Hello,
I would like to get some advice on my current situation.
I recently bought a new pre-built computer with a RTX 3090. Unfortunately, while mining some ethereum and playing WoW classic, the card died.
Because it was new, everything is under warranty and I was able to get the 3090 exchanged for another one, but I will have to wait a few weeks until it arrives.
Since there is the long delay for cards and I wanted to be sure the video card was indeed the problem, I searched for a suitable card to buy to test. As we know the current market is incredibly bad for GPUs and it’s very difficult to find a lot of good deals. Because of this aspect of the situation, I decided to settle on a preowned 2080 TI.
Thankfully, the 2080 ti works well and my computer seems to be fine now (aside for trying to figure out how to get all 4 sticks of ram to work, but that’s another matter).
Since I will now have two graphic cards, I have to decide which one to sell (can’t really return the 2080 ti because the eBay seller doesn’t accept returns and I don’t want to involve eBay since the card does work and is actually quite good). I was generally happy with the 3090, but it did make the area around me and it quite warm, which was a little uncomfortable. It also afforded me some future proofing by not needing to buy a video card for quite a long time.
The 2080 ti is nice, but it is last generation and if I did try to sell it, I would probably lose money.
So my question is should I keep the 2080 ti and sell the 3090 with the plan to wait until the 4000 series or just keep the 3090? Or would looking for a 3080 Ti be something to consider?
My specs if this helps are
Ryzen 9 5900x
32 GB now, but will be 64 GB of ram (Gskill)
Msi mpg x570 gaming edge WiFi.
Msi bran generation 4 ssd card.
The second ssd card will be a Samsung 970 evo plus
Currently a 850 Corsair power supply, but will be a 1200w Corsair power supply.
I will be playing mostly classic and retail WoW, Crusader Kings 3, Civilizations 5 and 6, the Sims 4, and other RPGs or strategy games.
I would like to get some advice on my current situation.
I recently bought a new pre-built computer with a RTX 3090. Unfortunately, while mining some ethereum and playing WoW classic, the card died.
Because it was new, everything is under warranty and I was able to get the 3090 exchanged for another one, but I will have to wait a few weeks until it arrives.
Since there is the long delay for cards and I wanted to be sure the video card was indeed the problem, I searched for a suitable card to buy to test. As we know the current market is incredibly bad for GPUs and it’s very difficult to find a lot of good deals. Because of this aspect of the situation, I decided to settle on a preowned 2080 TI.
Thankfully, the 2080 ti works well and my computer seems to be fine now (aside for trying to figure out how to get all 4 sticks of ram to work, but that’s another matter).
Since I will now have two graphic cards, I have to decide which one to sell (can’t really return the 2080 ti because the eBay seller doesn’t accept returns and I don’t want to involve eBay since the card does work and is actually quite good). I was generally happy with the 3090, but it did make the area around me and it quite warm, which was a little uncomfortable. It also afforded me some future proofing by not needing to buy a video card for quite a long time.
The 2080 ti is nice, but it is last generation and if I did try to sell it, I would probably lose money.
So my question is should I keep the 2080 ti and sell the 3090 with the plan to wait until the 4000 series or just keep the 3090? Or would looking for a 3080 Ti be something to consider?
My specs if this helps are
Ryzen 9 5900x
32 GB now, but will be 64 GB of ram (Gskill)
Msi mpg x570 gaming edge WiFi.
Msi bran generation 4 ssd card.
The second ssd card will be a Samsung 970 evo plus
Currently a 850 Corsair power supply, but will be a 1200w Corsair power supply.
I will be playing mostly classic and retail WoW, Crusader Kings 3, Civilizations 5 and 6, the Sims 4, and other RPGs or strategy games.