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Graphics Card Prices Dropped 11% in February
- nebukadnet 5y agoIn a parts shortage? Probably this is from countries banning Bitcoin mining. When they got banned they stopped buying cards.
- marcyb5st 5y agoOr where electricity got expensive enough that mining ROI is too long to be worth it. However, this is great news in my opinion.
- cinntaile 5y agoNobody buys graphics cards to mine bitcoin so that can't be right.
- mgh2 5y agoReally? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30550028 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30550028
- tehbeard 5y agoTechnically correct? but their meaning is "bitcoin/crypto". Much the same way internet/web and hoover/vacuum cleaner are interchangable to the general public. As for if it's the actual cause? idk.
- bitxbitxbitcoin 5y agoTechnically incorrect but socially “correct” where correct means as incorrect as the average person. I consider that to be a very prominent sign of lack of research.
- mgh2 5y agoThe gaming peak caused by the pandemic is subsiding as nations open up
- rdtwo 5y agoYou don’t need to ban mining ether is so cheap it’s not worth it right now
- DonBarredora 5y agoDoes anyone knows why?
- mox1 5y agoMultiple things are happening. 1. Etherum is moving to a "Proof of Stake" at some point this year. This will mean you don't need GPU power to mine Etherum. While Bitcoin can be mined with ASIC's Etherum requires a large amount of memory (aka a GPU). 2. Chip shortage is easing 3. Intel (and others?) are announcing / releasing GPUs that are looking pretty darn good. I am hoping to pick up a used 3080 or similar once proof of stake is announced. I expect a pretty large ebay inventory increase once this date is set.