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Woe is me, my gpu is dead

I did consider going for a founders card 3060ti but its not that easy to get one and also im not gaming as much as i used to so dont think i would need it.
I wasnt gonna get the quadro card but then a deal came up and i realised that the chip shortage is gonna be going on for a long time yet so just bit the bullet and got it to tide me over for a few generations. Can then see what something like a rtx 5050 brings to the table.

Edit: just checked now and the T600 is sold out from where i got it. YouTube reviews showing its gaming capabilities is to blame i think.
 
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I'm in the same boat, my 7950 keeps crashing, I haven't gamed on my system for a while i bought a Ps5 last year for games and sold my Vega 64, but I use my system for music production so I can't use it now as it crashes after 5-10m. I'm gonna try and get a FE card
 
I don't see the point in a backup card personally. Just buy a new GPU 3 months before warranty runs out on current one and sell current one on.

For example I got what I paid for my 2070 super even though I used it for 2 years and then that cash was used towards new GPU so therefore it doesn't matter if new gpu is expensive because my old gpu is expensive too. I could have sold it on ebay for £600+ but sold it on here for £470.

Therefore having a backup card makes zero sense to me. Just sell before your warranty runs out and therefore you don't have these problems. If it dies you RMA it.
 
Small part of me regrets selling my 1070ti, I got £276 for it back in June but I've since upgraded the monitor on my son's PC and the 7950 doesn't cut it at 1440p in some games, technically that 7950 is a backup card for my PC but it would be too slow really. I'm also building another system which will need to use the even weaker GTX470 (with legacy drivers as no longer supported by Nvidia).
 
replacement card is considerably smaller and leaves the case looking empty. but its a lot better than the GT730 so will have to rough it for now.

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Some of these older cards would probably benefit from a thermal compound re paste. Constant heat cycling and thermal paste degrades until you get hot spots which will cause intermittent shut downs and stability problems after a few years. A good de dust and re paste works wonders some of the time and is a cheap fix. Worth a try.
 
yep nothing to loose other than some time and paste i guess. i will give it a go and see what happens.
replacement card runs hello neighbour and other kiddo games on full settings no issues so very impressed with it seeing how small it is and being only 40w tdp.
 
Cyber-Mav said:
Always good to keep a backup. Regret selling the r9 270x i had now lol. Didnt imagine these hard times ahead.
But going forwards i wont be going with big power hungry cards. The T600 is 40w lol and seems impressive for what it is. Should tide me over for a few years maybe till hopper arrives and see what low end options it brings
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I did try and sell the FuryX for £80-100 inc P&P but nobody wanted it so its resting in its box. Its was a very good card but think the 4GB VRAM puts people off.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
I don't see the point in a backup card personally. Just buy a new GPU 3 months before warranty runs out on current one and sell current one on.

For example I got what I paid for my 2070 super even though I used it for 2 years and then that cash was used towards new GPU so therefore it doesn't matter if new gpu is expensive because my old gpu is expensive too. I could have sold it on ebay for £600+ but sold it on here for £470.

Therefore having a backup card makes zero sense to me. Just sell before your warranty runs out and therefore you don't have these problems. If it dies you RMA it.
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If GPUS were not rarer than rocking horse poo you wouldn't have got £470 for it. And let's say I sell a Vega 64 for £400, what GPU am I going to replace with? Because that's just 3060Ti founders money, which are nigh on impossible to get
 
delvey said:
If GPUS were not rarer than rocking horse poo you wouldn't have got £470 for it. And let's say I sell a Vega 64 for £400, what GPU am I going to replace with? Because that's just 3060Ti founders money, which are nigh on impossible to get
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VEGA 64 are selling for £600 at auction. Add £150 onto that which is what you would have had to do when upgrading anyway at any price and get this

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-1dg-gi.html
 
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