Recommendations please for cheap (under £200) used GPU

[Tykey]

Hi

I've just sold my 2 year old 4090 because it was never getting used, I don't play high end PCVR games anymore because I've already played the games in this class that I like until I was bored of them. I replaced it with a Radeon 710m or something like that and now there's an app (not a game) I use on my PC that won't run, it requires an Nvidia 900 series or better to run.

So I'm looking at buying a 900 series or better. I don't want to spend much because I intend to buy a 5090 (if I can afford 1) when they are released if there are new PCVR games worth playing too (that's a big if).

I can get a gtx 970/980 for about £50 which will run my software, however I don't mind going up to around £200 for something better if it's worth it, because that may also give me the option of playing Half Life 2 (again) in VR. I don't know much about Radeon cards but will consider them. I'm fine with buying used. Suggestions much appreciated, best bang per buck suggestions please.

 

[Tykey]

Can't go wrong with a 1080Ti around that price. Saying that they are getting pretty old nowdays and you probably would not need to spend much more on a used 3070/3080 which would be better for VR.

Cheers, I'd only be playing things like hl2 + episodes probably though and similar old games converted to VR....but yes 3070's are going for not much more than £200 (just checked) and would give me more VR gaming options. Why is it with gpu's we often end up spending more than we planned lol! A 3070 would open up many VR games such as the new Metro on PCVR, hmm.

 

[Tykey]

What CPU do you have?

Even an IGP should be fine for things like HL2.

Ocuk has new RTX 3050 for £154 or RX6600 for £180. One of those would be ideal.

I have an 8 year old i7 7700K in a complete build I bought from OC which is still going strong, use it for multiple hours everyday

 

[Tykey]

I bought a 3070 earlier today on Ebay for £225, thanks for the replies guys.

 

[Tykey]

Tbh I'm not going to play the latest AAA games like Stalker 2 on it, I'll keep things like that for if & when I buy a 5000 series GPU, this 3070 will be for VR games but not the very demanding ones.

 

[Tykey]

The 3070 will be fine as a stop gap until the next Intel/AMD/nvidia cards come out, though whats with the members market talk with some posters like its easy to pick up cards or get deals.... its not and when something comes up for sale its few and far between.

This is from a quick search from whats sold this year, I did not count the threads that where withdrawn and sold elsewhere though it was less than about 5 threads across all models of GPU's listed below

3060ti	3070	6700 XT	6800
21 Aug £185	30 Apr £255	23 Sep £185	22 Aug £225
2 Jul £180	13 Mar £285 *Sold in 4 mins	30 Jan £250	26 May £300
7 Mar £200	12 Feb £265	22 Jan £255
5 Jan £225	25 Jan £275 *Sold in two mins
	18 Jan £250 *Sold in two mins

Thankyou for the breakdown of prices. Looks like I got a good deal then @ £225 for this 3070, it was advertised for £250, I offered £225 which the seller said he'd accept if I could collect which I could because he wasn't far away. @SkeeterUK you do have a point about the VRAM, 1 game I would like to play I read yesterday evening that in some circumstances (particular maps, graphics settings etc) requires 10 GB of VRAM.

 

[Tykey]

Quick update (I know nobody really cares but I'm chuffed with this 3070 today ) : just gave it its 1st proper workout on a newly released AAA VR game, always a risk buying used but happy to say it's not a dud it works fine, had settings on medium and it coped great, graphics looked great imo, no stuttering or perceptible fps dips, and the game was great fun to play. Really pleased with it.