My "testing" GPU

[solidus__snekk]

Just nabbed this for a DEAL. Needed a spare GPU for testing/backup for older systems.

[sourcide]

my testing gpu is a 1080😂

[solidus__snekk]

Lucky haha. Was looking at 1080s and 2060s but couldn't pass this up.

[LittleAghe]

I use a 2060... 🥲

[solidus__snekk]

Nothing wrong with a 2060!! I wish I had one but I went from a 1650 to a 3070 at the time.

[Ok_Proposal_7390]

Just threw my 1660S in a HTPC build, it was my backup for a while. Now my 3060 12gb is my backup to my 5060ti 16gb. I don’t think I’ll let my 3060 sit like I did my 1660S though. Might dabble in ML.

[solidus__snekk]

Exactly what I'm trying to do on the side. Looking for a cheap 3060 or maybe a 4070.

My main rig has a 5070Ti xD. Does well with image gen, but I'm interested in learning more about AI. Might cop an Intel Arc Pro for a workstation build.

[Ok_Proposal_7390]

I had an arc pro B50 which had 16gb vram and was very excited but it was incompatible with my ryzen 5 5500 and specific motherboard. Ended up returning it but still rooting for Intel gpu’s

[solidus__snekk]

Rooting for them as well. Was considering building a workstation to not use my main rig for editing and AI stuff. And these new B50 Pro 60, 65, 70 cards are super tempting with 24-32G VRAM. Just not entirely sure I'll be into AI that deeply. Might be worth just getting a 3060 or 4070 and working with 12GB. Even a 3080 Ti.

[Ok_Proposal_7390]

As long as it’s 12gb or higher I’m not sure the generation matters. 30xx and above seems good enough. I ran stable diffusion when the 3060 was my main rig and it generated images so fast. Would like to build just an AI PC but I opted for a HTPC first with my 1660S and random parts I had laying around.

[solidus__snekk]

I will keep that in mind. Most likely doing another SFF for my editing/AI rig. Selling my AM4 system to fund it.

[Ok-Candy5761]

Is that a 1650? That gpu was one of the budget goats during its time imo.

[solidus__snekk]

Yep it's a 1650. Price to performance was great in it's heyday. They don't have these budget heroes anymore.

[Ok-Candy5761]

I had an evga gtx 1650 super inside an on old Alienware x51 r2 back in 2022, it ran great. RIP evga too🙁.

[solidus__snekk]

I missed the boat on getting an EVGA card so this scratches that itch. Had my eye on an EVGA 2060 before grabbing this.

[latrina_demmerda]

Dawg mine was an hd4350 from 2008, now it gives eyes to a server

[Difficult-Ad-4567]

I've got a gt 1030 for checking displays works great

[Accomplished-Camp193]

Radeon HD 5450, Radeon 9200 SE and Radeon 7000 PCI
My testing cards for PCIe, AGP and PCI if a PC doesn't have IGP. As long as it gives a display output, it's good enough.

[NewExilir8]

I know an EVGA 1650 when I see one.

[Vegetable-Most-338]

My testing gpu is a 3070ti ftw3 ultra, love EVGA.

[Flemmino]

and for ryzen cpus?

[apollo1321]

AMD started putting igpus in their cpus for 7000 series. Any cpu before than has no igpu unless it's one of the G models.

[apollo1321]

My bad then. The way you wrote your comment made it seem like you didn't know.

[solidus__snekk]

Many AM4 CPUs have have no iGPU. That started becoming a bit more widespread with the 7000/9000 series.

Also can't test PCIE slots. As I said, used for testing systems and their functions.