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GPU prices go boom

ubersonic said:
The problem is, they would have to work together to do that or they would cripple themselves. I.E Nvidia launched the Titan XP with gimped compute but then had to unlock it via drivers once the Vega Frontier Edition arrived (of course Nvidia were doing that to maximise profit of Quadros, not prevent mining).
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The TitanXP never had gimped compute and Nvidia never unlocked anything to do with compute. The TitanXP lacks the FP64 cores of the GP100, no software can magic up missing hardware out of things air.



What you mean is the professional drivers that have been locked out of consumer hardware of.AMD and Nvidia for decades. AMD now sale you a Vega 64 with "Gimped" drivers that lack professional support, and a semi-pro Vega FE that enabled professional software optimization.

Both AMD and Nvidia sale consumer hardware with "Gimped" drivers.
 
NZXT30 said:
For those mining with just one gpu to make a bit of money for Volta have you actually trying to convert crypto to real money? It's not that straightforward. Unless you consider taking selfies with your passport, sending sensitive personal information to some Taiwan based company that keeps telling you your passport photo is not clear enough and waiting weeks only for your bank to decline the transfer as straightforward...
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It's really not that difficult unless you have significant funds you want to convert. I've successfully sold BTC and transfered the cash out of CoinBase to my UK bank. If you're directly mining alt-coins it involves a couple of extra steps but nothing you couldn't work out how to do in 15 minutes.
 
Martini1991 said:
Not going to happen, it'd be ludicrous.
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For now it seems ludicrous. It depends how the cryptocurrency fad progresses. If it gets to the point that it requires the consumption of endless amounts of energy whilst still remaining nothing but a vehicle for speculation then I can see it falling out of favour.

It has no practical purpose at all. There have been attempts to use it as a form of payment but it certainly hasn't become anything mainstream. If governments around the world start to see it more as a hindrance, a tax avoidance scheme, then perhaps they will look to regulate against it.

Let's not forget, the government wants your money. It will always want your money. If it believes you have large sums of money stockpiled in digital currency then don't be surprised that they might come after it
 
TallPaul1878 said:
It depends how the cryptocurrency fad progresses.
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Digital cameras, video streaming, telephones, the internet, word processors, plastic. All of those were considered fads and all of them left trails of dead companies in their wake, because they were "disruptive technologies" just like Crypto.

Remember watching sci-fi as a kid? "Aww no, I lost five million credits!", this is the universal currency we heard about as kids. Once the current issue with transaction fees has passed and network processing power increases it's adoption will go into a higher gear. No government will be able to stop it (especially as many are even backing it as it's so damaging to the US).
 
JediFragger said:
I would, for the sake of turning a few settings down. The 980Ti is still a damn good card.
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It is indeed, at least it is for my current usage anyway. It's not that i need the money, but since the 980Ti does all i need then i may as well get a good chunk of change back from the 1080Ti. Look forward to seeing what new cards come out soon too.
 
ubersonic said:
Digital cameras, video streaming, telephones, the internet, word processors, plastic. All of those were considered fads and all of them left trails of dead companies in their wake, because they were "disruptive technologies" just like Crypto.

Remember watching sci-fi as a kid? "Aww no, I lost five million credits!", this is the universal currency we heard about as kids. Once the current issue with transaction fees has passed and network processing power increases it's adoption will go into a higher gear. No government will be able to stop it (especially as many are even backing it as it's so damaging to the US).
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+1
This crypto looks quite disruptive: http://www.cgmagonline.com/2018/01/17/video-game-cryptocurrency-service-announced/

and as mentioned before not all crypto needs to be mined
 
Just spent £330 each on a handful of RX 570 ITX Pulse's. Stock needs to come back before it messes every industry.
 
Kaapstad said:
You don't need to turn off the internet as governments can prosecute the end users in the same way it is possible to do for other criminal activities.
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Maybe they will also prosecute stamp collectors and gold hoarders which would be the same thing :). There is no legal ground to ban a commodity.
 
Scramz said:
There is no legal ground to ban a commodity.
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Unless it's a perceived threat to society. Effective control of currency is, whether we like it or not, essential to modern civilisation and crypto has to interface with mainstream finance somewhere. That's where is can be strangled legally *if* it becomes a destabilising influence rather than an intriguing hobby.
 
willb1967 said:
+1
This crypto looks quite disruptive: http://www.cgmagonline.com/2018/01/17/video-game-cryptocurrency-service-announced/
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A perfect example of the BS swilling around crypto.

1) It's bad for publishers (they kill off their long tail if they allow games to be resold)
2) It's bad for gamers (give publisher's 75% for REselling the game...haha)
3) Cryptocurrency is completely irrelevant to the business case. Steam could do this tomorrow, without using blockchain technology.
4) Oh look here's a surprise, the guy is proposing an ICO to raise funds! Who'd have thought!
 
mid_gen said:
A perfect example of the BS swilling around crypto.

1) It's bad for publishers (they kill off their long tail if they allow games to be resold)
2) It's bad for gamers (give publisher's 75% for REselling the game...haha)
3) Cryptocurrency is completely irrelevant to the business case. Steam could do this tomorrow, without using blockchain technology.
4) Oh look here's a surprise, the guy is proposing an ICO to raise funds! Who'd have thought!
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Hmm not sure of your argument here.

Your 1 and 2 points above seem to be contradictory.
I'll quote from the article:
"Gamers who want to trade in their games will receive 25% of what they payed for them, a figure that isn’t out of line with the return on physical games at places like Gamestop.

It’s also important to note that Gamestop made an estimated $9.3 billion in 2016 from the selling of used games and that none of that money went to game publishers. With Robot Cache, the publishers would in theory receive a percentage of profit from the used games sold on the platform, making it even more enticing for them.
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Personally I have over a 100 digital games in my Steam library of which I may currently play about 4. If I could get 25% for the ones I have no interest in I'd be happy.

Your point 3 is beyond my knowledge apart from Steam do not offer this resale service and face some legal challenges with regard to this.

Your point 4...You're not forced to participate and it's not as if he's nobody in the gaming industry
 
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