I mean seriously, what the hell? Is this STILL the SCRYPT miners buying these things up?
If so, these miners are destroying the market for the high end AMD cards. They are buying up all the stock and removing AMD's pinch against nVidia. It is sad to think that it is now more practical to buy the already overpriced GTX 780 Ti than to buy a 290X.
look at it this way, when and if the whole crypto coin mining blows over there will be a flood of used high end graphics cards on the market, quad crossfire setups for everybody!
Used, slightly/moderately damaged GPUs. I used to mine Bitcoin and basically all the cards I mined with are toast or very close to toast. Sustained mining really takes a toll on the hardware.
If it weren't for the fact the miners buy new cards every few months because the old ones die, AMD would be completely screwed.
And it's not just the high end ones. My 7950 sells used on ebay for $350, $50 more than what I originally paid for it in December of 2012.
i gues in the states at the moment..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487003
is the best buy, for a highend gaming card. Since the AMD prices up there went up rediculous high.
when the fuck did that happen? dammit that's going to fuck up Jeremy's Editing build
Dudes,seriously? On the flip side,how much would nvidia gain from this whole business?
nVidia may not actually gain a whole lot from this. The majority of gamers are in the $100 - $250 market, and AMD still has plenty of options there. The enthusiast market is all screwed up for sure, and nVidia may be making more sales in that arena due to the price hikes.
You are half right on that. The GTX 780 Ti, despite being horrendously overpriced itself, is still the second best value at the ultra high-end, right behind its little brother the GTX 780.
The sad part is that AMD can't control the prices on the high end. When there is excessive demand,people will pay.Both literally and figuratively.
The prices keep rising, which I assume mean the hikes aren't slowing down purchase. Retailers sure are making some money from this it seems. I hope AMD is getting some serious cash from this. Maybe AMD has contributed to the hikes?
I look it like this at least for now.
AMD is known have excellent performance for the money if you are on a budget. (the Budget guys) now cause of the Crypto-Currency Mining Nvidia and AMD have switched places. where now Nvidias cards are cheaper with excellent performance and AMD with Excellent performance but with insane prices. I can't imagine if Nvidia's cards were good for mining. shit it would be a war and a extreme pain to get ahold of a gaming GPU. people that are on a budget might look at Nvidia for options cause the AMD cards aren't cheap anymore for now.
I'm glad i got ahold of an R9-270x for my build before the prices skyrocketed. i could probably sell it and get the money i spent back cause of this.
I doubt it. AMD can't prevent the retailers from cashing in,i think.
You could,in theory. Probably can get a good nvidia card with the moolah.
Though nvidia and price-performance don't belong in the same sentence,traditionally.
The GTX 780Ti Classified Edition is still cheaper than the 290x!
I was going to get the 290x because I wanted to also do video editing/rendering on the thing!
agreed however. it does fit the case at least now cause of the crypto-currency. some of the Nvidia cards actually cost a tiny bit cheaper than the AMD cards.
I also doubt it. I am pretty sure it is all (or most all of it) happening at the retailer side of the supply chain and that amd is still getting more or less the same amount per chip.
Meanwhile, not in the USA.
Cheapest 780ti 620eur.
Cheapest 290x 460eur.
SAPPHIRE TRI-X R9 290X 4GB OC 570eur.
(In Germany even 20euro's cheaper on the same webshop, on all of these examples)
Just funny how you're getting trolled by your shops.
you know what they say, during the gold rush, the people that made the most money, were the people selling shovels.
That's actually fucking genius...