Does make you wonder as that huge profit doesn't come out of thin airSelling them direct to Miners
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Does make you wonder as that huge profit doesn't come out of thin airSelling them direct to Miners
I'm not looking to buy a 3000 series card, they're not worth it. I just want this situation to end so we can move on. Also your reply suggests this situation is acceptable if I just "put the time and effort in", which it isn't. Not by a long shot. It shouldn't involve any more effort than adding to cart and checking out. That's the whole point.Complain less and try harder.
Cards can be bought for reasonable(ish) prices if you put the time and effort in.
And then ordering parts for a mining rig, building it, installing Phoenix Miner and setting it to send ETH to your wallet. You forgot that part of the chain that is working harder than the purely gaming side.I'm not looking to buy a 3000 series card, they're not worth it. I just want this situation to end so we can move on. Also your reply suggests this situation is acceptable if I just "put the time and effort in", which it isn't. Not by a long shot. It shouldn't involve any more effort than adding to cart and checking out. That's the whole point.
I remember when the best AIB cards only cost 20% more than the basic cards, eg my ASUS strix 970 reviewed at £300. I have seen the 3060 strix go for over £500 compared to MRSP of £299.
You also used to be able to buy last gen cards at a big discount when they came end of life, I bought the 970 brand new for £180, a vega 56 down from £349 to £235
I can see people's point of view about-face the current situation
I'm not looking to buy a 3000 series card, they're not worth it. I just want this situation to end so we can move on. Also your reply suggests this situation is acceptable if I just "put the time and effort in", which it isn't. Not by a long shot. It shouldn't involve any more effort than adding to cart and checking out. That's the whole point.
How are they making such a huge profit when they hardly have any GPU's to sell to anyone
Does make you wonder as that huge profit doesn't come out of thin air
Believe it or not but they are producing more GPUs than ever at the moment. I'll leave you to decide where they are going.How are they making such a huge profit when they hardly have any GPU's to sell to anyone
Believe it or not but they are producing more GPUs than ever at the moment. I'll leave you to decide where they are going.
When just one mining farm in Iceland uses more power than all the residential homes in that country it shows an example of the scale of mining. However, pc gaming is also growing massively. Supply isn't keeping up with the demand from miners and pc gamers combined.
That's true, during the pandemic, PC gaming has increased. Tech has made huge profits.
The mining farm in Iceland that uses more power than their whole country's electricity bill is insane. But Iceland is the world's largest green energy producer. About 85% of the their energy supply is derived from domestically produced renewable energy sources. So it would likely be profitable for them to mine on that scale. Doubt that would be happening in say US or UK etc. Electricity here costs a kidney.
I'm might have visited that farm.When just one mining farm in Iceland uses more power than all the residential homes in that country it shows an example of the scale of mining. However, pc gaming is also growing massively. Supply isn't keeping up with the demand from miners and pc gamers combined.
Believe it or not but they are producing more GPUs than ever at the moment. I'll leave you to decide where they are going.
My seven year old Golf says otherwise
It looks to be around July that we could have a GPU market crash.
I'd probably say a 6 month drag down to RRP or MSRP as you say.and by crash do you mean crash or a slow 6 months drag where prices get back to within rrp ? as dont forget people who already own the gpu's wont be suddenly selling up as they have already paid for them if they are miners come july, now if etherium crashes hard then yeah we could possibly see a glut of 2nd hand cards and new retail cards pricing dropping faster but honestly im still expecting it to be end of year before rrp cards are a thing again.