GPU prices - are you serious???
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Guys, I never did end up buying a new GPU during X-mas, and just for kicks I did a cursory search on 1080s and the 1070Ti again on Newegg..... WHAT THE?!? The AVERAGE price for either is $899.00. Are they freaking kidding?? What happened? Is the website on the fritz? How did this constantly aging hardware INCREASE in price by a third, close to double? I'm just curious.
Guys, I never did end up buying a new GPU during X-mas, and just for kicks I did a cursory search on 1080s and the 1070Ti again on Newegg..... WHAT THE?!?

The AVERAGE price for either is $899.00. Are they freaking kidding?? What happened? Is the website on the fritz? How did this constantly aging hardware INCREASE in price by a third, close to double?

I'm just curious.

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#1
Posted 01/26/2018 04:51 PM   
The glorious wonder known as Capitalism and it's fundamental economic concept of price and demand. The demand being Cryptocurrency farmers. https://www.extremetech.com/computing/262577-nvidia-calls-limits-crypto-hysteria-pushes-gpu-prices-sky-high The current option is to purchase from the Nvidia store via Digital River. There have been posters that have had issues with them, so search the forums.
The glorious wonder known as Capitalism and it's fundamental economic concept of price and demand.

The demand being Cryptocurrency farmers.

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/262577-nvidia-calls-limits-crypto-hysteria-pushes-gpu-prices-sky-high


The current option is to purchase from the Nvidia store via Digital River. There have been posters that have had issues with them, so search the forums.

#2
Posted 01/26/2018 05:21 PM   
yes, my friend, this is the reality. I even was thinking to sell my 1080 but... whatta hell why.. I love 3d vision
yes, my friend, this is the reality. I even was thinking to sell my 1080 but... whatta hell why.. I love 3d vision

#3
Posted 01/26/2018 05:28 PM   
Yes FUCK THE MINERS i say. kind of gpu manufacturers fault also but i blame more the miners. Im so glad i updated my 980ti into a titan X pascal in summer with 499 dollars cash. The prices here has been like that right from the start. MSI GeForce GTX 1080Ti ARMOR 11G OC 11264 is about cheapest at 997 dollars in here
Yes FUCK THE MINERS i say. kind of gpu manufacturers fault also but i blame more the miners.

Im so glad i updated my 980ti into a titan X pascal in summer with 499 dollars cash.

The prices here has been like that right from the start.

MSI GeForce GTX 1080Ti ARMOR 11G OC 11264 is about cheapest at 997 dollars in here

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#4
Posted 01/26/2018 05:31 PM   
Yeah but the exact same cards were retailing around $500-550 during the holidays. That's what blows my mind. Insane. I am planning to buy a 1080 after the next generation comes out, and I was HOPING I would pay $300-400 dollars for it.... but we'll see... this is nuts.
Yeah but the exact same cards were retailing around $500-550 during the holidays. That's what blows my mind. Insane. I am planning to buy a 1080 after the next generation comes out, and I was HOPING I would pay $300-400 dollars for it.... but we'll see... this is nuts.

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#5
Posted 01/26/2018 06:17 PM   
I bought my 1080ti during summer and now the price of the same card is literally doubled. This is ridiculous. I was thinking about waiting a couple of months to buy, glad that I didn't wait. If I had waited then it would be impossible to buy for me even a 1080. Hope that GPU manufacturers take some serious steps to stop this nonsense, but I doubt it, I bet they're extremely happy now.
I bought my 1080ti during summer and now the price of the same card is literally doubled. This is ridiculous.

I was thinking about waiting a couple of months to buy, glad that I didn't wait. If I had waited then it would be impossible to buy for me even a 1080.

Hope that GPU manufacturers take some serious steps to stop this nonsense, but I doubt it, I bet they're extremely happy now.

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#6
Posted 01/26/2018 07:32 PM   
I am really starting to hate computers just because the speculation. I never was so away from my PC.
I am really starting to hate computers just because the speculation. I never was so away from my PC.

