GPU prices still aren't coming down (at least on eBay; I'm too poor to buy new)

GPU prices still aren't coming down (at least on eBay; I'm too poor to buy new).

Please tell me I can buy a GPU soon.

>second hand GPU on ebay

You should get a job or find a new hobby brazilian boy.

This
Buying a used GPU now is the worst thing you can do, mining cards have short lifespans

I wonder how long it takes him to boot up Sims 3 with all the expansions enabled.

>I wonder how long it takes him to boot up
They're graphics cards.

Don't mine kids, unless you want to die in housefire.

>not selling your GPU and taking a break from gayming until late spring
>not upgrading your GPU for free in late spring because of cryptards
Fag, you deserve it.

>mining cards have short lifespans
Every time someone says this some user will respond saying this is bullshit and another will counter them. So, does mining reduce the lifespan on cards or not?

It'll take a few weeks for the market to catch up.
Of course when gpu prices normalize expect the price of every other component to go up.

>pay multiple times as much for +5% performance
Nah

Mining GPUs shouldn't be the only ones that are cheap. The demand effects prices as much as supply.

If not properly cooled yes.

never buy GPUs that were used for crypto

>my GPU died on its own months ago
Thanks, you inconsiderate bastard.

/biz/ here and IRL businessman. Cryptos will actually very very soon all crash to under $200. I sodl all.

soon 2nd hand gpu prices will reach an all time low.

Depends on how cheap the used card is. If it's like 4 or 5 times cheaper then I wouldn't mind buying it from those miners.

Given that the average miner is a normie bandwagoner that's just sticking a GPU in a regular PC and having it become a space heater, yes, the heat destroys lifespan of components.

>Mining GPUs shouldn't be the only ones that are cheap
True, but the problem is you can't tell which cards have been used for mining, and which haven't. You can't honestly trust the word of every used seller.

Miners should downclock their cards for less heat and less power consumption. But there is no way of knowing if seller is mouth-breathing retards who kept his card on stock voltages, so it's a gamble.

>soon
I need to know when. I need a card and I can't lurk eBay forever watching people overpay for 3 generations old cards.

>lose his home
>doesn't matter because he already got millions from crypto
What's the problem again?

Most likely yes because mining has the card operating at high load for significantly longer periods of time than even the most hardcore neet. Even if the card is well looked after (most aren't) that is a lot of stress that accumulates. It's basically a bit of a lottery, you could have it last for a few years or a few months.

>4 or 5 times cheaper
Yeah, show me where people are selling 1080s for $100
And again, you can't tell which have been used for mining and which haven't, GPUs that are less than 2 gens old rarely go below 70% MSRP, even before the current mining boom

Who the fuck is using GPUs for mining these days?

>but the problem is you can't tell which cards have been used for mining, and which haven't.
You can't be sure, but that doesn't mean you're more likely to get lied to and burned than to get a legit card. Especially if you stick to the less commonly mined cards.

A lot of people just getting in? I sold my 1070 quick the other week. Now I have time to enjoy my ps4

What is BTC current price?
Wasn't it at 7k a day or ago

www.coinbase.com/charts

when it gets under $200 and remains there for 3 weeks. a month later prices will start being garbage. an all time low

Dead cat bounce or rebound?

>that doesn't mean you're more likely to get lied to
At this point, with so many people buying into the hype and then panicking during the first dip and selling everything, you're taking a real gamble. The problem is that because AMD's cards are flying off the shelves faster than anyone can get a hold of them, people are resorting to mining with 1060/1070 and the like, which is what most people would also want to buy for gaming. So you either buy an outdated card (which will still probably be overpriced for what it is) or take a gamble with a modern card that could have very well been used for mining and as a result have a mediocre lifespan. All I can say is make sure you've got a decent time frame of warranty/buyer protection wherever you're buying it from.

This will be the final and last time I will comment on this shit because it's just keep getting repeated.

There are other things that will degrade or wear out with 24/7 use of your video card no matter if you underclock/undervolt/etc. It does not even consider the fact that even if you do these things, the video card will still release considerable heat and most miners have a lot of them stacked with each other with no to minimal airflow in shitty bedrooms in their house that is not meant to accomodate high temperatures because no faggot house designer will think that you will do something heat intensive inside your bedroom. No miner would buy additional hardware for airflow/heat because of thin margins and more initial costs.

You are fucking retarded if you buy a miner-used video card for more than 50% of it's original msrp. Yes you might luck out but buying fucking 2nd hand is a risky ordeal and you are just stacking the deck against you by buying a miner card. In a 2nd hand car analogy. You are buying a car that was run everyday but was only run in low speeds.

I don't consider 1-2 generations old cards "outdated," but I'm not trying to run VR or 4K.

It's a rebound and there will be no heavy sudden crashes. GPU prices will be high forever. The US government literally saved crypto and gave them credibility so this is your chance to buy now.

Fuck off, /biz/.
Your end is coming.

PS4 Pro/Xbox One X/Switch are much cheaper

>GPU prices will be high forever.
That's not how it works. Even if crypto never dies the market will eventually stabilize
>The US government literally saved crypto
A lot of governments are doing the opposite

I should have said "older" instead
But unless you're going for X80+ cards from 2 gens ago, or X70+ cards from last gen then you're probably not going to be getting a stable 1080/60 unless you're willing to turn things down to console levels. Most people looking for GPUs today would definitely want a 970 or better.

