preface
Are you worried about spending money on mining and refurbished cards for nothing?
Which models of graphics cards are the easiest to buy mining and refurbished cards?
What is the difference between a mining card and a normal graphics card?
And how to distinguish which are mining cards and refurbished cards?
What mine-free and cost-effective graphics cards are worth buying now?
This issue directly challenges the recommendation of the strongest cost-effective non-mining graphics card in the whole network
One article to solve all your doubts above!
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Three major mining tides
When it comes to pit avoidance, we have to mention the mining card and the refurbishment card, and we have to say the famous three major mining tides, because most of the mining cards are the products of the end of the mining tide, including many large mining cards at the level of the elders of the three dynasties.
First Mine Tide:
April 2013 to early 2014
Second Mine Wave:
It began at the beginning of 2017 and ended at the end of 2018, and lasted about one and a half years.
Third Mine Wave:
It started in August 2020 and came to an end in October 2022, which lasted about two years.
This column is not to teach history to tell the book, so the specific reasons for the mine tide here we will not go into detail, the focus is to know which models of graphics cards in these three major mining tides are the main force of the mining tide, and then understand what model of graphics card is mining card and refurbished card.
Next, there is a large inventory of mining card models, and I am worried that the small partners who buy mining cards and refurbished cards can copy the work
Large inventory of mining card models
RX580 8G
The first must be the RX580 8G, the 588 graphics card of the king of mines, which is loved by the mine owner, is a veteran of the three dynasties who fought in the mine, and a veteran of World War II. Its high computing power, low power consumption, low price, is simply the dream card of the mine boss, each 580 graphics card has its own legendary story, a hundred refining into steel, exercise into refinement. Today, it is still active in the second-hand market, although the mining tide has passed, but it is still loved by garbage guys, for Xiaobai or forget it, you can't hold it, it's easy to overturn. Now in 2023, it has been in service for 6 years, and it has long been discontinued in 21 years. It is no longer possible to find a new card on the market, it is a 100% pure mining card or a refurbished card. RX 580 Little White Player Click~Bleat~Click~Bleat
GTX 1060 6G
The second has to be the strongest contender for the King of Mines, the GTX 1060 6G. World War II veterans, gold miners, fought day and night in the mines, and also added its strong touch to the mining tide. Once occupied the top spot in the Steam graphics card list for a long time, once released, it caught up with the popularity of the chicken-eating game, and the second mining tide, which was regarded as a god card by the mine owner, and was once in short supply once released. Not only that, but GTX1060 also has a huge market share in Internet cafes. The age of 1060 is older than RX580, the life of general graphics cards and other electronic products is about 8 years at most, and it has been 7 years since 2023, I don't know how many more years can the 1060 in your hands fight? #Brilliant Brush Creation Challenge#
Similarly, 1060 has been discontinued for three years, and there are no new cards on the market for 100%, all of which are mining cards or miscellaneous refurbished cards, pay attention to identification, do not step on the pit.
GTX 1060 Little White Player Click~Bleat~Click
GTX 1080TI 11G
The third is the N-Kaka Emperor GTX1080TI 11G of that year, which also experienced a chicken-eating fire and the second major mining tide once released. As soon as it was released, the price skyrocketed, creating the performance myth of the year, and it was also hot and refined in the mine. The 1080TI was discontinued after only one and a half years since its release in 2017, and has been discontinued for 6 years. Nowadays, there is no possibility of new cards, and the market is full of old mining cards and refurbished cards.
GTX 1080TI Little White Player Click~Bleat~Click
GTX 1080 8G
GTX1080TI's younger brother GTX1080 did not slip through the net, either the mine or the renovation, so don't take chances.
RX 5700XT 8G
In AMD, if the king of mines RX580 is the big boss, then who is the second boss of the mine, 5700XT is definitely a strong competitor, the performance benchmark 3060, combined with FSR technology, excellent computing performance, low power consumption, high cost performance, is definitely the mainstay in the mine. Once it was released, it was in short supply, and it was a typical old mining card. It has been out of production for 3 years, and it is impossible to buy a brand new RX5700XT on the market, which is 100% pure old slag or refurbished card.
RX 5700XT Little White Player Click~Bleat~Click~Bleat
RTX 2060 Super
RTX 2060super, because the performance catches up with 3060, causing many netizens to step on the pit to try, as a result, many netizens have reflected that it is overturned, there are various problems, 2060 Super can be called one of the graphics card models that have recently overturned, since its release in 2019, it has long been discontinued, and there are no new cards on the market for a long time, all are old mining cards and refurbished cards, here is a reminder to start cautiously, it is easy to overturn.
