• mriormro@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    49
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Old because they’re mostly used, repurposed crypto mining rigs, according to the article.

      • akwd169
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        13
        ·
        1 year ago

        Ouch, that hurt me right in the gtx 1060

      • mriormro@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        1 year ago

        I was clarifying that ‘old’ was not a descriptor of its age (it’s a very modern GPU), rather a description of its potential wear and tear; so ‘old’ as in beat up.

    • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      13
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      1 year ago

      FYI, LTT did a video showing ex crypto cards are totally fine. But let’s keep that between us so the second hand market for those cards keeps low prices.

      • TwanHE@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        22
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        They can be fine. If they were properly undervolted and cooled. It’s still a gamble.

      • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        15
        ·
        1 year ago

        After the last controversy around him, I’d take everything they release with a huge mound of salt.

        Linus Media Group’s main goal is to maintain their break neck schedule of releasing content, not to ensure 100% accuracy or that they’ve properly listed all caveats. Not to say that they don’t care about accuracy, but that it is greatly eclipsed by their release schedule.