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Old RTX 3080 GPUs repurposed and modded for Chinese market as 20GB AI cards with blower-style cooling (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 2 years ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] mriormro@lemmy.world 49 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

Old because they're mostly used, repurposed crypto mining rigs, according to the article.

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[–] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago (2 children)

that's just called "used", my 1060 is "old".

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[–] akwd169@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago

Ouch, that hurt me right in the gtx 1060

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[–] mriormro@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I was clarifying that 'old' was not a descriptor of its age (it's a very modern GPU), rather a description of its potential wear and tear; so 'old' as in beat up.

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[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

FYI, LTT did a video showing ex crypto cards are totally fine. But let's keep that between us so the second hand market for those cards keeps low prices.

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[–] TwanHE@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

They can be fine. If they were properly undervolted and cooled. It's still a gamble.

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[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 years ago

After the last controversy around him, I'd take everything they release with a huge mound of salt.

Linus Media Group's main goal is to maintain their break neck schedule of releasing content, not to ensure 100% accuracy or that they've properly listed all caveats. Not to say that they don't care about accuracy, but that it is greatly eclipsed by their release schedule.

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