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> After all, if all these cards weren't used for mining but for gaming, wouldn't the environmental outcome be the same? No. Really, no. Mining hardware is jus
by znpy 6y ago
> After all, if all these cards weren't used for mining but for gaming, wouldn't the environmental outcome be the same?
No. Really, no.
Mining hardware is just trash when new hardware is released, pretty much immediately.
OTOH, gaming hardware very often has a second life in the form of used hardware and lower-specced gaming computers. Don't be fooled by YouTube influencers, most of the real people won't be buying the latest and greatest hardware and drop their previous hardware. IIRC, valve stats showed that 1080-era cards are still very common and in use.
And by the way: pretty much no one is running games 24/7. Mining hardware OTOH are specifically meant to be kept going 24/7.
- Tenoke 6y ago>Mining hardware is just trash when new hardware is released, pretty much immediately. Except people are still mining with cards they bought 4-5 years ago. This is not True.
- qqii 6y agoSome people are, but we also saw a flood of both normal and mining only cards in the used market last time the mining bubble burst.
- csomar 6y ago> Mining hardware is just trash when new hardware is released, pretty much immediately. How come? You can still game with these.
- qqii 6y agoNo you can't, as the article explains these cards don't have display outputs.