Captain_Yuri said:
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X 12GB spotted during transit
https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-ventus-3x-12gb-spotted-during-transit
Probably going directly to miners
Cryptocurrency mining has started eroding graphics card warranties in some territories
"MSI seemed to be going down a similar route as well, with a document from MSI Russia showing it has decided to reduce the warranties of 19 cards down to just six months. The first few cards on this list are all mining cards, but then gaming versions pop up, like the GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X OC, and it's suddenly not only affecting cryptocurrency miners. Gigabyte has released a mining card that has a warranty of just 90 days."
https://www.pcgamer.com/cryptocurrency-mining-has-started-eroding-graphics-card-warranties-in-some-territories/
While I can sorta get the mining GPUs having a short warranty cause they are new (and even then, that's kinda crazy), Msi slashing warranties for gaming gpus is pretty nonsense. I am assuming it doesn't affect the ones that are already in gamers hands however.
Alienware Really Doesn't Want You to Buy an AMD Ryzen PC
https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/321919-alienware-really-doesnt-want-you-to-buy-an-amd-ryzen-pc
Alienware does a lot of shady things that make it seem like Intel is the better system. Like on their landing page, it shows the Intel system going up to 128GB of ram with a 3090 while AMD going 64GB and a 3080. But if you go to their configuration, you can then select the option. By default, Intel gets dual channel ram while AMD gets single channel. AMD also gets slower frequency ram than Intel does.
There's tons more things in the article but it sounds like Intel and Dell are up to their old tricks again. Guess it will take a few generations of AMD winning for Dell to give AMD the same treatment. |
High end GPU's may as well be exclusive to miners at this point, because Nvidia/AMD don't care, and neither do scalpers/miners :/
Like Quake just showed off the recent restock video, and it's pretty much all 3060's, not a single 3080 in sight...
Mankind, in its arrogance and self-delusion, must believe they are the mirrors to God in both their image and their power. If something shatters that mirror, then it must be totally destroyed.
