happened.

[-] JATtho@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

I'm considering to replace the TIM (repasting) + thermal pads at some point... The card is now ~5 years old, and if the paste goes bad that would be end of it. The dust that all boards accumulate overtime is also a risk factor of how long components last.

[-] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 6 points 10 months ago

Yes this is the way. My son is still running my old EVGA 2080ti

[-] jvrava9@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago

2x RX580 go brrr

[-] TalesFromTheKitchen@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

My notebook has two GTX 1080m sli. Still great for video editing and the light gaming I do occasionally.

[-] quams69@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Cue halo theme

[-] Pharmacokinetics@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago
[-] And009@reddthat.com 2 points 10 months ago

The wife might need a hand me down as well

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