Topic: What's the best GPU to buy that will hold the most resale value after 1 year? - page 2. (Read 2170 times)
January 14, 2017, 03:37:35 AM
For resale value RX480 or used 280/380 series cards from ebay probably
January 14, 2017, 03:00:43 AM
Both cards are at the same range if you want to resell it.
You can get 2x RX 480 for the price of 1 GTX 1070
You can get 2x RX 480 for the price of 1 GTX 1070
it hash also far less than one 1070, 260 sol against 440 plus double the consumption, plus you need more rig, which mean more components that add to the price which reduce the "2x480 = 1x1070"
January 13, 2017, 08:04:24 PM
How about the power draw. With the 1070 for example when I used to mine ETH I could set the power limit to 50 since the GPU clock had little importance and run the memory high so that would be efficient for the summer when I want to cut down electric and heat. Does AMD work similar for ETH? How about XMR?
ZEC does fair on NVidia
I know these new cards will be fine. It's the R9 300 series cards I question the resale value on and the GTX 900 series resale value one year from now. If the next series steps up as much as this current one has I feel like those past series will be so severely obsolete and crippled in resale value.
ZEC does fair on NVidia
I know these new cards will be fine. It's the R9 300 series cards I question the resale value on and the GTX 900 series resale value one year from now. If the next series steps up as much as this current one has I feel like those past series will be so severely obsolete and crippled in resale value.
January 13, 2017, 07:46:42 PM
Both cards are at the same range if you want to resell it.
You can get 2x RX 480 for the price of 1 GTX 1070
You can get 2x RX 480 for the price of 1 GTX 1070
January 13, 2017, 06:49:57 PM
new amd polaris cards. 
rx 470 / 480. NVIDIA is good if you can buy a little bit cheaper.
rx 470 / 480. NVIDIA is good if you can buy a little bit cheaper. January 13, 2017, 06:42:57 PM
I am looking for the best GPU to earn me mining profits that I can sell after 1 year and maybe 3 months after.
Current situation is 2 semesters left to utilize the covered electric in a university dorm room. This spring coming up and the following fall. After next fall I would keep the GPU and mine with it in this extra computer for the rest of the winter while it is still cold but once everything warms up the electric grid for my room wouldn't handle my main computer, this extra computer, and an AC. Not to mention the electric is not cheap by me compared to many on here at 0.20 k/w and at the moment an R9 390 for example would be a net loss mining from home. Combine the heat and extra AC use and it is useless over the summer time at home.
Looking at used prices for previous generation GPU's and considering the power draw to hash rates, it looks like my options are to only get an R9 380 or R9 390 if the deal is very cheap and just not utilize them over the summer unless XMR or ETH profitability really jumps up big time. From there I can hope that people will be interested in a 2 generation old power guzzler down the road for resale.
The better option as it appears right now is to get a GTX 1060 3gb or an RX470. The GTX 1060 would be a good option for the summer if it functions just like the 1070 in my main computer where I can set the power target to 50% and when it is cold over the winter I can just crank it up and reduce the need for the electric heater. I do not know if the RX 470 functions the same like that. I would need some RX users to explain the card to me a little.
Current situation is 2 semesters left to utilize the covered electric in a university dorm room. This spring coming up and the following fall. After next fall I would keep the GPU and mine with it in this extra computer for the rest of the winter while it is still cold but once everything warms up the electric grid for my room wouldn't handle my main computer, this extra computer, and an AC. Not to mention the electric is not cheap by me compared to many on here at 0.20 k/w and at the moment an R9 390 for example would be a net loss mining from home. Combine the heat and extra AC use and it is useless over the summer time at home.
Looking at used prices for previous generation GPU's and considering the power draw to hash rates, it looks like my options are to only get an R9 380 or R9 390 if the deal is very cheap and just not utilize them over the summer unless XMR or ETH profitability really jumps up big time. From there I can hope that people will be interested in a 2 generation old power guzzler down the road for resale.
The better option as it appears right now is to get a GTX 1060 3gb or an RX470. The GTX 1060 would be a good option for the summer if it functions just like the 1070 in my main computer where I can set the power target to 50% and when it is cold over the winter I can just crank it up and reduce the need for the electric heater. I do not know if the RX 470 functions the same like that. I would need some RX users to explain the card to me a little.
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