Windows 10: Nvidia speaks out against rising price of GPUs due to cryptocurrency

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computi...s-card-prices/

I've been trying to buy for example EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING, 06G-P4-6163-KR, 6GB GDDR5, ACX 2.0 (Single Fan). EVGA sells it on their web site for $349 but not available. In fact none of their 1060's are available.

Graphics card prices are going through the roof.

:)

 

Big Update = Disaster ( update, enable and using dead dedicated GPU )

Yes, it's using HD4000 now. I will remove the Nvidia GPU and keep using HD4000.

The tricky thing is in Laptop. The Nvidia GPU is soldered with machine. If it is in PC, I can just pull the card. I want to bring it to IT Technician for help. But my town IT Technician have reputation to make it worse and charge high price to fix it. I
need to look the one I can trust.

Removing GPU chip is already on the list to do.

Thank you.

 

BSOD Playing Assassins Creed: Origins

I just installed my new GPU, the Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti and downloaded Assassins Creed: Origins to try it out. I run the game find at 60fps on high graphics but keep blue screening very randomly. I have blue screened anywhere from 5 minutes to 45 minutes of
game play both in the menu and in the graphically intensive game itself.

The problem is that I have been checking my temperatures of the CPU and GPU and while the CPU is being used up almost to 100% most of the time while playing I never see the temp rise over 50-60 degrees before BSOD.

These are the Minidump reports as well as my Msinfo32 file.

Minidump.rar

Thanks

 

It is due to The Bitcoin mining or was. I have that Card and am glad I bought it when I did.*Wink

 

EVGA is still, last I heard, releasing cards on their website but they usually sell out in just a few minutes.

 

Manufacturers should change their goals but I think with their current manpower that'll be hard.

 

Hi,
Getting a gpu from evga's website has always been tough
This shortage is nothing new
They usually do it to keep prices high they love the bitcoin ordeal *Smile

 

Mike, I have no clue where you get that. Have you even looked at EVGA's prices lately? The 1080 TI FTW3 I bought the day they were released is about $40 more now than it was when it was released. All the high prices come from 3rd party sellers, which the AIBs get nothing from. How are they profiting from the bitcoin induced high prices? Those $1300-$1400 TI's, EVGA is selling for $820-870.

 

In reading some articles including the OP's linked one I see it has nothing to do with Bitcoin or similar cryptocurrency mining any longer, for that has been solved because a "specialized application-specific integrated chip (ASIC) mining hardware" solved it. There's a new kid in town called Ether cryptocurrency in which that fix no longer suffices. So now the bad-guy miners once again are creating shortages, for they again need the computing power of GPUs to do so via Ethereum. Therefore, higher demand in a free enterprise system drives up prices.

This is due to manufactures and retailers taking advantage of the shortage, for a product is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. When they see this flow of shortage (stock in time sold) they raise prices for the goal of more profit. This entails all products and companies up the line to create that end product.

That's not just what companies do, they need to do it to answer to investors. It's been this way ever since Eve handed Adam the commodity of the fruit. *Wink

Cryptocurrency Mining: What It Is, How It Works And Who's Making Money Off It | Benzinga

 

Tony, it's still mining. When us non-miners say Bitcoin, it is usually a general term for mining. But, not all the AIBs sell their own cards and most of the ones who do have not raised prices any more than normal fluctuations. They are not making money because of the price increases, other than selling all their stock. If you buy a card from EVGA and sell it on Ebay for twice the amount you paid for it, EVGA makes nothing more than what they sold it for. When my Card was first released it sold for $779.00. It now sells from EVGA for $819, and sells on Ebay for $1000-$1500. That's why the manufacturers never have any stock. As soon as they put it up, it is sold in minutes. But, they are not profiting from the price increase other than they don't have to worry about left over stock when the new generation card is released. The $40 or so price increase is most likely because of the increase in dram prices.

 

Steve, call it what you may, but it's clearly not the same type of mining is what I referenced. It's a completely a different cryptocurrency and system. Neither seller or buyer see each other. Nonetheless, it created the shortage of GPUs.

To say AIBs don't take advantage of shortage is bogus IMO. To say the increase is "most likely because of the increase in dram prices" is a guess at that. Even at $40/per > Take that times the millions they manufacture sums up to a lot of money. I'll agree that the middlemen are the bigger hijackers, though.

 

I would have to disagree Steve, look at the prices below from EVGA

 

Josey, those are the release prices for the Kingpin version.. It is a different animal from the rest of the TI's and always command that high a price.

 

I was just going to edit my post..LOL There are less expensive Ti's

https://www.evga.com/products/produc...et=GTX+1080+Ti

 

Yea, I know. The Kingpin is one endoesed by 'Kingpin' who is a professional Overclocker and holds some world records.They are not for the faint of heart.