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Dann Corbit




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PostSubject: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT $1000   AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT $1000 EmptyFri May 28, 2021 10:31 pm

Of course, it is sold out everywhere.
Maybe AMD can ramp up production so high that the bitcoin people won't be able to hoard them all.
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PostSubject: Re: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT $1000   AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT $1000 EmptyFri May 28, 2021 11:23 pm

Cryptocurrency miners are using ASIC chips now.
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PostSubject: Re: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT $1000   AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT $1000 EmptyFri May 28, 2021 11:49 pm

TheSelfImprover wrote:
Cryptocurrency miners are using ASIC chips now.

Why then, are the cards going for 3 times the MSRP? Is it artificial inflation by the vendors or are the miners slow to catch on?
I also read the article that the ASIC miner engines are 3x more cost effective for electricity.
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PostSubject: Re: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT $1000   AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT $1000 EmptySun May 30, 2021 10:03 am

Dann Corbit wrote:
Why then, are the cards going for 3 times the MSRP?


A quick think about this from the economics perspective tells me that the likely cause of the problem is that both demand and supply of GPUs are inelastic to price.

This analysis was originally done in respect of farming products, where crops and animals take a long time to grow, and people still need to eat. In the modern world, petrol/gasoline for cars might be a better example. Here's a simplified version of the (roughly) 10 year cycle:

* oil prices are low

* as a result of this, investment in oil production is reduced

* also as a result of low oil prices, people find more ways to use oil, and people drive more

* because of low investment and increasing usage, eventually oil prices go up

* oil producers start to invest, but because the gap between investment in oil production and oil output increasing is many years, not much extra oil comes into the market as the oil price increases

* consumers also find themselves unable to reduce their usage of oil quickly

* oil prices continue to rise

* oil prices become very high

* eventually, the investment that producers made results in extra oil coming into the market

* consumers find ways to reduce their consumption of oil

* there will then be a glut of oil in the market

* oil prices will then fall dramatically and stay low for many years

...and so the cycle starts again.

As someone who is keenly interested in GPU prices, perhaps you could do some research for the rest of us on what the lag is between investment in GPU production and more GPUs becoming available?
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PostSubject: Re: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT $1000   AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT $1000 EmptySun May 30, 2021 10:32 am

This is the WHY question.

We dont need this, really.

Here in germany e.g. the demands for used camping caravans and cars has gone into stratosphere. Neither can you often buy NEW vans because the demands are so high.

Do we really need planes anymore ?!
Do we need this shit mass tourism ?

We can enjoy life in a better way with less energy pollution.

E.g. i am sitting on my balcony with my dedicated chess computer powered by a battery.
The battery gets energy via voltaic input.
So green energy.

Try this with your super pc.
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PostSubject: Re: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT $1000   AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT $1000 EmptySun May 30, 2021 11:17 am

Mclane wrote:
We can enjoy life in a better way with less energy pollution.


True - but one day, we'll wake up and hear that nuclear fusion has been solved. That will change everything: green energy will then be very cheap.


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E.g. i am sitting on my balcony with my dedicated chess computer powered by a battery.
The battery gets energy via voltaic input.
So green energy.


I have been pondering an off-topic response for something like two minutes now, and I have decided to do so: for best mental health, and for masculinity, a man must have a mission/purpose, and must spend as much time as he can in pursuit of it. Computer games don't meet this requirement!
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