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When the Gpu's prices will go down ?
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I second that, such a level of openness and transparency is rare from a retailer and should be appreciated.
Gibbo pretty often gave a better deal than his german counterparts and he's almost competitive with the best local prices despite custom duties and shipping.
If I was in his shoes what I'd do is to take a page from the Chinese e-retailers book and open an "EU warehouse" to better serve the continent but then I'm not privy to any market area agreements he might have signed.
Decided to wait as well, 2070S is not far off a 2080 and I'd be pretty bummed if 4080 turned out to be 50% faster than a card I bought over retail 2 years after release
Been checking prices myself and will continue to do so occasionally but I'd have to stumble upon a hell of a deal to pull the trigger considering I gott my 2070S below retail two months after release. A bad deal is a bad deal, regardless of whether I can afford it.
Funny that! Both vendors are recording record profits, everyone is on the take
True.
Any news/hope for the 3060Ti/3070/6700xt midrange? I can see at least a few 3060s and 6600xts have slipped below £400, which is great, but any step up from there is a big chunk of extra cost.
That said, with next gen in 7-8 months, maybe I should just get a 3060 to fix my immediate performance problems right now, and plan on a 4000/7000 series next year...
That said, with next gen in 7-8 months, maybe I should just get a 3060 to fix my immediate performance problems right now, and plan on a 4000/7000 series next year...
Consumers are on the take as well, as in taking it up the ass.
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6600 seems the better value atm tbf, decent card.
I think most people are overlooking the probability of another crypto boom in the latter part the year. The last one hasn't finished and it is only taking a breather.
I think even these current gen GPU prices will go back up. The only thing that could stop it is if Ethereum become POS and that might happen by the end of the year.
I think even these current gen GPU prices will go back up. The only thing that could stop it is if Ethereum become POS and that might happen by the end of the year.
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watching mining tubers - kiln merge has a problem that needs ground up solving (yes/no tokens)- talk on reddit is next year now
Even if crypto does boom and eth is delayed until year end or even next year, miners would still have to think very carefully about if it is worth buying in and since cards are still overpriced for the performance they offer (historically speaking) with payback needing over a year, I'm not convinced it is.
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Like.. we said then!
Also flood of GPU's in April!!!!! 
These jokers not materialised for a while have they?Agree on that. Cards have been overpriced for everyone including miners. The margin for profits is much less after 150%+ increases to electric unit prices so payback is in years not months. Warmer months of the year ahead making heat a factor so having multiple cards is not worth the hassle.
Like.. we said then!
April 29th will be the dev call - but it looks like next year (possible September but likely next year)
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I was thinking September originally then after a couple of the vitalik interviews with his body language wasnt good thought more like December.
Was hoping the market would produce an alternative before then so that people could jump off ETH before being pushed.
Perhaps I don't understand the mining "community" well enough to say this. But I suspect that many miners are not so smart. When crypto prices boom, GPU prices also go up. It makes little financial sense. It's like buying an asset at inflated prices, when they are only going to be at that level for a few weeks before dropping. I suspect that many noobs decide to get into mining when prices are in the bubble stage. It takes months for a miner to make back their money on GPU and energy costs.
Isn't the sensible thing to mine when prices are low and then sell when they become high? And by sell I mean sell both the tokens and the GPUs.
Thus I don't think miners will be as rational as you think. They will FOMO when ETH goes back up in value.
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Well, you might be right, but I'd say one of the reasons that availability is better now is because many miners have done the calculations and have sold up, or stayed out of the market, knowing what was coming (in terms of electric/gpu costs and eth pos).
Maybe it will be a mixture? The veteran miners are selling but the noobs will buys GPUs if ETH rallies again?
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This is true but each cycle the noobs from the previous get savvy and learn so fomo in earlier the next time basically (think of a snowball effect). The latter point is what I have been doing for a decade now which compliments why I would buy a strong GPU, although I use the pocket money to buy things. It feels way more mainstream these days.
only if mammy and daddy are paying for electricty
its pretty bad now come sept it will hit near 50% increase again they reckon, maybe more if russia is still at it.plus russias market share will be distributed adding a little more gpu's to the pot and maybe chinas as well