Fuck yes. Now I can finally join in on the PC meme and make elitist posts on forums about console players. <3
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Digitimes: Graphics card shipments expected to fall 40% due to crypto miners waiting for ASICs
- Thread starter Delusibeta
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Thank God I hope crypto market crashes hard. I felt bad having to pay full price for my NVIDIA 1080 founders edition card I got few months ago. I had to get to store before it even opened. They sold out in like 30 mins
This was a blight; pc gaming darkest hour
This was a blight; pc gaming darkest hour
Daily reminder you can just buy with the cards and mine with them to offset price.
Also Ethereum is moving to PoS soon (aka can't be mined anymore) which should make things interesting. Prices already have come down a lot since the peak bubble.
Also as most cards used for mining are power conscious they are usually ran at a sweet spot at something like 70% power and undervolted with thermal throttling enabled. Some will be ran into the ground, but I'd argue most wouldn't be.
Also Ethereum is moving to PoS soon (aka can't be mined anymore) which should make things interesting. Prices already have come down a lot since the peak bubble.
Also as most cards used for mining are power conscious they are usually ran at a sweet spot at something like 70% power and undervolted with thermal throttling enabled. Some will be ran into the ground, but I'd argue most wouldn't be.
Expect graphics cards cheap as dirt very soon then.
Anyone who buys used better make sure they get one still with insurance. Yikes. (And yeah I'm not opening my card up to replace the fans.)
GPU prices have been on a downward trend since February/March. Was just looking at prices yesterday, and 1070s seem to be running around $500, with 1080s around $600. That's almost normal, and at this rate might actually dip to normal around when the new NVidia 1100 cards should appear.
Last I read, RAM prices are going to stay high until at least Q4, when some additional manufacturing comes online and might finally get some supply going.
Last I read, RAM prices are going to stay high until at least Q4, when some additional manufacturing comes online and might finally get some supply going.
Yes!
This one is rough as it depends on how many new factories can be built for RAM manufacturing. RAM is so expensive because people don't stop buying new phones and the phone RAM specs are up every year.
This one is rough as it depends on how many new factories can be built for RAM manufacturing. RAM is so expensive because people don't stop buying new phones and the phone RAM specs are up every year.
I know, I wish they'd up the production already. Either they're unwilling to risk it or are enjoying the current profits too much.
Running at sustained load, even lower than maximum, is still going to have a negative impact on the card's lifespan.
The typical card used in a home computer spends the majority of its life idling. Heavy gaming can certainly lead to more wear, but nobody games for 24 hours a day.
RAM constraints are due to manufacturing capacity.
It won't really affect consoles (they have stable long-term demand so can purchase far in advance).
It already has from what I've seen. GPUs have gone from double msrp, to under $100 over msrp.
I am also rocking a R9 280. I wanted to purchase a new PC since late last year.
Wake me up when RAM prices come down. I've been wanting to upgrade my CPU for bloody ages but I'm not paying $280 for 16gb DDR4.
I'll believe it when I see it. If I can get ahold of an 1180ti when they come out, that'd be great.
I'm so excited I just felt this twitch in my anal cavity. God is goodExpect graphics cards cheap as dirt very soon then.
The components likely to wear out are typically going to do so based on thermals, typically due to high thermals over time or thermal cycling. A continuous load won't have the thermal cycling issue but a card used for gaming daily will. Mining also won't see the same peak thermals as gaming because of intentional power savings rather than trying to shove as much power through the GPU as you can get away with for performance in gaming.
You may want to hunker down for a long rest.
Demand from datacenters could push RAM prices even higher in 2018
Damn. If nothing changes it looks like I might be forced back into the console-only ghetto next generation.
The article is about 1.5 months old so there may have been new developments since then, but I couldn't find anything definitive. Maybe there's hope RAM prices will start going down by the end of the year.
Considering the lack of any recent leaks I'm thinking we could be 2-4 months away from that. Feels like I've been waiting an eternity although really only 3 years since I got my 980ti.
If it's true these used cards won't actually die fast, then maybe I can finally upgrade. Idk, at this point maybe it's better to just wait for 2019 cards. RAM is still another issue, but having just one thing being overpriced to build a PC is better than multiple things.
Now we just need to get RAM prices back down from the upper atmosphere and I might be ready for a VR-ready rebuild soon.
I'm not sure what I'm looking forward to more, trump getting impeached or cryptocurrency being erradicated. Both would be absolutley wonderful
so would this mean price cuts in MSRP or a shitload of cards hitting ebay at "buy me cheap now" prices
Finally, but still kinda high, I paid far less for 16GB 2 years ago.
You can get them for less I just spent 2 minutes searching on Amazon which doesn't have the best prices for ram
And that's for a single stick whoch is usually more expensive than 2.
With today's ebay coupon you could score 16gb for around 115-120$
I have bad news for you, cryptocurrency isn't going anywhere, it's only just starting to take off. Also I think it's rather lame and ignorant to hate on something you probably don't even understand just because computer part to play your video games increased in price by 100 dollars or so. You'll just have to deal with having to live in a world where cryptocurrencies exist and where people use graphics cards not just for gaming.