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Intel is taking the budget GPU market by storm - leaked Arc B570 benchmark shows solid performance for a very reasonable price (www.techradar.com)
submitted 3 days ago by cm0002 to c/hardware
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Never thought I'd see the day where Intel was doing decent graphics for once instead of shitty integrated crap LMAO

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[–] givesomefucks -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Why do you need new?

E waste is a huge deal, a refurbished or even used card is soooo much better for the environment than new

And people will always keep buying the newest and fastest, and selling last gen's newest and fastest into the used market.

There's nothing wrong with buying used as long as you're paying attention. It's not like 20 years ago when card burnt out in a couple years. Even mining rigs aren't that hard on cards these days because we're past the days of them OCing to go as fast as possible. They're undervolting to save on electricity and running at steady loads when power is cheap.

We need to normalize used hardware.

Quick edit:

I should point out to be very careful right now, everytime a new gen comes out there's a bunch of scams like cards without dies and other things.

Always be careful, check reviews and understand some things are too good to be true.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

My point is about the availability of used cards. Sometimes the market provides that, but they aren't going to stop making new cards just because older cards exist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Who would buy an 11 year old card which uses a lot more power, when you can buy a new card with warranty, newer features and less wattage at almost the same price and performance?

It would be great for the environment if people bought used components more, but you know most people gonna buy new so they won't worry if their recently bought card is gonna fail.

I personally own a GPU bought from a miner, and never had any issue, apart from repasting it.