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NVIDIA: GPU prices will continue increasing through Q3 2018
You guys all have been able to observe the graphics card price spikes the past half year. Though things are a bit more steady and stable it seems that the trend might continue for a while. Nvidia now as well mentions that GPU prices will continue increasing through Q3 2018.
The news reaches us through dsogaming through hardware seller Massdrop, the pricing in the market will continue to go up through Q3 of this year. In specific, a discussion post on a GTX 1080 Ti on Massdrop from tech community lead Brian Hutchins talked about a visit from Nvidia to Massdrop HQ, in which they discussed the causes for the current shortages. As we've reported for a while now, it's now stated by green team, the two main reasons causing the GPU prices to increase each and every month are the mining craze and the graphics memory shortage.
“While NVIDIA was here they also let us know that the pricing in the market will continue to go up through Q3 of this year most likely before we start seeing any type of relief,” Hutch says. “So, unfortunately, the end to this is not right around the corner and we have not seen the worst of it yet.”
Miners are still purchasing every new high-end graphics card they can get their hands on and as a result of that, all NVIDIA and AMD partners have a hard time filling up inventory and stock. On the other hand, Apple and Samsung are willing to pay more for the memory that will be used in their smartphones. Factories are using the same production lines for the memory that is used in graphics cards and in smartphones and this has created a shortage of memory for companies like MSI, Gigabyte, Asus, and EVGA to make graphics cards. From the looks of it, things are not going to improve in the next couple of months.
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#5522864 Posted on: 02/25/2018 04:09 PM
If the gtx 2080 is more than the release price was for the 1080ti then they can fuck right off.
If the gtx 2080 is more than the release price was for the 1080ti then they can fuck right off.
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#5522866 Posted on: 02/25/2018 04:13 PM
And F@H is not a massive energy drain...Sure F@H is ok because it benefits humanity, right? Yea, right. Well mining benefits individual's pockets, company pockets, store pockets, etc.
You could have also used your 480 to mine and got ROI on it twice by now, but hey, what do I know.
Can't say I'm pleased with the whole mining situation (it's also an enormous energy-drain). The only good thing is that I could sell my rx480 8GB for a higher price than I bought it.
And F@H is not a massive energy drain...Sure F@H is ok because it benefits humanity, right? Yea, right. Well mining benefits individual's pockets, company pockets, store pockets, etc.
You could have also used your 480 to mine and got ROI on it twice by now, but hey, what do I know.
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#5522872 Posted on: 02/25/2018 04:27 PM
My other hobby was racing which requires gasoline. I no longer have any hobbies...
This article is yet another issue we face as enthusiasts with a hobby.
My other hobby was racing which requires gasoline. I no longer have any hobbies...
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#5522873 Posted on: 02/25/2018 04:29 PM
i had saved up 3000€ for this years upgrades, cpu / ram / gpu.
but guess what? i bought a nintendo switch and 8 games, four 8tb hdds for my home server, a new mobile phone, a 4k screen and a new server case and psu. the rest of the money will go down the drain for beer, fun and my girl. my pc`s can age from now on, i don`t care. i wont blow out my money for them, at the current pricing.
it seems like jim sterling say`s: "they don`t want a lot of money, they want all the money!!" so i give them no money until i must buy cus my systems are dead in the gutter.
I share the same opinion: I would have bought a R5 1600+AsusB350 if not for DDR4 prices.
Last year I tried to get a RX570 at decent price (was 210€), no there's no stock or they're double the price.
I bought an Orange amp and have been practice more guitar. Having more fun than playing games for sure!
I know it sucks, but it's a free market and I honestly think cryptominers get way to much heat.
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i had saved up 3000€ for this years upgrades, cpu / ram / gpu.
but guess what? i bought a nintendo switch and 8 games, four 8tb hdds for my home server, a new mobile phone, a 4k screen and a new server case and psu. the rest of the money will go down the drain for beer, fun and my girl. my pc`s can age from now on, i don`t care. i wont blow out my money for them, at the current pricing.
it seems like jim sterling say`s: "they don`t want a lot of money, they want all the money!!" so i give them no money until i must buy cus my systems are dead in the gutter.
I share the same opinion: I would have bought a R5 1600+AsusB350 if not for DDR4 prices.
Last year I tried to get a RX570 at decent price (was 210€), no there's no stock or they're double the price.
I bought an Orange amp and have been practice more guitar. Having more fun than playing games for sure!
I know it sucks, but it's a free market and I honestly think cryptominers get way to much heat.
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I just hope that all of these miners get a hold of something "extra special" for all of their efforts! Any way they could all be slipped something of a rootkit/malware to end this sorry obsession that is mining?!?!
Could anything be done, or is this risk already plausible and I'm just ignorant about it all??
I was so about to bite down hard and build a new system this year, but that seems like it is years off as of now.