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170HX was created to solve two problems NVidia had, 1. A small group of transient users were buying cards in bulk preventing the long-term users from getti
by blackoil 3y ago
170HX was created to solve two problems NVidia had,
1. A small group of transient users were buying cards in bulk preventing the long-term users from getting it.
2. They will dump these cards back in market in few years, creating a glut creating fluctuation in market.
170HX and its limitations make perfect sense when you look from that perspective. Had LLM boom and 170HX wouldn't have happened, NVidia would have been struggling with a saturated market and tanked stock price. So yeah, it sucks that you can't use the perfect piece of hardware but than that was its purpose.
- gymbeaux 3y agoDid this and similar GPUs actually solve the supply-demand problem of their consumer GTX/RTX cards? I remember the consumer GPUs being price-gouged until crypto crashed, not before.
- 7speter 3y agoThis thing sold for 4200 dollars so no. Consumer nvidia cards were cheaper and offered good enough hashrates. Also you couldnt find any gpus on shelves for a solid year.