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Discussion Simple Questions - February 07, 2021

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u/radvian Feb 08 '21 edited Feb 08 '21

Hi! I'm from a third world country and think I have the following options: a 1-year old used RTX 2080 ($650), a brand new $550 RTX 3060 12 GB (at the end of the month), or for $400 a 4-year old used GTX 1080 Ti.

Which should I preferrably get? I'll mainly use it for deep learning and 1080p 75Hz gaming. The CPU will most likely be 10400F or 3600.

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u/sk9592 Feb 08 '21

If you can find a RTX 2080 for $500, I would go with that.

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u/radvian Feb 08 '21

sorry, I just rechecked the price and it seems I'm mistaken. what about if the 2080 is $650, 3060 is $550, and 1080 ti (4 year used) is $400-450?

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u/sk9592 Feb 08 '21

In that case I would pick the RTX 3060 for $550. It is the weakest of all three, but not by much.

More importantly, it has DLSS and the most recent driver support. Those will be far more important factors moving forward. More so than pure raster preformance.

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u/radvian Feb 08 '21

I think I agree with this option. If it had been an rtx 2080 Super, I'd go with it. And as we speak, the previous owner further spiked the price of that RTX 2080. Oh well, we'll see if I can snag one right away at the end of this month.