[GTALUG] Has the graphics-card world gone mad?

[steve at linuxsuite.org]

> Over the last few months I have see articles about chip shortages.
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> https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/21/global-shortage-in-computer-chips-reaches-crisis-point
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> As for coin mining.
> I think the hype and optimism has kind of rubbed off cryptocurrencies.
> To the best of my knowledge ETH can still be mined effectively with GPUs
> so likely people are still buying GPUs to mine ETH.
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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.

                Yep, Covid has caused a run on mid / top graphics cards...
 either gaming or top end pr0n..  I was lucky to get a RX
5600, for 2 X what it was.. mostly gone now I think..  
Way over kill for what I need, but
no regrets..

          -steve

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> On 3/29/21 4:34 AM, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote:
>> Hi all.
>>
>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> These 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?
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>> Thanks!
>>
>> Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada
>> @evanleibovitch / @el56
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