If I didn't have 400 games I haven't played yet on my PC I might buy a Switch instead.

And also can't be used for anything but games, while simultaneously only having a small fraction of the PC's library, which can also emulate almost every console from previous gens.

There will be scalpers because of crypto. Like I said in older threads. It will be okay if there is an intervention by hardware makers or retailers.
>A lot of governments are doing the opposite
US>Other governments. And don't forget, Russia, Hongkong, Singapore, Korea, Japan, some yuro countries and others. Literally first world countries accept crypto.
Only Poointhelooland doesn't and the chinks

>time to enjoy bloodborne

>emulate almost every console from previous gens
So why do you even bother about new GPU? Modern games are overpriced pile of garbage with lootboxes

All those "millions" are purely speculative unless he finds a way to cash them out. And he won't, because nobody actually buys crypto for cash, they only mine it in hopes to sell them to others.
And he didn't just burn his private house, but set a fire to a whole apartment building, ruining the flats of many others and ran. That's criminal offense, and you can't bribe cops with crypto either.

I have a GTX600ti doing nothing. Someone wants it? I used it for five years but only for gaming and still works (I replaced it because I upgraded to a 1060).

>only the two most populous countries in the world

>important countries
Sorry pajeet

Typical /biz/ trying to trick people into injecting money on their ponzi scheme.

>600
A what?

>The US government literally saved crypto and gave them credibility
t u l i p b u l b

Ah fuck. I meant 660.

Because somebody might be building a new PC? Or maybe they want to emulate games at higher resolutions, perhaps to play on a 4K TV? And then on top of that you get access to the best version of every multiplat.

Just buy an xbox one x, its not like you're gonna spend 1500+ on a PC to get 4k60fps

Look user this isn't rocket science. You are using a piece of hardware to run at 100% for months at a time. Most mining setups do not have proper cooling and poorly tune their cards as well.

It will simply wear out a lot quicker than through normal usage. It can still last you for several years, but the chance is much higher that you will experience issues a lot sooner.

Well, how much?

Why would anyone need a new gpu these days. Graphics have been stunted so hard by consoles I've been able to play every game on near max on a 980 for near four years now and it's not showing any signs of needing to upgrade.

wait I cant see cpu coolers on those motherboards whats with that

Nothing; just the delivery expenses.

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I mean, I'll give you like $30 for it.

I feel retarded but I'm not sure what your trying to say with that.

that's part of the joke, yes

I want to have about 30fps on modded skyrim

I mean used 980's are selling for higher than MSRP of better, newer cards. It's not just new cards we're talking about.

strange I don't see them either

Gonna buy origin PC there prices still same as earlier

>BTC back to 8k

Even if it crashes to 2k or something, it's gonna take a months to a year for the stores to sell them at lower prices and for the scalpers to fuck off.

No shit? thats pretty crazy.

This. If I were going to build a pc might as well get that ryzen+vega APU.
1080p is fine.

Lmao, i love it when bad shit happens to cryptokikes.

>can sell GPU used for more than you bought it for new, it would put you into the next price bracket of card
>pointless because those cards are marked up too
Worst timeline.

How about we all buy new gpus and get them warranty replaced like 3 months later to fuck with nvidia hoping they do something about miners.

>hoping they do something about miners
There is nothing can be done about it.
Having manufacturer gimped their card just to stave off miners will be worse.

Just put antimining shit on it.

The retailers are the ones making the money, not nvidia.

Realistically why would they do anything? It's slightly unfortunate for them because miners aren't really returning customers like gamers are, but they are making fucking bank right now with every single card being sold new.

They're only making the amount of money on the contracts the have with retailers. While retailers get the cards and sell it for twice the MSRP. And if BTC crashes or slightly crashes, people will put their used cards on ebay, avoiding retail.

>Just put antimining shit on it.
There is no such thing. Even if they fucking around with driver the miner will find a way. It's million if not billion dollar business.
Your best bet is if some one come out with better mining solution than GPU. Like when bitcoin mining left GPU mining to ASIC mining.

>he doesn't pirate his gpus
lmoa

they only need to put anti ethereum shit on it

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What if we build our own GPUs?

>RARE!

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>anti ethereum shit on it

just fucking preorder it
you'll be on the waiting list but atleast you only pay msrp
volta will come out soon

>he does not know

Multiple banks are already banning their own credit cards from being used for crypto sales
It's not just us who are getting tired of /biz/'s shit

I could candidate myself for it but our government would just confiscaste the vga

Hey guys, got a 470 from Christmas and I'm planning to upgrade my PC, should I get a new video card or just focus on upgrading from my FX-8350?

its not happening until more producers pick up and make more cards. once nvidia and amd realize crypto isnt going away and has stablized they will up production.

you cash out on coinbase dude. its not hard.

This is Russia. You bribe cops to get them to fucking show up.

That's a shitty analogy.
Car wear and tear is completely different from computer component usage.

Remember when people thought PS3s were going to become scarce since people were buying them for computing clusters?

I just bought a laptop. It's actuary cheaper than building now.