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I had planned to wait for pascal / polaris, but my new 29" LG ub67 21:9 monitor forced my hand. My 7770 could no longer cut the mustard. I went on classifieds, ebay, amazon looking for a 2nd hand card cheap. I expected a 7970 to sell for $125 but the cheapest one i could find was $230 + shipping, many over $300!
for $300 thats brand new 970 GTX territory or maybe a R9 390. A few months ago i picked up a Zotac 970 GTX for $229 from jet, though i ended up trading it for other things i needed when i saw a 7770 played my games at 1080p fine.
Long story short, i bought a R9 380 for $135 shipped after $20 mail in rebate and i sell ashes for $20. Its not as powerful as i wanted to go, but i can pass it down to one of my kids when new stuff ships. So anyone know whats going on with the market? are people mining coins again? Which i think is unlikely since new cards are not going up or out of stock...
for $300 thats brand new 970 GTX territory or maybe a R9 390. A few months ago i picked up a Zotac 970 GTX for $229 from jet, though i ended up trading it for other things i needed when i saw a 7770 played my games at 1080p fine.
Long story short, i bought a R9 380 for $135 shipped after $20 mail in rebate and i sell ashes for $20. Its not as powerful as i wanted to go, but i can pass it down to one of my kids when new stuff ships. So anyone know whats going on with the market? are people mining coins again? Which i think is unlikely since new cards are not going up or out of stock...
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