GTX 2060 Super White Player Click~Bleat~Click
There are many models of old mining cards, I will not introduce them one by one.
The rest can directly refer to the statistical chart of the proportion of mining cards I give below, and you can directly save the copying job here.
Nvidia mining card distribution map
AMD mining card distribution map
Want to know which models of graphics cards are mine-free? For more details, you can directly refer to the figure below. Which series of graphics cards are mine-free or mine-free, it is even more clear at a glance! You can copy the job directly and save it for later use.
Full range of graphics card distribution
After talking about which models are mining cards for so long, what is the difference between mining cards and normal graphics cards? What is the difference between them?
The difference between a mining card and a normal graphics card
Why is it not recommended to buy a mining card?
1. The life of the mining card is too short. The life of the mining card is greatly discounted, you can use half a year and you will be Amitabha Buddha, if you can use one year is earned in blood, the general life expectancy will not exceed one and a half years at most. The graphics card is relatively easy to damage in the eight major pieces, plus mining is running 24 hours a day at the limit level, crazy squeeze dry performance, which will greatly consume the life of the graphics card.
2. The performance is greatly reduced. Compared with ordinary graphics cards, the graphics card dedicated to mining strengthens the computing power of virtual coins, but the corresponding ability to graphics processing and video rendering will be weakened, because the mine boss cannot use these functions at all. It will also lead to a decrease in the graphics card memory capacity, incompatibility, direct black screen and other problems. Due to the long-term high-temperature operation of the mining card, the power failure is also likely to cause the solder joint to fall off, directly damaging the components of the graphics card, and the performance loss is serious.
3. It is very easy to damage and it is difficult to repair if it is broken. You have to know that the mining card has no warranty, to your hands are already N hands, early past the warranty period, and for mining card manufacturers will generally directly refuse insurance, you want to repair there is no place to repair, repair is difficult to repair, the three dynasties veterans, World War II veterans abound, many of them have long been broken or refurbished, repair is extremely difficult. And even if the store merchant gives you a warranty, it is basically only guaranteed for one year, the premise is that the merchant will not run away, and when the store is closed, then who do you reason with.
4. The mining card dissipates heat slowly, and the temperature is easy to be too high, and it is easy to burn out. It should be known that mining has the greatest impact on the life of the graphics card fan, due to the long-term operation, the fan of the mining card has long been overwhelmed and has become a daily consumable like soap. Therefore, mine owners also usually prepare a large number of spare fans to facilitate replacement, and also to avoid the increase in spare parts prices due to production stoppages.
Since there are so many old mining cards on the market, how can you not step on the pit?
How do we tell when we get it?
Identification and avoidance of mining cards
First of all, the first step is also the simplest, of course, is not to buy a card model with mining card risk, above I have summarized very clear which models have wood and mining cards, choose the right model you have basically avoided more than 90% of mining cards.
The second step, which is also very simple, is to check the SN code of the graphics card after the graphics card is in hand, and check whether the graphics card is three codes in one, that is, the code on the invoice, the code on the box, the code on the card, whether the three codes are correct. If you can be right, then basically more than 95% is no problem, and you can also infer the factory date of your graphics card according to the SN code, if your graphics card factory date is in October 2022 after the mining tide has ended, then you can rest assured, it is almost impossible to be a mining card.
Here is the method of using SN code to infer the factory date of the graphics card, learned friends can check the factory date of the graphics card themselves, if you find 2022 after October, it means that it is safe, has learned, found friends can directly share to the comment area Oh.
Method 1:
The most trouble-saving way is to call the customer service phone of the graphics card brand you bought, check the factory date with him, report him the SN code, and he will tell you.
Method 2:
SN codes are also regular, like to think by themselves, have the ability to do their own can check themselves according to the rules of SN codes.
Here and below gives the method of self-checking the factory date of each mainstream brand of graphics card according to the SN code law, and you can directly save the copying job.
The SN code of each brand self-check the factory date method
Check the homework in the comment area and tell me when your graphics cards were produced [look]
But in the end, for the sake of rigor, I still want to pour a basin of cold water, because three yards in one, it can also be fake, of course, this kind of fraud also has a certain threshold, only a small number of profiteers do it.
So there is our last trick to identify the unique observation method of mining card refurbishment card
This observation method has a certain threshold, Xiaobai can use the above two, love to ponder can look at the observation method.
Observation method of identification card
1. Observe the color and appearance. It mainly depends on the degree of wear and tear of the graphics card fan, and then looks at whether it is an original fan. If the fan is severely worn or is not the original fan. That means that this graphics card has not worked hard in the mine, that is, the disassembled graphics card of the Internet café.
