On 2021-01-27 8:37 a.m., Kevin McGregor wrote:
I'd be happy enough with a used card, but they're in short supply as well. Probably most used cards are going for the same price as new ones!
Right now it is not a good time to bother with used parts, in my opinion. The pandemic screwed it all up :(
Prices are wonky because availability is hit-or-miss.
Does anyone have a lead on a used NVidia 1660-level card? They're roughly $300 new -- if you can find one.
Memoryexpress does seem to have them in stock, here in Winnipeg. Not many though, so act fast if that's what you want.
I'd prefer to have a new computer with a AMD 5900X, 32 GB ECC RAM, M.2 1 TB SSD and an NVidia 3060-level video card... but supplies are tight on video cards and CPUs especially so I thought I'd just get a 'decent' video card to stretch my current system's life out a little longer.
Also not a good time to upgrade anything, so I can relate to that.
My use case doesn't involve more than 2 monitors, but it does include video editing/transcoding and 3D drawing & rendering so I'd like to have something fairly snappy. One card should do. I think most 1660-level cards have an 8-pin power connector; ~125 W is a typical total power draw for the card.
As long as your PSU is up to it, you'll be fine.
Kind regards,