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Title: crypto miners suck
Post by: HTexan on May 23, 2018, 06:25:14 PM
My gaming pc GTX 1060’s when out, and I can’t even find an old card like a Radeon RX Vega 56, for under 600 bucks. Wtf! :-\
Title: Re: crypto miners suck
Post by: dan18 on May 24, 2018, 01:57:53 PM
My gaming pc GTX 1060’s when out, and I can’t even find an old card like a Radeon RX Vega 56, for under 600 bucks. Wtf! :-\
Title: Re: crypto miners suck
Post by: el numero uno on May 24, 2018, 02:09:09 PM
I thought this was a myth.

Are crypto miners really causing a graphic cards shortage? WTH?
Title: Re: crypto miners suck
Post by: HTexan on May 24, 2018, 03:19:29 PM
I thought this was a myth.

Are crypto miners really causing a graphic cards shortage? WTH?
Basically just a ridiculous price increase on midrange cards.
I found this website.
http://www.nowinstock.net/computers/videocards/amd/rxvega56/
Title: Re: crypto miners suck
Post by: LurkerNoMore on May 25, 2018, 08:02:28 AM
Really?  Because about 5 years ago someone I know started a crypto mining facility here.  When I went there, he had over a hundred computers running to do the mining.  He said that he bought the cheapest computers he found.  Nothing special in terms of memory or hard drive.  Just over 4 gig of memory though. 

He said the biggest cost was elevating all the racks off the floors and running cooling coils under them to keep the temp down from all that heat build up.  Must have worked because it was frosty in there.
Title: Re: crypto miners suck
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on May 25, 2018, 08:26:11 AM
Top of the line NVIDIA GPUs are always out of stock.  They can't make them fast enough.
Title: Re: crypto miners suck
Post by: HTexan on May 25, 2018, 09:38:51 AM
Top of the line NVIDIA GPUs are always out of stock.  They can't make them fast enough.
Top of the line NVIDA GPUs prices are not really effected by crypto miners, it is the mid range models that are hit the most.
Title: Re: crypto miners suck
Post by: HTexan on May 31, 2018, 10:38:56 AM
Just heads up, amazon is having a sell on pc components right now.