For gaming, not really, for certain professional software, sure. One benefit for general use is the uniformity of the output ports. All miniDP while the equivalent low-end $100 GeForce might have a total of three outputs: VGA, DVI and HDMI. Pain in the ass if you want to run multiple displays.
i mean i understand paying a premium for low profile niches, but this is a little much
A couple of generations old Intel i5 HP/Dell desktop(Optiplex or HP Z[number]) will be under $300, probably less if you go for small form factor or usff. You can easily build on the mini-tower versions, add more RAM, SSD, better PSU and a graphics card as time passes.
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Its baffling to me how out of hand things have gotten. Can they really even turn a profit with these kinds of mining setups? Mining is notorious for having poor returns these days, and the money to buy all these laptops, especially with supply shortages, is a massive investment. I know third worlders have better prospects when it comes to profiting off mining, but where would these pajeets and chinks even get the money to create these mining setups. The whole reason its even viable in these countries is because they're all poor as shit.
Supposedly with China part of it is because it's a way to get money out of the country and into a different currency. Spending 13000000 million yuan($2 mil) to get $1.2 million in non-chinese currency is worth it in the eyes of some, those are just made up numbers but I have read about all kinds of insane ways to cheat the system and get money out in the past. The limit otherwise is transferring out $40k a year for private individuals but I might be mistaken.
If you look closely at the this card you would find that this GPU was WAY AHEAD OF ITS TIME. I firmly believed it was deliberately throttled (via bus) to keep it from out performing and cutting into their other cards.
I managed to get my hands on both a G2 and G3 1000W SuperNOVA. The second-gens, I know are trustworthy, but it’s a refurb. The third-gen is new in box. Which one should I use and which should I send back? Any real differences between these two?
I'd probably keep the G3, if the cost wasn't wildly different. I've never worked with one, but from what I've heard they're more compact than the G2. Also it's new for what its worth.
