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October 6th, 2021 15:00
Aurora R9, Graphic Card options?
Hi,
I'm planning on upgrading the graphic card in my Aurora R9 (upgrading from Nvidia GTX(R) 1660 6GB)
At first I was only looking at other Nvidia cards, 2000/3000 series, however these are either unavailable or sold at ridiculous prices.
Is anyone using AMD's cards in aurora and can recommend something?
And are there any factors limiting the graphic card choice? Up till now I was only aware of size limits- 10.5/10.7'' max length. (Currently using an overkill 850W PSU, so that shouldn't be a problem when upgrading GPU).
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Vanadiel
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October 6th, 2021 16:00
Size limits, and to some extend temperature limits due to the case form factor.
AMD cards should work equally well, but they will not have hardware Ray Tracing. They have slower software Ray tracing.
So if you need RT you should go with Nvidia. Otherwise I think most things are equal, although the AMD cards seem to be performing slightly better on the temperature front.
Tesla1856
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October 6th, 2021 22:00
Yeah, all these failing/flakey RTX-3xxx Nvidia cards is getting a bit too much for me. Unless I can find a good place to get a good/dependable one (like my old MSI Nvidia GTX-1070 ... I have two and they just work perfectly) ... I was actually considering switching back to AMD video-cards myself.
And with Microsoft black-listing the Intel i7-7700k 4.2ghz (Kaby Lake - 7th gen) in my Aurora-R6 for Windows-11... a new Apple with macOS is even back on the table.
Adam K K
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October 6th, 2021 23:00
I found some affordable GPUs, however most of them seems to be of ~29cm length. Will it require some modifications to the case, or no issue?
I have contacted the Dell sales team, perhaps they have some GPUs that are both suited for R9 and don't cost fortune.
Vanadiel
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October 7th, 2021 09:00
I got a complete R10 with an RTX 3080 last year in October brand new from Dell for around $2,000 USD.
It's worth shopping around and checking the sales, if you are looking for something that packs a punch without breaking the bank.
Video cards are very overpriced right now.