Anyone just given up on looking for a new GPU?

[burtie]

Nope not looking, got a second hand 2080ti for £470 I've water cooled it with an AIO and it runs all my sim games without issue.

So no need for new shiny just yet, Ryzen 3700x 16gb of 3200 ram plus x570 board I don't need a new GPU....... unless I see shiny in stock for good price (which I doubt) I wait it out.

Might buy some 3600 ram though..... maybe a new power supply.

 

[Richdog]

If your adding a wattage amount of heat to a room by mining you will use that amount less with your heating. So saying mining is wasteful is plain wrong if you're making use of the heat your wasting nothing.
So yes great logic. Simple maths really that your obviously not getting.

So to conclude, you think that mining overall can not be considered wasteful, no matter how many GPU's it is using on full blast, as long as it is also being used to heat the room it is in.

Irrefutable logic.

 

[rallyslag]

I wonder what Greta thinks of mining LOL

 

[HRL]

I wonder what Greta thinks of mining LOL

I bet she could at least grasp the concept of its downsides, unlike certain others.

 

[Stu]

If your adding a wattage amount of heat to a room by mining you will use that amount less with your heating. So saying mining is wasteful is plain wrong if you're making use of the heat your wasting nothing.
So yes great logic. Simple maths really that your obviously not getting.

Damn, I'm so stupid... I thought fuel price and efficiency were factors when considering how best to heat my house. Thanks for your sage advice... I'm gonna rip out my gas combi boiler and radiators, and go buy a load of light bulbs and gfx cards to heat the house.

 

[FoxEye]

Then of course there's the fact that many will still be "heating their house" with their GPUs in the middle of summer, if the BTC price holds or climbs further

 

[McPhee]

Then of course there's the fact that many will still be "heating their house" with their GPUs in the middle of summer, if the BTC price holds or climbs further

I'm not sure the RAM on the new Nvidia cards will cope with summer...

 

[philo-sofa]

Yeah TBH I’ve fairly much given up now. I’ll get my goal 3080 or 3080 Ti when stock truly comes in.

 

[thehandzz]

 

[slackrob]

I sort of kept an eye on a few gpus late last year, pretty much given up looking this year(unless things change) . Looks like maybe another year out of my trusty 290x

 

[Defy Belief]

Looking at the stock alerts I've had today the latest rate for a 3070 is £799.99!

 

[Odirse]

Looking at the stock alerts I've had today the latest rate for a 3070 is £799.99!

I saw a few of them priced between 750 to 800 quid yesterday... I refused to pay these prices, but they were gone in 5-10 mins anyway...

 

[Major774]

I saw a few of them priced between 750 to 800 quid yesterday... I refused to pay these prices, but they were gone in 5-10 mins anyway...

More like 2-3 mins, with stock levels 10+. I just watched 2 UK retailers being sold out today, each priced at £799.99.

I managed to order mine yesterday for £719.99 before this crazy price increase.

 

[Quartz]

I wonder... given that people are spending so much now, they won't be able to spend on the next generation, which Nvidia should release late this year now that AMD have caught up, and so availability should be good.

Well, one can always dream...

 

[Odirse]

I wonder... given that people are spending so much now, they won't be able to spend on the next generation, which Nvidia should release late this year now that AMD have caught up, and so availability should be good.

Well, one can always dream...

Come on... who couldn't afford to spend 700£ in a couple of years just because they have spent 200£ more than they were intending today? that's like saying you coudn't afford to go to the pub tomorrow, just because they charged you 10£ for a pint yesterday...

The question is, how many people will be willing to update their PC regularly, if this becomes the norm? it isn't worth the effort. And what will happen with manufacturers selling other components? Would you be buying a new PSU, CPU, motherboard etc if you can't upgrade your GPU?

 

[NicolasCage25]

Don't worry guys, we can still pickup a copy of gone in 60 seconds

*disclaimer, this is light hearted fun. Not a troll

 

[FoxEye]

Looking at the stock alerts I've had today the latest rate for a 3070 is £799.99!

Cheap! A 6800 is £900 and a 6800XT is £1000 now!

 

[robj20]

Damn, I'm so stupid... I thought fuel price and efficiency were factors when considering how best to heat my house. Thanks for your sage advice... I'm gonna rip out my gas combi boiler and radiators, and go buy a load of light bulbs and gfx cards to heat the house.

You are. Your completely missing the point that it's not wasted energy.
Plus not everyone has gas for heating. It's cool you don't like mining, plenty of people do so tough s.

 

[FoxEye]

You are. Your completely missing the point that it's not wasted energy.
Plus not everyone has gas for heating. It's cool you don't like mining, plenty of people do so tough s.

A lot of people don't care about anything other than how much money it will make.

That is literally their only consideration.

 

[sor1706]

Damn, I'm so stupid... I thought fuel price and efficiency were factors when considering how best to heat my house. Thanks for your sage advice... I'm gonna rip out my gas combi boiler and radiators, and go buy a load of light bulbs and gfx cards to heat the house.

I have all my 4 mining rigs (30 GPUs) in the Laundry room where we hang all the clothes to dry. Mrs loves it as it dries super quick and naturally as well. No need to hang outside or place in a tumble dryer or hang over loads off radiators. When there are no clothes just open the door and it it heats a whole section of the house replacing 3 radiators. add the fact that the electricity they are using is only a 10th of the profits they are generating right now and she loves these machines more and more as do I.