A company wanted to throw away a graphics card. But a gamer is happy about the free upgrade instead.
The RTX 3060 is among the most popular graphics cards that gamers can add to their systems. A gamer is very lucky and got an RTX 3060 from his employer. Because he wanted to throw her away.
Bosses want to dispose of incorrect deliveries because the effort is too great
What kind of graphics card is that? The player himself explained on reddit that the store where he works only sells RTX 3050s and GT 1650s. But the last delivery mistakenly included an RTX 3060 that you hadn’t ordered. And his boss wanted to have them disposed of because that would have been the easiest for the daily routine in the company:
The department heads, who know nothing about PC parts, decided it would be too much trouble to register them in the system for sale and told us to just throw them away. There was only one in the order and they didn’t even want to bother sending it back. So i have [die GPU] taken away. I couldn’t bear to see this card thrown away out of ignorance.
At home he now wants to replace his old GTX 1080Ti with it. And that could really pay off for him, depending on the scenario.
What was the problem? The user described the “problem” with his department heads in such detail that not only the business but also the people involved could be assigned. Under his post, the first users warned him that he should urgently remove details. Because such a rant (tantrum) is really not worth losing your job because of. If his bosses read this, it could have serious consequences and end up hurting other people.
Some details have now been removed from the updated post. He probably didn’t want to risk his job for an RTX 3060 after all.
Old GPU offers more performance but fewer features
Is the “upgrade” even worth it? On paper, the 5-year-old GTX 1080 Ti is slightly faster and offers more performance than the RTX 3060. However, one should not overlook the fact that the RTX 3060 is the much more modern GPU with:
On top of that, the RTX 3060 offers faster and larger video memory and (depending on the manufacturer) is also significantly quieter than a GTX 1080 Ti. The new graphics card also consumes less power (power consumption) than the old GTX 1080 Ti.
Some users even recommend that he sell both the GTX 1080 Ti and the RTX 3060 and then use the money to buy a faster graphics card. That could end up being the most worthwhile.
In the most annoying case, the user then has to upgrade the rest of his hardware. You can find out which upgrades are definitely not worthwhile for a gaming PC in the following articles on MeinMMO:
7 upgrades for your gaming PC that you should definitely not buy