2. Observe the graphics card backplane. Go to observe whether the back of the graphics card is yellow, because the mining card is a long-term high-load work, the graphics card temperature is too high for a long time, the back of the GPU of the graphics card is easy to yellow, so a yellow graphics card like this backplane is resolutely not wanted.
3. Debunk the rumor: Observing the gold finger traces of the graphics card to determine whether the graphics card is a mining card is nonsense, and it is not reliable at all. Because the mining card is only pulled out twice from the time it is plugged in to the day it is unplugged into the mine, no mine boss will pull the graphics card back and forth, and the gold finger of the mining card may even be cleaner than the graphics card of the player who loves to toss DIY.
Finally, that is the recommended link of graphics cards, what models of graphics cards are worth starting today?
Or what kind of graphics card is right for me?
Because everyone's needs are different, after all, even if you use the best 4090 graphics card and end up only to fight the landlord, it is for nothing. Even users who focus on office do not need a discrete graphics card, and the use of a core graphics card is enough to meet the needs.
The following is a recommended new cost-effective graphics card model without ore during Double 11, and the copying work can be saved directly here.
Mine-free new cost-effective graphics card recommended
RX6500XT
The first is that you can buy a mine-free and brand new RX 6500XT for 900 yuan. The performance is comparable to the big mining card GTX1660super, and it is no problem to run a full 165HZ high-brush monitor at 1080P resolution, and the average frame of 3A masterpieces can also run to 80-100 frames, which is the preferred graphics card for game parties under 1080p.
RX 6650XT
The second is the same 100% mine-free and brand new RX6650XT, the price of more than 1700 yuan, but the performance is equivalent to 2200 yuan of RTX4060, the cost performance is not to say. Game performance 1080P kill, even at 2K resolution can run 144HZ, 3A masterpieces can be played smoothly at a stable frame rate of about 60-80.
RTX 3060TI G6X
The third is the RTX 3060TI G6X, note that it is not the RTX 3060TI, and the model I recommend also has a suffix G6X after it. The 3060TI without suffix is a proper large mining card, which is the hardest hit area for refurbished cards and mining cards. The 3060TIG6X with suffix was released in October of 22, when the mine tide has passed, 3060TIG6X is 100% mine-free and brand-new, and the performance is stronger than 3060TI, which belongs to the existence of 2K resolution.
In 2K resolution, most of the 3A masterpieces can basically stabilize at a frame rate of about 70-100 under the premise of the highest image quality, and the game performance in 2K has a very good game performance, and the game performance in large online games that do not eat much graphics card is catching up with 3080.
RX 6750 GOES
RX 6750 GOES
The fourth is the RX 6750 GRE is AMD freshly released on October 18 this year, which can be said to be AMD's most sincere graphics card in recent years. Not only is it 100% mine-free, but it can have 12G large video memory at a price of more than 2,000 yuan, and has SFR3 super-resolution technology and AFMF frame generation technology, only need to open AFMF in the driver, you can interpolate frames in most mainstream 3A games, so as to double the frame rate. Selling the price of 4060, but with the performance of the second-kill 4060TI, it is one of the most capable graphics cards in 2K resolution, both in performance and price, no one can beat it.
RX 6950 XT
The last one is AMD's last generation Kahuang RX6950XT, and I only recommend RX6950XT graphics card at 4K resolution. The price of more than 4600 pieces, but the performance is comparable to the 4070TI of 6000 pieces, the cost performance is really not to say, while the price has not increased yet, 4K resolution players can close their eyes, I estimate that 6950 will soon be out of stock. Especially recently affected by 4090, all 4K-level graphics cards have almost fully increased in price, 4070TI, 4080, 7800XT, 7900XT is still rising, the most outrageous or 4090 are the lowest speculation to 2W, and there is a shortage of stock, which is really outrageous.
Finally, here I mention that it is not that I am not willing to push N cards, it is true that there is no one who can hit the price of NVIDIA below the price of 2000.
And all NVIDIA 10 series, 16 series, 20 series 30 series non-mining graphics cards have basically been discontinued, basically refurbished cards and mining cards, which I do not push. For the 40 series, below 4070 are relying on the defense, like 4060 such performance defense graphics card version can be sold to more than 2200 pieces, this does not drop to 1800 fast below I will not push, even his previous generation 3060 can not open the gap, in addition to no mine and low power consumption really nothing to say, but all graphics cards above 4070 are now rising in price, so now the N card cost performance is really nothing to push, here rich brother is not bad money can be arbitrary.
Finally, I attach the graphics card ladder diagram for your reference, I hope it can help you
See it all here, then
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