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Why Are There No Graphics Cards To Be Had?
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There is/was actually. We extended the kitchen at the beginning of the year and getting appliances, esp high end ones, was an absolute nightmare.
And try buying garden furniture!
It's only partly to do with Covid. There are a number of factors, including such things as a slowdown in Tiawan caused, believe it or not, by a drought they are having. I am not sure what the largest problem is, but my guess is mining.
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Because you was late to the party.
And this kind of thing can't help:
Smugglers Transported 300 GPUs In Mission Impossible Style Speedboat Chase
Not gaming GPUs, but still, the materials that went into making them could have been put to less unscrupulous use. Yes, nVidia, I'm looking at you. Stop making crypto-mining tailored equipment.
Smugglers Transported 300 GPUs In Mission Impossible Style Speedboat Chase
Not gaming GPUs, but still, the materials that went into making them could have been put to less unscrupulous use. Yes, nVidia, I'm looking at you. Stop making crypto-mining tailored equipment.
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I had problems trying to get a new dishwasher, had to spend more than I wanted and had to wait a month for It.
Thats not how warranties work.
A warranty doesnt only cover you for faults that exist when its sold, it covers you if it develops a fault anytime in the first year.
The Consumer act states if a product is faulty or not fit for use within 30 days you can claim a full refund.
After that they are obliged to repair the item, if however they cant repair it you are entitled to a full refund.
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I check a couple of other big retailers and there are very few listed and when they are they are gone within seconds.
It's pretty much mostly due to covid.
Chips are used in most things these days and there are only two companies that make them. When covid hit, demand for items with chips sky rocketed due to people working from home. Phone manufacturers, car manufacturers, white goods manufacturers all hit as well as computer component manufacturers. Iirc, the chip factories would run at about 85% - 90%, but after demand increased they're running way closer to 100% now and can't go any faster. Then, like you mention, there's the drought. It's been said that they would not limit the water used in the factories but whether that's true or not I'm not sure. They're planning on opening more factories but that'll take a few years...
Much of this issue, on the component manufacturing side, was due to incorrect forecasting and many manufacturers thought that demand would decrease or, at best, remain the same. But that was wrong - demand increased considerably. With demand increased, and little ways to increase production, the shortages happened.
Wherever there are shortages, scalpers deliberately follow - whether its computer parts, jewellery, books going out of print, clothes etc. Scalpers will buy up as much as they can and sell it at inflated prices because they know there are a good chunk of people out there that are willing to pay. Before limits were imposed, they'd buy out as much stock as possible to sell on. Cryptominers do play a part as well, but they have just as much chance of getting a card as anyone else and they would rather hold onto their cards than sell them off. Generally they typically buy used cards where possible to lower their investment but maximise profit when mining.
I guess what I'm saying is that although it's easy to say that miners are to blame, they're actually a relatively small factor in the grand scheme of the situation
Okay, little update. Had a reply back from the vendor regarding the RMA, they are sending the broken card back to the manufacturer (MSI) for them to repair or replace. Can’t say I’m entirely happy with that as depending where MSI are located could be weeks before I get a decent GPU back in the PC. Are they entitled to do that with an 11 month old purchase or do I have the right to insist they provide a replacement for the faulty goods?
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Anything after 30 days is sent off to manufacturer for repair iirc BUT I'm not sure what your rights are concerning a replacement if you want to push it.
Well at the moment I want to keep it amicable, if they can turn it around in a couple of weeks given the current GPU situation that will have to do.
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For instance with OcUK if it's anything after 28 days then they issue you a replacement from stock, check the policy with the place that you bought it from & see if it's similar.
That maybe true for the average joe blogs miner with a handful of Gpus but your forgetting about the large corporate mining farms especially in places like China that are buying huge amounts of cards directly from the manufacturers.
Their terms are a bit vague, but it does seem to be a similar policy (can't say more without giving away who the competitor is). I'll wait a day or two for a response to my enquiry as to how long, if I hear nothing or they start talking weeks or months then I shall escalate.
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Yeah they won't really know for sure tbh, as long as they do a similar thing to OcUK then you should be ok to at least not wait aaaaaaaaaages.