#4402327 - 01/29/18 01:15 AM
Re: Cryptocurrency and GPU Prices
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Nvidia could do this via drivers, they did something like this for their quadro series,people were using the cheaper models for scientic research and they said no no,changed the eula and made stuff usefull only suported for drivers on the more expensive and dedicated hardware, they could do this got GTX line and leave mine hostage for their pg series mining cards.
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#4402329 - 01/29/18 01:35 AM
Re: Cryptocurrency and GPU Prices
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I don't think the question is whether or not nVidia or AMD could do this. They can do this via drivers, they can force their retailers to certain terms, etc.... the question is WHY would they want to do so? Unless both nVidia and AMD do the clamp down, all they'll be doing is driving miners away from them and onto the competitor. If both of them do clamp down, why would they essentially slit their own wrists? Their GPUs are flying off the shelves faster than they can re-stock it.... now if retailers are selling it to the customer at inflated prices, do you think nVidia/AMD is selling their GPUs to retailers for non-inflated prices?
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#4402391 - 01/29/18 01:58 PM
Re: Cryptocurrency and GPU Prices
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This has been popular for a while now. And I'm certain the nVidia and AMD are enjoying it. I've even wondered whether the importance/optimization of this field may enter into their design choices on the hardware and drivers.
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#4402441 - 01/29/18 06:28 PM
Re: Cryptocurrency and GPU Prices
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Well, there are supposedly mining-optimized GPUs that don't seem to offer anything more than standard GPUs.... sometimes the mining GPUs are even less value-for-money.
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#4402483 - 01/29/18 09:52 PM
Re: Cryptocurrency and GPU Prices
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I don't think the question is whether or not nVidia or AMD could do this. They can do this via drivers, they can force their retailers to certain terms, etc.... the question is WHY would they want to do so? Unless both nVidia and AMD do the clamp down, all they'll be doing is driving miners away from them and onto the competitor. If both of them do clamp down, why would they essentially slit their own wrists? Their GPUs are flying off the shelves faster than they can re-stock it.... now if retailers are selling it to the customer at inflated prices, do you think nVidia/AMD is selling their GPUs to retailers for non-inflated prices? acording to building partners, their price is set, they can't raise it, that is why, right now, buying a gaming pc is better then building one yourself.
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#4402659 - 01/30/18 07:51 PM
Re: Cryptocurrency and GPU Prices
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Building partners, yes, but not retailers. Correct. Retailers can mark it up or down as much as they want based on market forces. In this sense, it's really no different from any other product or commodity.
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#4434635 - 08/17/18 10:58 PM
Re: Cryptocurrency and GPU Prices
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Maybe some used GPU will go on sale for cheap... unfortunately between daughter and wife $7500 have conga-lined danced out of my @$$ in the last three weeks for dental/medical expenses.
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#4434640 - 08/18/18 01:41 AM
Re: Cryptocurrency and GPU Prices
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I don't think the question is whether or not nVidia or AMD could do this. They can do this via drivers, they can force their retailers to certain terms, etc.... the question is WHY would they want to do so? Unless both nVidia and AMD do the clamp down, all they'll be doing is driving miners away from them and onto the competitor. If both of them do clamp down, why would they essentially slit their own wrists? Their GPUs are flying off the shelves faster than they can re-stock it.... now if retailers are selling it to the customer at inflated prices, do you think nVidia/AMD is selling their GPUs to retailers for non-inflated prices? acording to building partners, their price is set, they can't raise it, that is why, right now, buying a gaming pc is better then building one yourself. Since the video card is only a part of the package and most builders use crap PSUs, I would still build my own.
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#4434844 - 08/19/18 01:49 PM
Re: Cryptocurrency and GPU Prices
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