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#7
Posted 01/26/2018 10:07 PM   
Looks like I'll be selling my 1080ti's next time around for a single card solution ....
Looks like I'll be selling my 1080ti's next time around for a single card solution ....

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#8
Posted 01/27/2018 12:31 AM   
I brought DDR4 early 2017 for 30% of the price it is now and a 1080 late 2017 for about 60% of the current price. It's insane isn't it - I've thought of selling my GPU and RAM to make an easy $500 and wack the old DDR3 and GTX760 in until things normalise - but like others, I like the 3d gaming too much. As far as the miners are concerned - I think crypto bubbles are the last cry of a dying global economy. It's all going to fall in a heap one day and there are a lot of people trying to squeeze the last drops of profit out before it does.
I brought DDR4 early 2017 for 30% of the price it is now and a 1080 late 2017 for about 60% of the current price. It's insane isn't it - I've thought of selling my GPU and RAM to make an easy $500 and wack the old DDR3 and GTX760 in until things normalise - but like others, I like the 3d gaming too much.

As far as the miners are concerned - I think crypto bubbles are the last cry of a dying global economy. It's all going to fall in a heap one day and there are a lot of people trying to squeeze the last drops of profit out before it does.

#9
Posted 01/27/2018 02:19 AM   
Im not quite ootimistic for the future when talking about the economy. World is filled with people who don’t get it that profit is a made up value. The realistate Business is one the most fuck you on the eye one. Its like a ponzi The last one pays. For example here in Finland the weather has slowly changed to damp all the time, And it doesnt make it better that in winter nowdays other days Are small freeze and the next day its plus and Its raining water. Everything is getting on mold. Houses should be kind of buy use for 20-30 years max 50 and throw away type but Are they ? Values keep Rising and Rising, the ones who can afford buy a new one during their Life but Many stay in the same middleclass house and when they Are old, only thing you leave to your kids is Some small amount of money that you can use to pay for the law suits following when the next guy discoveres He can’t live in that house as its all gone bad already. One thing im optimistic about the future is im over 40 so i wont propably have to be here anymore At that point when The economy fails big time.
Im not quite ootimistic for the future when talking about the economy.
World is filled with people who don’t get it that profit is a made up value.
The realistate Business is one the most fuck you on the eye one. Its like a ponzi
The last one pays. For example here in Finland the weather has slowly changed to damp all the time,
And it doesnt make it better that in winter nowdays other days Are small freeze and the next day its plus and
Its raining water. Everything is getting on mold. Houses should be kind of buy use for 20-30 years max 50 and
throw away type but Are they ? Values keep Rising and Rising, the ones who can afford buy a new one during their
Life but Many stay in the same middleclass house and when they Are old, only thing you leave to your kids is
Some small amount of money that you can use to pay for the law suits following when the next guy discoveres
He can’t live in that house as its all gone bad already.

One thing im optimistic about the future is im over 40 so i wont propably have to be here anymore At that point when
The economy fails big time.

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#10
Posted 01/27/2018 08:19 AM   
You want to see ridiculous house prices Metal-O-Holic, come to Australia - the whole country is in on the ponzi, if it goes we are all screwed. I only managed to get a house affordably because I transferred a wage from a high income state to a lower income state and I still expect to loose 15-20% off my purchase cost when the bubble inevitably bursts. But yes, you are right - people seem to have forgotten that underlying any economy is intrinsic asset values and productivity (actual worth). Here is a question that no crypto miner can answer - what is the intrinsic value of bitcoin, or Ethereum? Gold is a precious metal, it is still worth something to someone whatever the situation. A house is still a form of shelter and, with vegetable patches and water tanks, it's also a source of food and water, so it has some intrinsic value, even if the prices are incredibly over inflated in many Western countries, it's still worth something. Crypto currency are the same as any fiat currency - they have no intrinsic value. And, unlike fiat currency, crypto currency is not backed by government bonds. The transactions cryto currency has paid for have already occurred and hold no value after the fact - so crypto can go all the way to 0 in an instant, there is nothing to stop it.
You want to see ridiculous house prices Metal-O-Holic, come to Australia - the whole country is in on the ponzi, if it goes we are all screwed. I only managed to get a house affordably because I transferred a wage from a high income state to a lower income state and I still expect to loose 15-20% off my purchase cost when the bubble inevitably bursts.

