Buying a 2nd hand GPU

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What are the tests that you personally do/require the seller to do before purchasing a second hand gpu? Found a few tips online but want to know what's done in an SG context.
 
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deepblue_82 said:
sorry i super old school...
to me 525 is a mid range card like a 5070 or a 9070 not a bottom of the barrel.
now that is also why i only shop 2nd hand now.. haha
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sadly for us some things are like COE, once go so high up liao will be very very the hard to come down~
 
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Vanyel said:
u hoot 9060xt 16gb the performance jump should be also quite substantial over ur 5700xt

techyard at 525 is can buy i feel
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understand.... but the performance and price gap is not worth for me to just ship right away unless my rx 5700xt up lorry....
 
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deepblue_82 said:
understand.... but the performance and price gap is not worth for me to just ship right away unless my rx 5700xt up lorry....
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how much u buy ur 5700xt back then?
the launch price also not cheap

40%+/- performance jump can consider upgrade liao~
 
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I'm using a old 1080 currently, loaned from friend. Looking to replace it with another GPU, what's the best for buck 2nd hand GPU nowadays? I seldom game, but looking to play BF6 on 1440p. Is 3080 a reasonable deal now?
 
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storm913 said:
I'm using a old 1080 currently, loaned from friend. Looking to replace it with another GPU, what's the best for buck 2nd hand GPU nowadays? I seldom game, but looking to play BF6 on 1440p. Is 3080 a reasonable deal now?
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Second hand 3080 can get for around $400 on carousell.. but if you're not familiar with testing GPU etc, don't recommend at all. Sometimes can get faulty parts and very troublesome for the average user.

I recommend just getting a brand new 9060XT 16GB for 525 or 5060ti for 615, or the 5070 for 759 on thetechyard. Depending on your budget. IMO 5070 is the most value.

For reference, 3080 is around 20+% better than the 9060XT, and 15% than the 5060ti according to techpowerrup.
 
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soreloser said:
Second hand 3080 can get for around $400 on carousell.. but if you're not familiar with testing GPU etc, don't recommend at all. Sometimes can get faulty parts and very troublesome for the average user.

I recommend just getting a brand new 9060XT 16GB for 525 or 5060ti for 615, or the 5070 for 759 on thetechyard. Depending on your budget. IMO 5070 is the most value.

For reference, 3080 is around 20+% better than the 9060XT, and 15% than the 5060ti according to techpowerrup.
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Thanks, decided to go with 9060XT 16gb. There's sale on lazada, got it around 460.
 
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storm913 said:
I'm using a old 1080 currently, loaned from friend. Looking to replace it with another GPU, what's the best for buck 2nd hand GPU nowadays? I seldom game, but looking to play BF6 on 1440p. Is 3080 a reasonable deal now?
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Budget?
Either RTX 2080 or RTX 3070/3080.
But also depend on your CPU just hope is not Intel 6/7th gen.
 
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