My 980ti just blew up - I recently upped the voltage to try and get a better overclock (to about 50% on MSI AfterBurner's top slider), and after about 30min of gaming, my pc shut off with a distinct smoke/burning smell, later confirmed to be coming from the gpu... So the pc wouldn't power on at all with the 980ti in, but thankfully everything else works fine (with a MUCH older card). Good times!
I could really use some advice here - given the timing this happened. This could be the absolute worst stretch of time to buy a new video card (with the new generation amd/nvidia cards not available yet, and may not be for another 1-3 months or so).
I was considering buying a used card to tide me over, then reselling it when the new gen options get stock in ... but don't you think prices for the same used cards of older generations will plummet when the new cards actually get healthy stock levels in?
What card right now do you think will hold it's resale value when Nvidia 30 series and AMD 6000 series get a healthy stock more readily available?
I could really use some advice here - given the timing this happened. This could be the absolute worst stretch of time to buy a new video card (with the new generation amd/nvidia cards not available yet, and may not be for another 1-3 months or so).
I was considering buying a used card to tide me over, then reselling it when the new gen options get stock in ... but don't you think prices for the same used cards of older generations will plummet when the new cards actually get healthy stock levels in?
What card right now do you think will hold it's resale value when Nvidia 30 series and AMD 6000 series get a healthy stock more readily available?