Top positive review
4.0 out of 5 starsOlder hardware (crypto miners avoid it) , but100% up to date DX support and drivers.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 11, 2022
The Crypto surcharge. $200 for a video card. $400 for anything remotely modern. We all hate it.
ASUS came up with an interesting foil to their insanity. Use older hardware that is great for gaming but half as good for crypto/won't make miners money due to higher power use per core, give it fully up to date drivers, DX level support, and overclock it. 90% as fast as a 3060 for $100 less.
Is it expensive? Yes. On the other hand, if I am paying $340 for a video card, I'd like to get a $340 video card. Not $150 4 years ago marked up to $300 or $450 for a $300 card. This card is amazing for streaming on Twitch as it never runs out of memory. 8GB is not quite enough, and 16gb is just wasting money. The point where the memory stabilizes on most 16gb cards appears to be about 10-11GB or so running a major title, a streaming program and deck, and this slots in nicely.
Note - Minus 1 star as Amazon is charging $30 over MSRP for the card now. I really wish they would stop hiking up video card prices over MSRP, since they plainly make enough profit as it is. It's a $340 card and there is no shortage of stock at retailers as this is JUST below the profitability curve for mining/they aren't buying them at all.
