Sod that, still have nightmares from last one !
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GPU prices go boom
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Sod that, still have nightmares from last one !
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It's certainly a terrible time for those looking at a new build and don't fancy spending more than £700 on a system. I couldn't really recommend anything lower than a GTX 1060 for gaming otherwise you might as well get a console.
A gaming PC is supposed to be an order of magnitude above a games console, that's the whole point. You pay double the price of a console and expect double the performance.
A gaming PC is supposed to be an order of magnitude above a games console, that's the whole point. You pay double the price of a console and expect double the performance.
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even the 2nd graphics card market has gone crazy at minute
People still want over £100 for their 280x's and even 7970's. It's madness.
I think you need to look at the overall picture here, which I think its being missed. We have a global dram shortage which isn't going to help things, so that's going to push prices up globally anyway but that's not going to add 100's to the price of items. Retails are to blame as they are the ones bumping the prices up hugely, which is party due to simple supply and demand.
Most people if they wanted to get into PC gaming for the first time would look into pre-build units and not bespoke self builds.
I'm just gald i got mine when i did, 2018 looks like a scary year for GPU's and RAM pricing, and how long before motherboard vendors get in on the act? Ryzen CPU's are proving to be absolute Mining monsters, if the price of Monero keeps going up Ryzen CPU's will disappear from stores and then rocket up in price..... that's the next thing that's about to happen.
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This reeks of jealousy and remorse for not getting on the train.
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It won't push the price of Ryzen CPUs up any significant amount, you have to spend 5k on boards/CPUs/ram to make anything significant (£20 a day)
An 8 GPU rig will make £30 a day for half the outlay, a tenth of the physical size and probably less power consumption too
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i ended up getting a second han 7950 for 40 quid as couldnt afford a 1070 yet
Most people can't afford the initial outlay and then the risk of it going pare shaped, they just want to play computer games, with prices increasing at such a rate surly you can understand why people looking to build are pretty bitter about it all.
Its why i said if the price keeps going up, this time last year Ethereum was $10, its now moving toward $900...
If anyone wants to understand this craziness, that ^^^^^ is it.
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Just checked and the 1080 Ti Strix has gone up £40 pushing it to £840 and there are plenty in stock, Talk about over doing it.
No clue how you got that from what I said, Good for those that made some money but people I personally know have looked at the current prices and opted for a console instead as the price of a decent GPU now is beyond insane, If that trend keeps going that is not good.
No clue how you got that from what I said, Good for those that made some money but people I personally know have looked at the current prices and opted for a console instead as the price of a decent GPU now is beyond insane, If that trend keeps going that is not good.
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You want BTC to drop in value, what valid reason do you have for that? Other than you want miners to be losing out.
RAM pricing is shooting up also - that isn't due to miners, its due to world wide shortage of RAM (mobile phone demands are the main reason for that). RAM is on video cards - this is the main reason for the price hikes and shortages. Yet you blame miners. There are many factors behind GPU and RAM price increases, but to lay blame on just miners is wrong.
I pose a solution for all your Gpu woes.... Don't buy one and make do with what you've got. Let the miners mine and the phone people tweet until things become a little more sensible. Supply and demand or not if you don't like the prices then don't pay them.