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This has no impact on the functioning of existing monitors, right? My monitor is 3400x1440 but only 100hz. The variable refresh rate feature is very nice.

I bought a 6650XT a few weeks ago when it was on sale (for $210). It's working out very well for my needs. My monitor is 3440x1440, 6650XT is fairly good at medium setting. At your resolution it should give you smooth 75 FPS in most games on high. Check if your monitor supports AMD FreeSync...

Don't waste your time. This is an advertisement masquerading as an article. $360 is the current market price for Ryzen 7 7800X3D. There is absolutely no discount or sale.

People that only focus on what they need right now will upgrade critical components half way thru that 10 year lifecyle, ending up spending the same amount of money, while having a much better PC toward the second half of the decade.

Bottlenecking and future proofing are extremely overrated, and often misunderstood, concepts. Buy the best GPU you can reasonably afford that works for your needs now.

It does cost a little more than 1080 Ti, in the range of $175 to $200 vs $150 to $170. Probably worth it tho.

It's been a while, I thought SC5 was critically panned.

I'm in fact looking to get 6600XT instead of 1080 ti. It's newer and uses less power, and a lot less likely to have been a mining card.

Not really. CS2 has a good foundation and I can see it becoming great down the line. It's just not fully ready at this time.

I meant to say 1080 Ti was more far likely to be have been used for crypto mining and therefore may have less life less. I agree it'd remain an effective GPU far longer than RX 5700 XT (or even compared to RX 6600 XT as you mentioned). Just ordered a 1080 Ti for $145 on eBay. Wish me luck! LOL

The 1080 Ti is actually quite a bit faster than RTX 2070 or 5700 XT, those are comparable to 1080 but not the Ti. Those cards are newer and slightly more expensive too. 1080 Ti is by far the best bang for the buck, thought if one wants longevity, he shouldn't go with 1080 Ti at this point.

At this point I expect the card to have been used for mining, and that's okay. It would be fine if the card lasts another year or so. I will add RX 5700 XT to my watch list. They seem to cost about the same as 1080 Ti (~$150). If I come across a real cheap 9th Gen/10th Gen CPU + Mobo...

I play mostly Total War, Civ, Cities Skylines type of games. My gaming pc is quite old: Core i5 6600K OC'ed to 4.5 Ghz, and GTX 1060. This set up is still ok at 1080p, but it's not quite up to the task ever since I upgraded to a 3440x1440 ultrawide monitor. A new gaming PC would be ideal but...

Will limit the GPU's performance but won't result in any harm. GPU will crash if it overheats, you can then increase the fan speed limit.

I've never heard of Merlin. Why is Merlin firmware desirable over OEM firmware?