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[-] TheSecondVariety@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 days ago

but it's hardly what you'd call a viable proposition - not at the $198 paid for the modded GPU

Ya. A used 3050 is cheaper than that, still has 8 outputs and 8gb of VRAM. Its cool to see this done as a hobby project but it sounds like this guy just bought it as is, so what's the point?

[-] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago

8 outputs? In a consumer card?

[-] TheSecondVariety@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

They both have 4, I just screwed it up.

[-] Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

Analog output! It can be connected to a crt.

[-] madmantis24@lemmy.wtf 1 points 2 days ago
[-] klankin@piefed.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Cheap practice for RAM soldering I'd assume

[-] TheSecondVariety@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

The person mentioned in the article bought it like that. This wasn't practice, they spend $200 on an old ass modified card instead of paying the same amount for a newer and better card with the same outputs and ram. It's stupid.

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