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I just bought an RX 6600, for about $320. It's definitely not the latest GPU, not even close, but it made me realize something: Because of the GPU shortage, ga

I just bought an RX 6600, for about $320. It's definitely not the latest GPU, not even close, but it made me realize something: Because of the GPU shortage, game makers couldn't rely on enough users having the best/latest card, so now there is not much point in having, say, a RTX 3090, where a 3080 performs as well for most non-mining purposes. Now, what if crypto enters a crisis (or ETH switches to PoS, which is less likely), and then the next generation of GPUs has almost no demand at the inflated triple-digit prices. That's going to be a huge hit to its market cap

mtoner23 4y ago
Eth is switching to PoS https://ethereum.org/en/upgrades/merge/ https://ethereum.org/en/upgrades/merge/
- dehugger 4y ago
  When? The time frame on that page is "eventually" which more or less equates to "perhaps, someday". Until a date is committed to and the merge actually occurs Ethereum proof of stake will never be taken seriously.
  - okwubodu 4y ago
    There’s more than 25 billion on the line with the merge so it’s not like they’re stalling for fun.
- tromp 4y ago
  Probably sometime in the next 5 years...
vmception 4y ago
> and then the next generation of GPUs has almost no demand at the inflated triple-digit prices. That's going to be a huge hit to its market cap NVIDIA ('s distributors) still sale at the lower MSRP (right?) so the risk for them is people not buying them at all, which seems more farfetched maybe I'm wrong, but I thought the true price was shown by what scalpers could fetch, which means the places the scalpers buy from had the wrong lower price
Havoc 4y ago
>game makers couldn't rely on enough users having the best/latest card Yup. Built a rig (2070S/3700X) just before covid/shortage kicked off and it has been holding up suspiciously well two years later - likely due to that effect. 3 year old card and no immediate need for an upgrade in sight.

mtoner23 4y ago

Eth is switching to PoS https://ethereum.org/en/upgrades/merge/ https://ethereum.org/en/upgrades/merge/

dehugger 4y ago
When? The time frame on that page is "eventually" which more or less equates to "perhaps, someday". Until a date is committed to and the merge actually occurs Ethereum proof of stake will never be taken seriously.
- okwubodu 4y ago
  There’s more than 25 billion on the line with the merge so it’s not like they’re stalling for fun.
tromp 4y ago
Probably sometime in the next 5 years...

vmception 4y ago

> and then the next generation of GPUs has almost no demand at the inflated triple-digit prices. That's going to be a huge hit to its market cap NVIDIA ('s distributors) still sale at the lower MSRP (right?) so the risk for them is people not buying them at all, which seems more farfetched maybe I'm wrong, but I thought the true price was shown by what scalpers could fetch, which means the places the scalpers buy from had the wrong lower price

Havoc 4y ago

>game makers couldn't rely on enough users having the best/latest card Yup. Built a rig (2070S/3700X) just before covid/shortage kicked off and it has been holding up suspiciously well two years later - likely due to that effect. 3 year old card and no immediate need for an upgrade in sight.