There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
$100 = gtx 950, 960.
$200 = gtx 970 (used can be had for around $150). AMD rx480 or gtx 1060 if you must insist in new.
anything above that = 1080 or nothing. screw the 1070, if you are spending over $400 you might as well go for the big dog. Just don't go for titan X unless money is not a problem for you.
in that regard, you might as well get a ps4 or xbox one for gaming, as they are much practical alternatives to run games at 1080p.
from a practical point of view, a 1060 or rx480 are golden. anything past this point is pretty much not practical.
i can find you a used gtx 970 for $150 easily.
my point being, for $150 nothing touches a gtx 970.
And rx470, 480, 570 and 580 are impossbile to find under $300 because miners snatched them all. where you living under a rock? go check the price of rx480s
1) i mentioned gtx 970 because they are not being used for crypto. crypto mined cards are: rx470, rx480, 570, 580, gtx 1060, gtx 1070 are among the most popular. After that it's older generation AMD cards such as the r390. So nothing to worry about used gtx 970, 980 and 980ti.
2) crypto mining is all about efficiency and return on investment. What this means is that any seasoned miner will UNDERVOLT the cards in order to use less electricity and generate less heat and noise. so even if running at max 24/7 they are being run with less voltage, and thus they are actually pretty safe even after years of mining.