[Purchased elsewhere] - GTX 1060 6GB graphics card - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 28, 2020, 06:48:03 am
content: Been poking around looking to give my desktop a bit of a boost in the graphics department and this card would appear a reasonable candidate.Anybody have one they'd be prepared to part with for around $150AUD? I'm wary of international shipping costs, so be mindful of this if you are not in Australia.Alternatively, anything which has CUDA and can compete on the performance scale might be considered.Found one on eBay....Life is too short.

author: Shock
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2020, 09:56:37 am
content: A more likely story is Doom Eternal.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 28, 2020, 10:32:22 am
content: My "extreme" gaming demand is Age Of Empires, Rise Of Rome - which was released last millennium.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 28, 2020, 11:21:07 am
content: Quote from: Starkfactory on February 28, 2020, 10:55:02 amDon't know what those are. Haven't seen them. Don't care. I bailed from first person shooter after a brief time with Castle Wolfenstein (I think it was). I spend more than enough time on the computer as it is without whiling away many hours achieving nothing. It might surprise you to know that there are quite a number of computer users that don't bury themselves in gaming.The performance that I need is for a couple of use cases: The first is real-time rendering of CAD models.Then there is the image processing for photogrammetry, where CUDA cores become quote useful. These have a lot of similarity in the hardware requirements as gaming - but their usefulness extends OUTSIDE gaming. (Believe it or not.)The truth be known, I would really like a Quadro card, but to get the performance I am after, I'd be paying thousands. Not in the budget.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 28, 2020, 11:41:32 am
content: Cuda cores can be used by some BOINC projects too. They are specific task processors for general purpose use by anyone that can be bothered to write code for them.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 29, 2020, 10:20:01 am
content: Quote from: Starkfactory on February 29, 2020, 08:41:49 amI took that as a statement from a gamer - the sort of gamer who believes the primary reason for any half-decent hardware can only be meant for gaming. That is, a narrow-minded individual who can't look past their own interests and believes anyone expressing conflicting views must be lying.That's how it read to me. That's how it came across. If you want to make jokes on a text-based forum, you had better take precautions so that your intention is clear - otherwise you can easily be misunderstood.QuoteNo. You wanted to "make a statement" - and that backfired because you jumped up on your soapbox without thinking it through or asking questions.The process for making a stand on the rules is very simple and is available oneverysinglepost. It's called "Report to moderator".

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 29, 2020, 10:57:36 am
content: i thought the argument was now about what the card is for not that that is anyone's business.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 29, 2020, 11:24:18 am
content: Quote from: Simon on February 29, 2020, 10:57:36 amI think we're past that little kerfuffle.My critic says 'enough' - and I'm happy to walk away from any such pointless further conversation.I will only respond to expressions of interest in supply of said graphics card.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 29, 2020, 11:46:41 am
content: Right, thread cleaned up a bit. Sorry Brumley, that was such a shouting match that I lost track of who was trying to make the purchase.