Current Events > It's kind of shitty that crypto mining has made building a pc more expensive

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pres_madagascar
10/21/17 4:00:55 AM
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Mid range Graphics cards alone are up almost 100 dollars compared to 6 months ago. So is ram.
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pres_madagascar
10/21/17 4:01:47 AM
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pres_madagascar
10/21/17 4:19:30 AM
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PSXer_D5_MkIII
10/21/17 4:20:20 AM
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Does anyone even mine with graphics cards anymore? I thought those were obsolete with the ASICs and/or FPGAs
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pres_madagascar
10/21/17 4:21:24 AM
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PSXer_D5_MkIII posted...
Does anyone even mine with graphics cards anymore? I thought those were obsolete with the ASICs and/or FPGAs

I believe some folks mine ethereum that way.
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CEs_EFG
10/21/17 4:21:54 AM
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pres_madagascar posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh8tZ_qkY1o
I just watched this, I'm still ordering the 8700k though but I agree it's bullshit. I thought he made it seem like it was more about lack of competition than cryptomining
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Medussa
10/21/17 4:22:25 AM
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PSXer_D5_MkIII posted...
Does anyone even mine with graphics cards anymore? I thought those were obsolete with the ASICs and/or FPGAs


ethereum (and it's derivatives?) max out on graphic cards, i think. definitely no Eth ASICs.
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pres_madagascar
10/21/17 4:22:32 AM
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CEs_EFG posted...
pres_madagascar posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh8tZ_qkY1o
I just watched this, I'm still ordering the 8700k though but I agree it's bullshit. I thought he made it seem like it was more about lack of competition than cryptomining

That could also be true.
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