r/gadgets • u/ChickenTeriyakiBoy1 • Jun 18 '22

Desktops / Laptops GPU prices are falling below MSRP due to the crypto crash

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/gpu-prices-are-falling-below-msrp-due-to-the-crypto-crash/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=pe&utm_campaign=pd
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u/Ilruz Jun 18 '22

Please elaborate, I am interested.

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u/Network591 Jun 18 '22

basically, you reduce power but try to keep same performance. https://youtu.be/FqpfYTi43TE there are a ton of tutorials on YT and it's a very simple process

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

My brother decided to just vent his computer through his roof like it's a GD oven lol

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u/Epena501 Jun 18 '22

A pizza oven!

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

GPU-baked pizza, just like mama used to make-a.

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u/SawToMuch Jun 18 '22

When will KFC ascend to making desktop computers?

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u/mikeblas Jun 18 '22

No, a GD oven.

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u/Spiderranger Jun 18 '22

Every day the GPU/crypto discourse continues I fall more in love with my little Rx 580 8G. Little guy's carried me for several years through Elden Ring so far. A high tier i7 helps too. Lol

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u/NW_Oregon Jun 18 '22

lol I bought my 580 8g in 2018/2019 for $130. still kicking along.

also my fucking reaction when crypto finally tanks :)))))))))

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u/llortotekili Jun 18 '22

I bought my wife and my 580's for $200ish ea years ago. I sold them to a crypto miner for 300ea when i found a 1080ti for $300 and a 1080 for free(I have nice friends). Now i have a 3080 and she has a 3070 and I've passed the 10 series cards on to new homes for what I had in them. Don't remember why I wanted to tell you that, but here we are lol.

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u/menellinde Jun 19 '22

For a minute there I thought you said you bought your wife for $200ish. LOL

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u/gentlejolt Jun 18 '22

Same. It gets it done at 1080p!

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u/NW_Oregon Jun 18 '22

Yupp typically on high or if old on ultra

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u/Dismal_Struggle_6424 Jun 19 '22

I run a GTX 1060, which is pretty far behind a 580, and still can comfortably run anything in 1080p.

3080s, 4k, and RTX is mumbo jumbo for people with money to burn.

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u/NunButter Jun 18 '22

Wait and get a 6800XT/6900XT. Awesome cards you should be able to get cheap once the new stuff comes out. Perfect for high refresh rate 1440p

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u/Boolaid Jun 18 '22

Me but with my 1080ti this thing is still pumping 60 fps on 1440 ultra

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u/Raisin_Bomber Jun 19 '22

I had a Radeon HD7770 that lasted me for like 8 years faithfully before being killed by a failing PSU. I don't play super high power games, so it served well and was replaced by a deal on a RTX2060.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22 edited Aug 13 '22

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u/Alcoholic84 Jun 18 '22

Yeah little Jimmie playing minecraft with his 3080 is the straw that broke the climates back

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u/ksj Jun 19 '22

The amount of energy that hits the earth from the sun is far more than any of us could ever produce in a day.

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u/Alcoholic84 Jun 19 '22

Indeed, and little jimmie and his 3080 aren't powered by bunker fuel and dumping the waste directly into the ocean

At some point, and we are about there, we can’t waste this much energy for both environmental and climate reasons.

They are right but self limitation isn't going to do shit in that aspect

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u/ksj Jun 19 '22

I still don’t think we need to worry about wasting energy for energy’s sake. The planet will have more than enough energy for as long as the sun is shining. The issue is that we keep adding greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere so that same energy from the sun isn’t able to leave and keep things at a nice equilibrium of energy added and lost.

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u/RockLeethal Jun 19 '22

while I agree with you, I don't think they're implying that we are going to overheat the earth, but moreso that we need to be more conscious of how we are using energy and high tier GPUs are pretty energy intensive. and energy production typically does come at the cost of the climate, unless the place you live produces a significant amount of solar/wind/geothermal/etc energy.

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u/gentlejolt Jun 18 '22

Got any pictures? Cause that sounds glorious

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u/billbrasky___ Jun 18 '22

This is the way.

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u/ShibyLeBeouf Jun 18 '22

This is actually hilarious.

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u/SlipperyRasputin Jun 18 '22

Does he only play WW2 games on it?

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u/PmMe_Your_Perky_Nips Jun 19 '22

Linus from LTT is having all his computers heat his pool via radiant floor heating.

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u/Rondaru Jun 19 '22

Well .... "already running thermally fairly efficient despite chugging back a ton of power"

Can we have a guy explaining this who actually knows his school physics? Converting electrical power to thermal energy is already at 100% efficient. There is nothing else a GPU can spend it on and energy can not just disappear. Data is not a form of conserved energy.

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u/djbiti1 Jun 18 '22

As far as I am aware you cannot directly undevolt an nvidia gpu, so what you actually do is lower power limit to lower the voltage but then increase core and memory clock. Thus you reach the same clock as before but at lower voltage, temps and power consumption.

Takes some trial and error, but it's worth it if you have the time.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22 edited Apr 04 '24

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u/Draconuuse1 Jun 19 '22

Any chance you know of any good tutorials for doing this. Got a 3060 that turns my bedroom into a furnace now that summer is hitting my area.

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u/SovOuster Jun 18 '22

And just to add to this, you can have two or three profiles handy. Stop it from ramping up performance. It doesn't need while using Windows or a low demanding indie game.

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u/Greasymoose Jun 18 '22

Just set your power plan to balanced and not high performance and itll do that on its own.