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.
Old because they’re mostly repurposed crypto mining rigs, according to the article.
luthis@lemmy.nz 10 months ago
TwanHE@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They can be fine. If they were properly undervolted and cooled. It’s still a gamble.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months 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.
KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
that’s just called “used”, my 1060 is “old”.
akwd169@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Ouch, that hurt me right in the gtx 1060
mriormro@lemmy.world 10 months 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.