It looks like cryptocurrency mining is driving up Nvidia graphics card prices too - Sensationalist Headlines

[QUOTE=Svinnik;52434861]check /r/hardwareswap, I got a 1080 from there for 385 a week ago[/QUOTE] Yeah thanks but no thanks. Finally landed one of these this morning. [url]https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-137-118[/url] :excited:

[QUOTE=chipsnapper2;52434881]And then there are people with 1060’s for $300 and 1070’s for 400. The place is great, but [I]everyone with an nVidia card is retarded[/I] with pricing[/QUOTE] I sold my 1070 for 400 to get the 1080, it all boils down to the current etherium mining meme.

[QUOTE=purvisdavid1;52434953]Yeah thanks but no thanks. Finally landed one of these this morning. [url]https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-137-118[/url] :excited:[/QUOTE] Nice catch. The Armor 2X isn’t the greatest, but it’s good enough, I suppose.

[QUOTE=purvisdavid1;52434953]Yeah thanks but no thanks. Finally landed one of these this morning. [URL]https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-137-118[/URL] :excited:[/QUOTE] Saw the same one a few weeks ago on amazon for 260€ but it's only up for preorder so I didn't do it. Now I've checked the price and it's 320€. I'm very pissed.

Oh my god, i bought a zotac 1080 amp extreme edition half a month ago before this happend and paid 563€ it goes for 800€ now i should sell my GPU

1080 is no good for mining. Retailers are dumb, that’s why the price went up. No miner will buy that 1080.

[QUOTE=FlandersNed;52433568]Sadly for cards, I think bitcoin has started to recover now and is on the way up again, so expect prices like this for some time.[/QUOTE] Late but nobody seriously mines btc on gpus anymore, it isn't going to affect the price one bit. Everyone uses asics, which can mine much faster whilst using a fraction of the power.

[QUOTE=Chubbs;52439167]Late but nobody seriously mines btc on gpus anymore, it isn't going to affect the price one bit. Everyone uses asics, which can mine much faster whilst using a fraction of the power.[/QUOTE] Not to mention that mining BTC isn't nearly as profitable as it used to be. Nowadays people generally mine alt-coins with the hope they will increase in value so they can cash them out for BTC.

[QUOTE=millan;52385622]I bought my GTX 1080 a couple weeks ago for $581 (mind Czech Republic's 21% VAT) and I was pretty shocked that very same card is now $648 in the same store. I really feel like it's been a good deal.[/QUOTE] Up to $700 now. [editline]10th July 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=chipsnapper2;52439041]1080 is no good for mining. Retailers are dumb, that’s why the price went up. No miner will buy that 1080.[/QUOTE] Have you considered it's a fluid market and people who might have wanted a GTX 1070 that is now nearing the price GTX 1080 used to be or is simply sold out, gonna giddy up and get the 1080 instead? Not to mention all the missing RX 580s that don't get to gamers basically selling GTX 1070s (and by the above, 1080s) instead.

[QUOTE=Plaster;52435889]Saw the same one a few weeks ago on amazon for 260€ but it's only up for preorder so I didn't do it. Now I've checked the price and it's 320€. I'm very pissed.[/QUOTE] UPDATE: it has risen again to 400€ fuck this shit

Seeing 580s hitting $400 new over here. This needs to :stop:

[url]http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/12/someone-held-up-a-buy-bitcoin-sign-during-yellens-testimony-to-congress.html[/url] [editline]13th July 2017[/editline] [IMG]http://ei.marketwatch.com//Multimedia/2017/07/12/Photos/ZH/MW-FQ133_yellen_20170712122254_ZH.jpg?uuid=5c0fb606-671e-11e7-b5c1-9c8e992d421e[/IMG] [editline]13th July 2017[/editline] Nope, this madness is gonna continue [editline]13th July 2017[/editline] Also funny little comic: [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEd7v-YXcAQPQPh.jpg:large[/IMG]

I ordered a (specific) 1080 a good week ago (1070s are equally or more expensive anyway...) and two days ago got an email saying the expected shipping date has been moved [I]by four months[/I] :suicide: Looks like it's completely impossible to get a (very) fast card without paying a ridiculous amount of money right now. There are still a few stores that list it for almost 100€ more, but even those have late expected shipping dates. On Amazon it's at more than 1k€ if you want one quickly. [editline]13th July 2017[/editline] I wonder if GPU scalping is a thing now. I think I saw order volume limits on one website already.

[QUOTE=Tamschi;52463214]I ordered a (specific) 1080 a good week ago (1070s are equally or more expensive anyway...) and two days ago got an email saying the expected shipping date has been moved [I]by four months[/I] :suicide: Looks like it's completely impossible to get a (very) fast card without paying a ridiculous amount of money right now. There are still a few stores that list it for almost 100€ more, but even those have late expected shipping dates. On Amazon it's at more than 1k€ if you want one quickly. [editline]13th July 2017[/editline] I wonder if GPU scalping is a thing now. I think I saw order volume limits on one website already.[/QUOTE] Scalping is absolutely real, no question. Micro Center has gone full retard with GPU pricing, and it says on their site to see an associate for bulk purchases. I bet they offer some kind of bulk discount, and people can turn around and sell their 5 GPUs at 130% store price.