GPU replacement suggestions

[Aed]

At the worst time possible my long beloved Gigabyte GTX 1070 8Gb appears to have bitten the dust (frustratingly almost working but still gives no display).

While I wait for RTX 3070 prices to return to earth, does anyone have good suggestions for cards that are somewhat comparable to the 1070, but aren't at stupid prices?

I've seen things like the GT 1030 or GTX 1050Ti looking somewhat reasonable, but not sure on how they compare to my old 1070 performance wise.

 

[HangTime]

1070 performance will be stupid money. If you have an iGPU, use that for a bit.

 

[Benass]

hey, do you want to try to repair the damn thing?
Fans spinning no display, if u lucky it might be an easy fix, but also it can be dead gpu silicon. if u feel like it, I can give u free diagnostics, and if easy fix then it won't cost much, we talking 10-20£ + shipping. I'm located in Redhill, just outside London.

 

[BUDFORCE]

Honestly in your position I'd just fork out the £800 for the new 6700xt that are on sale now.

But fortunately my 1070 is still going.

 

[ASMB]

I am afraid all the replacement cards are at silly prices at the moment. The cards you mention have much worse performance than your 1070 and you would need to play some titles at 720p on the 1030 https://youtu.be/LZMuVTUvT7I. Having said that if you play some less demanding or older games a 1030 will do ok in some, check youtube to see if there are any honest reviews of cards you are interested in, it might be worth checking a few reviews as some might present as fake

 

[Poneros]

Buy a new GPU for a stupid price & let it mine during downtime, so you can "make back" some of the cost. Otherwise it will be a long wait. Nvidia is launching GPUs that are gimped for mining soon (but gaming unaffected) so maybe keep an eye on that also, they should be cheaper compared to what's going on atm.

 

[JediFragger]

Guys if he's looking at a GT 1030 or GTX 1050Ti I'm gonna make a guess here and say that his budget probably doesn't stretch to nearly a bag of sand!!!

 

[Aed]

hey, do you want to try to repair the damn thing?
Fans spinning no display, if u lucky it might be an easy fix, but also it can be dead gpu silicon. if u feel like it, I can give u free diagnostics, and if easy fix then it won't cost much, we talking 10-20£ + shipping. I'm located in Redhill, just outside London.

Thanks but I've done doing a lot of diagnostics already. Swapping cable, swapping output ports, reapplying thermal paste, cleaning out any dust, complete reinstall of windows and clean install of up to date drivers + trying a bunch of old ones from before it went kaput. Its fans will spin and I can even see it in device manager in Safe Mode & using my MBs iGPU but it just refuses to give out any signal, I suspect a component of the board has gone or some solder connector has cracked, I'm currently arranging for it to get sent to shop to see if they can find the fault and fix it.

I am afraid all the replacement cards are at silly prices at the moment. The cards you mention have much worse performance than your 1070 and you would need to play some titles at 720p on the 1030 https://youtu.be/LZMuVTUvT7I. Having said that if you play some less demanding or older games a 1030 will do ok in some, check youtube to see if there are any honest reviews of cards you are interested in, it might be worth checking a few reviews as some might present as fake

Thanks, I figured it would be like that, i'll have a look at some comparator sites and reviews. Ideally id like to keep 1080p gaming ability but a lot of games I play aren't that GPU heavy (strategy games mostly), thankfully I'd finished up Cyberpunk 2077 before my 1070 died.

Buy a new GPU for a stupid price & let it mine during downtime, so you can "make back" some of the cost. Otherwise it will be a long wait. Nvidia is launching GPUs that are gimped for mining soon (but gaming unaffected) so maybe keep an eye on that also, they should be cheaper compared to what's going on atm.

It's tempting for sure, but I'm not certain I want to bother with mining tbh, especially given my PC is my bedroom and i don't fancy trying to sleep over the summer with the GPU fans blaring all night. Had read about those new GPUs but we will see if they manage to come out at reasonable prices, I suspect someone will crack their firmware and we'll be back to square one though.

Guys if he's looking at a GT 1030 or GTX 1050Ti I'm gonna make a guess here and say that his budget probably doesn't stretch to nearly a bag of sand!!!

It's not that I cant afford the current prices, its just paying triple MSRP for a card is something that irritates me on principle, and I really don't want to feed the scalpers if i can help it.

 

[FredFlint]

I started looking at the 6900 XT Toxic Watercooled, I would never normally spend £1700 on a GPU but i would rather have that than spend £800+ on a 6700XT that is low-mid range and would need upgrading much quicker. If I needed a GPU now I would try and get a second hand RX 480/580 as they seem to go for around £170 or less and can play most games.

 

[ASMB]

It's not that I cant afford the current prices, its just paying triple MSRP for a card is something that irritates me on principle, and I really don't want to feed the scalpers if i can help it.

Actually I will not buy from scalpers on principle as it only continues the practice. No customers = No scalpers profiting

 

[nlel1975]

+1 for RX 480/580 I happen to have a RX 580 8GB and it runs my main game Battlefield 4 @ 4K medium settings between 60 to 80fps, I know BF4 isn’t a modern game but I still play it.

I won’t go anywhere near a new GPU at the current extortionate prices, I’ll wait till things get back to normal which they will.

 

[Game]

I started looking at the 6900 XT Toxic Watercooled, I would never normally spend £1700 on a GPU but i would rather have that than spend £800+ on a 6700XT that is low-mid range and would need upgrading much quicker. If I needed a GPU now I would try and get a second hand RX 480/580 as they seem to go for around £170 or less and can play most games.

£800 is silly money tbh couldnt never justify that