hal said on Fri, 3 Sep 2021 05:30:57 -0500 >On 9/3/21 02:09, Steve Litt wrote: >> spiralofhope said on Thu, 2 Sep 2021 20:33:35 -0700 >> >>> On Thu, 2 Sep 2021 14:16:58 -0500 >>> o1bigtenor via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> wrote: >>> >>>> He was of the opinion that Wayland - - - whatever its exact >>>> function, was really not worth running. >>> >>> I've been interested in it because of promises of eliminating screen >>> tearing when watching videos. I don't know if that's been >>> implemented yet though. >> >> When I want to eliminate screen tearing in any situation, I take out >> the nVidia and put in a Radeon. >> > >The GPU companies have been living the thug life for years. First, >price increase was blamed on bitcoin, then the pandemic, then >shipping/boat-stuck-in-canal... it all seems a little too convenient >to argue a 300% price increase is still due to any one/all of these. > >Luckily (or un-luckily?) I have a 1050ti that I bought before prices >went ham. A 1070ti (released in 2017!) refurb is still going for well >over $500 on Newegg ffs... > >It doesn't look like I'll be upgrading anytime soon. I'll stick to >Minecraft and Dosbox before I pay those prices. Given the famous Linus >quote pertaining to his thougts on Nvidia, I'm open to exploring other >options. > >Any suggestions for a Radeon upgrade from a 1050ti? Is RTX only an >Nvidia thing? I quit following the GPU trade rags when pricing went >ham because I got tired of reading the excuses.
I don't know about RTX or 1070ti, but you can buy a no-fan, 2GB RAM modern Radeon for well less than $100.00. Mine seems to play videos just fine, at least Youtube videos. If you need some sort of super-duper video, then there will be some cost and some fan noise associated with it. SteveT Steve Litt Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
