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Posted on 6/20/17 at 6:11 pm to Ceron86
Miners using video cards to "mine", which is basically solving mathematical calculations, millions of them.
GPUs have the ability to do this efficiently. People create entire setups of multiple GPUs just to mine for bitcoin and ethereum all day.
So, miners buy up all the AMD Radeon cards, so now every hobbyist like you or me are forced to buy NVidia cards. well now those are going out of stock too, because miners are scooping those up as well.
with bitcoin and ethereum prices surging, a lot of people want to mine it. COuple that with school ending and people building computers as graduation gifts or just to play all summer, along with regular demand, the shortage we are seeing now is created.
GPUs have the ability to do this efficiently. People create entire setups of multiple GPUs just to mine for bitcoin and ethereum all day.
So, miners buy up all the AMD Radeon cards, so now every hobbyist like you or me are forced to buy NVidia cards. well now those are going out of stock too, because miners are scooping those up as well.
with bitcoin and ethereum prices surging, a lot of people want to mine it. COuple that with school ending and people building computers as graduation gifts or just to play all summer, along with regular demand, the shortage we are seeing now is created.
Posted on 6/20/17 at 6:14 pm to Ceron86
usually there is more wiggle room, its not just $250 card or $500 card. But at this exact moment, that's what we have.
AMD Radeon cards: cant find em, no go
1060 6 GB: $250 (this may be enough for you)
1070s: overpriced and going out of stock at the moment.
1080s: $500, unaffected by the mining craze due to inefficiency
1080TI: $670. pretty pricey but a damn strong card
AMD Radeon cards: cant find em, no go
1060 6 GB: $250 (this may be enough for you)
1070s: overpriced and going out of stock at the moment.
1080s: $500, unaffected by the mining craze due to inefficiency
1080TI: $670. pretty pricey but a damn strong card
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