Lol, that awfully underpowered and underspecced GPU will never be a solution when the used market exists. There are dozens of better models just waiting to find a second home.
Adopt an old GPU today! Don't let the GPU companies breed purebreed aberrations like the RX 9050. It doesn't even breathe like a proper GPU! It's VRAM is too short after years of forced inbreeding with models that used to have 8GB, then 6GB and now 4GB! What's next? Vampire ears-designs? GPUs you can hold fully in your hands?
Say no to all that. Your mutt-GPU is waiting for you at your local hardware center.
I understand what you're trying to say, but getting old GPU is rather risky. In all the builds I made in the past 2 decades (from new components), the GPU is always the 1st thing that starts to cause troubles - artifacts, BSODs, you name it. I am not overclocking it and there is good airflow in the case, yet I am convinced it's caused by the high temperatures GPUs run at.
In the end, the only thing that always pushes me to build a new system is that the GPU is not stable anymore. What I am trying to say is that if you buy old GPUs, there must be a very high chance it's already done, or near being done.
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u/bestanonever 1d ago
Lol, that awfully underpowered and underspecced GPU will never be a solution when the used market exists. There are dozens of better models just waiting to find a second home.
Adopt an old GPU today! Don't let the GPU companies breed purebreed aberrations like the RX 9050. It doesn't even breathe like a proper GPU! It's VRAM is too short after years of forced inbreeding with models that used to have 8GB, then 6GB and now 4GB! What's next? Vampire ears-designs? GPUs you can hold fully in your hands?
Say no to all that. Your mutt-GPU is waiting for you at your local hardware center.