But yes, you are right - people seem to have forgotten that underlying any economy is intrinsic asset values and productivity (actual worth). Here is a question that no crypto miner can answer - what is the intrinsic value of bitcoin, or Ethereum? Gold is a precious metal, it is still worth something to someone whatever the situation. A house is still a form of shelter and, with vegetable patches and water tanks, it's also a source of food and water, so it has some intrinsic value, even if the prices are incredibly over inflated in many Western countries, it's still worth something.

Crypto currency are the same as any fiat currency - they have no intrinsic value. And, unlike fiat currency, crypto currency is not backed by government bonds. The transactions cryto currency has paid for have already occurred and hold no value after the fact - so crypto can go all the way to 0 in an instant, there is nothing to stop it.

#11
Posted 01/27/2018 10:02 AM   
Do not buy GPUs now guys, just wait for the Volta release soon. I got my two 1080Ti GPUs just before new year (when prices were normal), right after watching the following video[url]www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnW4qqoiu2A[/url] Why I bought 1080Ti if Volta is just behind the corner you might ask - well after Titan V release I figured there might be no DVI-D port on the new cards anymore. Yes, I am involved in to cryptomig, but most of the GPUs I bought last summer (again when prices and stock were normal). Everybody can blame on the miners but it is not them selling at this prices, it is the merchants.
Do not buy GPUs now guys, just wait for the Volta release soon.
I got my two 1080Ti GPUs just before new year (when prices were normal), right after watching the following video
Why I bought 1080Ti if Volta is just behind the corner you might ask - well after Titan V release I figured there might be no DVI-D port on the new cards anymore.
Yes, I am involved in to cryptomig, but most of the GPUs I bought last summer (again when prices and stock were normal).
Everybody can blame on the miners but it is not them selling at this prices, it is the merchants.

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#12
Posted 01/27/2018 03:54 PM   
If NVidia and AMD are selling the product as fast as they can make it the price should go down not up. This is old tech the pascal architecture is about 18 months old. Checking NVidia site for the Star Wars Titan Xp the price is $ 1138.00 and the original Titan Xp was $1200
If NVidia and AMD are selling the product as fast as they can make it the price should go down not up.

This is old tech the pascal architecture is about 18 months old.

Checking NVidia site for the Star Wars Titan Xp the price is $ 1138.00 and the original Titan Xp was $1200

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Posted 01/27/2018 04:21 PM   
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#14
Posted 01/27/2018 04:22 PM   
Well, what I expected was for the Pascals to gradually drop in price the older they get. Since a 1070ti (and even a couple of 1080s) could be had at Thanksgiving for around $550, I expected the same card to be around $300-400 by the same time next year (especially if Volta is out by then). What's happened is exactly the opposite. Same cards have surged to $899.00. So it remains to be seen what prices will do, but I'm sticking to my guns and won't be spending $899 on 18-month old tech. When Volta is released we will see what happens. My concern is that prices for Pascal will only THEN start to drop from the outrageous $899 and so I might be looking at having to spend the same amount of money after waiting a full year to do so. That's bonkers.
Well, what I expected was for the Pascals to gradually drop in price the older they get. Since a 1070ti (and even a couple of 1080s) could be had at Thanksgiving for around $550, I expected the same card to be around $300-400 by the same time next year (especially if Volta is out by then). What's happened is exactly the opposite. Same cards have surged to $899.00. So it remains to be seen what prices will do, but I'm sticking to my guns and won't be spending $899 on 18-month old tech. When Volta is released we will see what happens. My concern is that prices for Pascal will only THEN start to drop from the outrageous $899 and so I might be looking at having to spend the same amount of money after waiting a full year to do so. That's bonkers.

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Posted 01/29/2018 11:35 PM   
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