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A used graphics card good enough to play 1080p games on low settings would not be very expensive at all.

ozarker 3y ago
You can find used 1080ti's for like $100 nowadays. I still use one for 1440p gaming and get excellent frames with most games. Kinda mind blowing value
- readyplayernull 3y ago
  Aren't these the remnants of the Bitcoin gold-rush age?
- currymj 3y ago
  this GPU was so good at the time that it started cannibalizing sales of higher end data center cards, and Nvidia had to put terms in the EULA for the drivers to try to legally prevent this.
- thot_experiment 3y ago
  100% 1080Ti is insane value, I have two of them and zero complaints, the 11 gigs of vram make it great for inference as well.
- vegasje 3y ago
  Please tell me where I can get a used 1080 ti (that works) for $100.
  - artificialLimbs 3y ago
    6 seconds. This one is $90. https://www.ebay.com/itm/375175111524?hash=item575a2de364:g:czcAAOSwHoRlFfxf&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4CfDBpLoWS5RoKT6UqW7fFurw0XKPIB5riyAagGa3sH2Tqdt%2Fk2rqmU6s1AugkDMhFegyFWgIao4R4XqlOt%2FyJxa60BUGkEmYks%2FKD0eVJ%2Bq8efh5MzT3qIiZ82ZD55dIYpAXef09vDjFXHBuq%2BBC19UhxNRbM7qskemyVvnt89zSxWxRye9UOB5fi%2FwDh98YodfZ4LUZ6Yo66%2F0pb6NMfuPQWNlMRDvNQsBLCXGJC48yo6A%2F2wPqLXIZFsWzr4ReSKcJAvGOj0GsngMCRoN3JS6Bc5hf4QLJXjF%2BuRcS6wi%7Ctkp%3ABFBM1rrUwp9j https://www.ebay.com/itm/375175111524?hash=item575a2de364:g:...
    - drewzero1 3y ago
      Wow, at that price they even threw in the zip tie?
    - mappu 3y ago
      That's a 1080 (8GB), not a 1080 Ti (11GB). But, I believe you that they're out there.
KronisLV 3y ago
I actually bought an RX 580 8 GB new for 139 EUR last year (most likely sat around some warehouse in an unopened box for years) - it has no issues running most indie games or even the decently optimized AAA games at 1080p, which was an upgrade over my previous RX 570 4 GB. The only actual issues I ran into were when I tried running it for PCVR (Quest 2) because the latest drivers actually cause crashes and instability, although I could fix that by rolling back to either the 2020 or 2022 drivers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38870500 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38870500 Sometimes hardware from generations ago is not only decently affordable, but also sufficient for what you want to do, as long as your standards aren't super high. Getting some of that hardware with no previous owners also feels a bit interesting, albeit I've also bought used CPUs off of AliExpress for my homelab servers with no issues either.

You can find used 1080ti's for like $100 nowadays. I still use one for 1440p gaming and get excellent frames with most games. Kinda mind blowing value

readyplayernull 3y ago
Aren't these the remnants of the Bitcoin gold-rush age?
currymj 3y ago
this GPU was so good at the time that it started cannibalizing sales of higher end data center cards, and Nvidia had to put terms in the EULA for the drivers to try to legally prevent this.
thot_experiment 3y ago
100% 1080Ti is insane value, I have two of them and zero complaints, the 11 gigs of vram make it great for inference as well.
vegasje 3y ago
Please tell me where I can get a used 1080 ti (that works) for $100.
- artificialLimbs 3y ago
  6 seconds. This one is $90. https://www.ebay.com/itm/375175111524?hash=item575a2de364:g:czcAAOSwHoRlFfxf&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4CfDBpLoWS5RoKT6UqW7fFurw0XKPIB5riyAagGa3sH2Tqdt%2Fk2rqmU6s1AugkDMhFegyFWgIao4R4XqlOt%2FyJxa60BUGkEmYks%2FKD0eVJ%2Bq8efh5MzT3qIiZ82ZD55dIYpAXef09vDjFXHBuq%2BBC19UhxNRbM7qskemyVvnt89zSxWxRye9UOB5fi%2FwDh98YodfZ4LUZ6Yo66%2F0pb6NMfuPQWNlMRDvNQsBLCXGJC48yo6A%2F2wPqLXIZFsWzr4ReSKcJAvGOj0GsngMCRoN3JS6Bc5hf4QLJXjF%2BuRcS6wi%7Ctkp%3ABFBM1rrUwp9j https://www.ebay.com/itm/375175111524?hash=item575a2de364:g:...
  - drewzero1 3y ago
    Wow, at that price they even threw in the zip tie?
  - mappu 3y ago
    That's a 1080 (8GB), not a 1080 Ti (11GB). But, I believe you that they're out there.

KronisLV 3y ago

I actually bought an RX 580 8 GB new for 139 EUR last year (most likely sat around some warehouse in an unopened box for years) - it has no issues running most indie games or even the decently optimized AAA games at 1080p, which was an upgrade over my previous RX 570 4 GB. The only actual issues I ran into were when I tried running it for PCVR (Quest 2) because the latest drivers actually cause crashes and instability, although I could fix that by rolling back to either the 2020 or 2022 drivers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38870500 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38870500 Sometimes hardware from generations ago is not only decently affordable, but also sufficient for what you want to do, as long as your standards aren't super high. Getting some of that hardware with no previous owners also feels a bit interesting, albeit I've also bought used CPUs off of AliExpress for my homelab servers with no issues either.