Comment on Old RTX 3080 GPUs repurposed and modded for Chinese market as 20GB AI cards with blower-style cooling

db2@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• mriormro@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Old because they’re mostly repurposed crypto mining rigs, according to the article.

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  • KpntAutismus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    that’s just called “used”, my 1060 is “old”.

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    • akwd169@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Ouch, that hurt me right in the gtx 1060

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    • mriormro@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I was clarifying that ‘old’ was not a descriptor of its age (it’s a very modern GPU), rather a description of its potential wear and tear; so ‘old’ as in beat up.

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  • luthis@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    FYI, LTT did a video showing ex crypto cards are totally fine. But let’s keep that between us so the second hand market for those cards keeps low prices.

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    • TwanHE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They can be fine. If they were properly undervolted and cooled. It’s still a gamble.

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    • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      After the last controversy around him, I’d take everything they release with a huge mound of salt.

      Linus Media Group’s main goal is to maintain their break neck schedule of releasing content, not to ensure 100% accuracy or that they’ve properly listed all caveats. Not to say that they don’t care about accuracy, but that it is greatly eclipsed by their release schedule.

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• luthis@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That was my first thought, they are only last gen guys! And easily comparable to the top of the line in the current gen!

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  • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    With 20GB?! I’d take that over a 4070 or even 4080 any day

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