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Over the last few months I have see articles about chip shortages.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/21/global-shortage-in-computer-chips-reaches-crisis-point">https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/21/global-shortage-in-computer-chips-reaches-crisis-point</a><br>
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As for coin mining.<br>
I think the hype and optimism has kind of rubbed off
cryptocurrencies.<br>
To the best of my knowledge ETH can still be mined effectively with
GPUs so likely people are still buying GPUs to mine ETH.<br>
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Possibly there has been a run on people setting up gaming computers
with kids being stuck at home a lot of late.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/29/21 4:34 AM, Evan Leibovitch via
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style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">I made the
mistake that I might want to upgrade my video card. I have a
Radeon RX 550 that is struggling to drive two 4K screens. It
works, but plenty of flickering under both Linux and Windows.</div>
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style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">I looked
at a few sources such as Tom's Hardware to get a good idea of
what to buy, and it suggested a card in the $300-400 range.</div>
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style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">I wish.
Canada Computers has the cards (GeForce GTX 1660 Super) listed
in this price range but all are out of stock everywhere.
Amazon and NewEgg have them listed for more than $1,100.</div>
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don't strike me as cards powerful enough to do coin mining.
Why are they so rare and expensive? Is it the global chip
shortage or something else? And does anyone have an idea how
long we'll have to wait this out ... or how I can tune my card
to support the screens?<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
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style="font-size:12.8px">@evanleibovitch / </span><span
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