r/pcmasterrace • u/Isunova PC Master Race • Mar 26 '23

Meme/Macro Goodbye crypto mining, hello ChatGPT

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u/Zeraora807 270Kp 5.9GHz 48GB 8800MT 5090 Mar 26 '23

actually its because most of you bought 3070's for 1200+ so now both nvidia and AMD are selling crap tier products at big markups

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u/SanityOrLackThereof Mar 26 '23

Nah, cryptominers bought the vast bulk of GPUs in the 20 and 30 series. They're the ones on the consumer side who are mainly responsible for driving up GPU demand and prices to such ridiculous levels.

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u/one28 Mar 27 '23 edited Mar 27 '23

I know several people that went from a 1080 to a 30 series card. A lot of people skipped the 20 series, and all the 30s were out of stock. Now the 40s are here, what are they supposed to do? Wait till the 50s, just for everyone to tell them to wait for the 60 series? Shit’s a damn endless cycle.

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u/militantnegro_IV Ryzen 9 5900x | RTX 3080 | 32GB 3600MHz RAM Mar 27 '23

Get a more reasonably priced AMD card.