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GTX 1070 Ti cost £400 new and sold for £300.
You threw £100 away for a worse gaming experience. The sensible thing to do would be simply hold the 1070ti but I think you know that hence why you started this thread.
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GTX 1070 Ti cost £400 new and sold for £300.
You threw £100 away for a worse gaming experience. The sensible thing to do would be simply hold the 1070ti but I think you know that hence why you started this thread.
Dude, if my Gran had a pair of balls then she'd be my Grandad.
You've spent £150 and you're sitting there with a second hand RX 550. Now you're asking the Internet if you've made a good move and the answer is no.
Really? The graphics card sold for less than it cost new, and the point I should take away from that is that 'I threw away the £ difference'. Your ability to quantify subjective value is astounding.
I could buy a new Vega 56 with the money left over from the GPU sale + RX 550, so in pure GPU power terms the money I've thrown away is only the difference between a Vega 56 + RX 550 vs 1070 Ti, plus fully working FreeSync in all screen modes that the nVidia card couldn't deliver - difficult one to quantify.
And then there's the other dimension of time - I'm not playing triple A games right now so the 1070 Ti would just be depreciating in value, plus I decided it wasn't quite fit for purpose anyway and would ideally need to be upgraded sooner rather than later, etc. Complicated factors.
Any reviews would show you the RX-550 capabilities in games against the 1070ti, so with your view of not losing out on the money front to much, you have achieved your goal, saved money and got a lesser GFX card.
dont see any need for a thread about insanity. the bench marks are there for all to read and you know what you want and don't want.
pointless thread really.
Half the internet is pointless - it's called 'content'. That you've replied to this pointless thread tells me you've endorsed it and it's got your neurons firing.
By all means, point me to the review sites showing the GTX 1070 Ti vs RX 550 @ 3440x1440 in appropriate games for comparison. Let's hear the expert take on the merits of the RX 550's low GPU power versus it's uncanny ability to output unusually high resolutions / refresh rates with FreeSync.
your issue mate, you look! pointless thread as I said, click bait only. and anyone with half a brain would know you are insane so you got your answer.
Someone slap this guy. No seriously you can do whatever suits your needs graphically. Most upgraded so the response to downgrade is generally regarded as anal .Enjoy what you have although a 100htz 1440p ultrawide really deserves nothing less than a 1080ti/2080
Ive never downgraded.
Not just pcs either, everything. Whether it my car, my house, my pc, my phone, my sound system, other electronics etc. I’ve always had this feeling like downgrading is a failure
Maybe too much consumerism in me
I do it all the time. I go through cycles where I sell my expensive card that will severely depreciate for something cheap that won’t before new cards are coming out.Ive never downgraded.
Not just pcs either, everything. Whether it my car, my house, my pc, my phone, my sound system, other electronics etc. I’ve always had this feeling like downgrading is a failure
Maybe too much consumerism in me
your issue mate, you look! pointless thread as I said, click bait only. and anyone with half a brain would know you are insane so you got your answer.
If the 550 suits your needs then who are we to judge?
Depends though, needs change. Why keep a card that you will not use for ages and let it further depreciate?I agree with what you say in the rest of your post, but what I do find silly is the notion that selling a card for a loss just to downgrade is a smart thing to do. The smart thing to do would be to buy the 550 in the first place.
He has asked us to judge?
I agree with what you say in the rest of your post, but what I do find silly is the notion that selling a card for a loss just to downgrade is a smart thing to do. The smart thing to do would be to buy the 550 in the first place.
Depends though, needs change. Why keep a card that you will not use for ages and let it further depreciate?