JEMC said:
Well, I have to agree with the writer, that it's scalpers buying the cards to resell them at higher prices, because we (still) haven't heard of crypto rising again. They may try to revive the "good old days" of the crypto boom by messing with the supply to increase the price of the cards again but, without crypto farms willing to buy anything, this could (and hopefully will) end quite badly for them. After all, so far this only affects the used market and mostly Nvidia, with AMD cards readily available during the BF deals at excellent prices (in the US). And let's be honest here: who the F is going to buy a used 3080Ti for $1200 when you can get an overpriced 4080 FE, that's superior in any way, for that amount of money? I hope it blows up in their faces and lose everything. |
Yea same but I do think we are heading towards a repeat of 2020, just at a slower pace. Least Lovelace isn't all that better at mining than Ampere so even if the mining boom happens, it will affect Ampere pricing before it affects Lovelace pricing. I do think if anyone is gonna upgrade to RDNA 2 or Ampere, it's best to do it now than next year and just hunker down until all this settles back to normal.
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