Should you buy an OLD GPU?

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So you are piecing together a system from both used and new parts to get the best value possible – that’s a great way to build your first gaming pc especially if you are still in school and only have the occasional christmas money and pocket money to spend. But, is it better to buy an old gpu from ebay, or to find the best deal on a new card? Well, I’ve got a collection of old GPUs, from 1 generation old, to 7 or 8 generations old to test, and I’ve thrown in an RTX 2060 for comparison too.

So, what are the cards? Let’s start with team green. I’ve got a current gen RTX 2060 – it’s an NVIDIA founders edition and while you can’t really buy this model any more, RTX 2060’s are currently selling for around £300, depending on the model you get. Next is a last gen GTX 1050 – you can still buy these new for a little over £100, and this one is actually a little underpowered as it doesn’t have a power connector meaning it can only draw the 75W from the PCIe slot and nothing else. Then there is the GTX 980Ti, Posiedon edition from Asus no less. This one is 2 generations old now, but is still pretty impressive. These can only be found used now, and sell for somewhere around £200.

Moving on to team red, we have an R9 Fury – this was a pretty revolutionary design for a card, using HBM memory thats located on the GPU die itself. It’s pretty massive, not power efficient at all but can be had for around £150-200 used, which makes for a pretty great deal as you’ll see in a sec.

Then we have an RX 470 – this is basically an RX 570 but can be had for under £100, or if you want the mild overclock the 570 gives you can spend a little over £100 and get one of those instead. These are amazing cards that give insane value for money.

Next is a bit older, its an R9 280. This was a mid range card at the time, and is now pretty low end by comparison. It’s also pretty much not available, even used, but if you can find one they are only £50 or so. 

Even older is my HD 7870 special edition – this baby had a few extra cores than the standard 7870’s making it just a little bit faster. You might have a hard time finding this version, but normal 7870s go for between £50 and £100 right now, used of course.

And then, there is my very first graphics card. The HD 6870. With just 1GB of VRAM, 2 6 pin power connectors – because 8 pin wasn’t a thing back then – now these can be picked up from as little as £30 but sadly mine won’t actually be benchmarked today as while the system recognised it had a 6870 installed, it wouldn’t actually display anything, not even the bios, so, it’s a pretty sad day. 

So, that’s the GPUs, but how do they perform in today’s games? Well, I’m testing 4 games here, Battlefield V, COD Modern Warfare, Fortnite and PUBG all at low settings at 1080p for a fair playing field. So let’s see how they do.

COD:MW	AVG	Min
RTX 2060	176.26	136.6120219
GTX 980Ti	137.61	109.8901099
GTX 1050	61.69	49.5049505
R9 Fury	120.09	97.75171065
RX 470	106.92	86.20689655
R7 280	59.07	49.70178926
HD 7870 (SE)	55.48	46.97040864
HD 6870	N/A	N/A

Fortnite	AVG	Min
RTX 2060	396.267	225
GTX 980Ti	357.906	211
GTX 1050	189.094	41
R9 Fury	CRASHED
RX 470	244.189	160
R7 280	137.672	0
HD 7870 (SE)	135.933	38
HD 6870	N/A	N/A

Battlefield V	AVG	Min
RTX 2060	121.55	99.9000999
GTX 980Ti	103.96	84.67400508
GTX 1050	52.96	43.45936549
R9 Fury	108.01	87.71929825
RX 470	94.45	77.04160247
R7 280	67.61	57.20823799
HD 7870 (SE)	63.6	53.87931034
HD 6870	N/A	N/A

PUBG	AVG	Min
RTX 2060	179.189	137
GTX 980Ti	167.864	128
GTX 1050	81.161	58
R9 Fury	120.439	86
RX 470	108.817	83
R7 280	72.328	53
HD 7870 (SE)	67.128	50
HD 6870	N/A	N/A

But what does all that mean? Well, if you want to game at 1080p low settings, the single best value for money card there is here is the RX 470. It’s a great playing card, only draws a max of 150W of power, and yeah is hands down the best value here. Of course, if you don’t want low settings gaming all the time, the R9 Fury is actually a pretty good choice, with the main caveat being it’s power hungry as hell, with a max of 375W power draw, and mine couldn’t play fortnite as it just flashed the loading screen then crashed. Not the most seamless gaming experience. With that in mind, the 980Ti is also in that camp, it plays well but is pretty power hungry so if you pay the electricity bill, you might be better forking out a bit more for a newer, more efficient card instead. 

Of course, this video isn’t a complete guide to every GPU you could go and buy, the main takeaway for me is that going a generation or two back is a great way to get a good deal, although you might be sacrificing efficiency and may encounter more issues than if you bought new. But, if that doesn’t bother you, then happy hunting!