GPU pricing seems to have increased so the profit isn't as transparent as you might think. Gibbo's comment in the Motoring Meet topic was
Not denying that there may be some gouging but it's not all one sided.
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GPU pricing seems to have increased so the profit isn't as transparent as you might think. Gibbo's comment in the Motoring Meet topic was
That and the 70% of steam users still on 1920 x 1080 resolution. I've not upgraded my monitor for around 8 years, and with the prices at the moment if my monitor did fail, I would just replace it with like for like.
The biggest switch seems to be people moving from 1080p to dirt cheap larger TV's at 768p resolution. Probally kids and old nerds playing Indie pixel games lol.
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You need a whole box / pallet for the price of that markup.
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That and the 70% of steam users still on 1920 x 1080 resolution. I've not upgraded my monitor for around 8 years, and with the prices at the moment if my monitor did fail, I would just replace it with like for like.
The biggest switch seems to be people moving from 1080p to dirt cheap larger TV's at 768p resolution. Probally kids and old nerds playing Indie pixel games lol.
Yep,and going from that 768p to 1080p is a doubling of resolution,so if they got a GTX1060 from say a GTX760,it means the resolution increase has accounted for the improvement in graphics performance.
This is why the slowing down of graphics performance improvements under £300 has an effect,as getting a better monitor simply accounts for the improvement.
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Not sure which I am more happy to see:
- retailers having to take back all these unwanted GPUs knowing that they will have to sell them for a lot cheaper and maybe even at a loss
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- miners trying to return used GPUs before they have to sell them on the likes of ebay for a lot less than what they originally paid
- retailers having to take back all these unwanted GPUs knowing that they will have to sell them for a lot cheaper and maybe even at a loss
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- miners trying to return used GPUs before they have to sell them on the likes of ebay for a lot less than what they originally paid
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I paid 730.00 for my FTW3 from the Rainforest before the madness kicked in but I did see them as low as 699.00
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From £600 to £650 onwards for cheaper models on deals. Remember this starting point is still more than the GTX980TI which started from £500ish onwards months after release.
I would agree - The crash is likely to stall around $4000
I do find it funny though, the amount of people I've read say "Yes it's a crash, but it's always crashed around this time of the year" - But don't take into account, Bitcoin has never crashed this badly before (Of course it's never been that high before either, but the crash percentage wise is maddening, and to say that it is normal seems a bit strange to me).
^ Not directed at you Scramz, just talking out loud - I think I saw a tweet from Mr McAfee
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Just realised I've taken this a little off topic - So...
GPU prices eh? What the hell right?
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The steam stats are skewed by chinese pubg cheaters.
I cant belive over 100 people have been arrested for that in China its just a game ffs. imagion if everybody got arrested who dived playing football.