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Nvidia asks retailers to limit GFX sales per person
MadFrenchie
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https://www.techspot.com/amp/news/72854-nvidia-asking-graphics-card-retailers-prioritize-gamers-over.html
Seems Nvidia is none too happy that miners are driving prices for their core and target consumer base to unreasonable levels. They are asking retailers to limit sales to 2 per person.
Interesting read and move by Nvidia. Obviously they want to keep their target base happy, and they have no real power to enforce this, but it's cool to at least see them publicly state they would like to get back to providing the cards at a reasonable price to gamers. They're also offering the cards from their website for reasonable prices to try and provide gamers an avenue to purchase these cards without paying an arm and a leg.
Seems Nvidia is none too happy that miners are driving prices for their core and target consumer base to unreasonable levels. They are asking retailers to limit sales to 2 per person.
Interesting read and move by Nvidia. Obviously they want to keep their target base happy, and they have no real power to enforce this, but it's cool to at least see them publicly state they would like to get back to providing the cards at a reasonable price to gamers. They're also offering the cards from their website for reasonable prices to try and provide gamers an avenue to purchase these cards without paying an arm and a leg.
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This is like the aged old Pyramid schemes only now it seems people are just dumb and creating this whole fake idea of a market when all it is a Pyramid scheme.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
For the senile guy in diapers who probably accuses his nurses of stealing his money, the reason why prices of the GFX cards are shooting up is because they are in demand from people who use them to mine currencies.
Also here's a list of some of the biggest dummies:
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Crypto currencies will be no different to any other new way of making a great ROI. When the huge profits to be made were not understood it was a bonanza. When the huge profits became generally known it started to become a bubble. No idea when it will burst but that is now the direction it is headed in.
What happens after is all those cards bought up in China and exported are basically re-sold which ones work or don't even work that good you can help screw over the China market by not buying used graphics cards off sites like Amazon or Ebay.
But I think crypto will always have some value. Even as a fun vanity thing. Until the day quantum computer can crack the cryptography.
What a conundrum. They aren't getting any extra money per card even with the insane demand, and their product isn't getting to their customer base. Wonder if AMD can capitalize on this.
"Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee
This is what I have been thinking for a while now. It makes too much sense though!
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Nothing against AMD, but Nvidia definitely made me feel like I made the right choice purchasing my 970 a little while back.
The price history on this card over the last few weeks
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/evga-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-6144mb-gddr5-pci-express-3-0-graphics-card-black/5592426.p?skuId=5592426
$309.99
$319.99
$329.99
$349.99
$369.99
$399.99
$409.99
and now $419.99
I just finally had to go to EVGA directly and set up instock notification. Waited about 1 week, but I got one. Amazon resellers are asking $500, newegg same thing. It's gotten out of hand.
IMHO cryptocurrencies are a very similar thing.
edit: https://www.investopedia.com/features/crashes/crashes2.asp
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NVidia is expected to release GTX 20xx series cards soon.
* The "cost" of a Bit coin is the equal to the power consumption plus hardware write off. And for the large scale miners that cost is a lot lower than what stupid people are prepared to pay for them. See Bitcoins is not really a currency, it is a raw material, and that in the end will doom it a s a currency. There is a reason we do not pay with gold silver or some other rare material. Bitcoins is really people repeating ancient mistakes all over again.
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