>>105681524
It was a cheap option for gamers who couldn't afford actual nvidia pascal cards as they priced the 16 series cards way lower to make them more accessible
>>105681483
6k$ gpus cant play new globohomo games anyway, look at chrono odyssey, cant get above 30 fps no matter the hardware on lowest settings on ue5 lmao
>>105681524
Nvidia knew that they undercooked the RTX feature-set on release of the 20 series, so they had to improvise a version of the architecture that cut all the fat to reach a more attractive price.
>>105682140 >I bought a chink one
You mean the ones sold on Aliexpress, or the ones sold under Chinese GPU brands? I was interested in buying one of the GPUs sold on Aliexpress--retarded, I know--but they don't ship to the states anymore. SAD!
upgraded to rx 6700 xt and gave the 1660 ti back to my dad. feels good playing games in actual 4k now. had some weird amd specific bugs, but managed to handle most of them, except obs not fucking working
>>105688525
I bought mine second hand too from an old man who used it for mining for 3 months and decided to sell because, according to him, it was no longer profitable, mine is Asus and is working fine.