1685

I actually came in to post this exact same thing.

1686

checks on the GPU thread after not reading it for months

Sees it’s all about Bitcoin

Huh.

1687

There’s been a “correction” in cryptocurrency prices in the last day or two–don’t know how long it will last or how far they’ll drop, and who knows whether it will soon be reflected in GPU price drops.

http://www.pcgamer.com/cryptocurrency-prices-tank-due-to-regulatory-fears/

1688

Had a Gtx 970 just go out on me. So at this point should I just buy a new mid range rig? Do gaming computer manufacturers get a discount from the inflated prices since they buy directly from the manufacturer? I guess I could put an old Gtx 560 in that I have lying around and just wait for the tulip bulb craze to pass. What a world.

1689

If you need it now, seems like pre-built is indeed the way to go until some sanity is reclaimed. In the meantime, 560’s aren’t awful cards unless you’re playing all the new hotness or you’re on 4k.

1690

Looking at the Alienware site, it looks like you are paying the bitcoin ruined price if you upgrade a gpu on one of the offered systems.

1691

This seems decent for $1750, especially when the lowest price 1080TI on the same site is $1200;

But I’d still wait, personally.

1692

Hey, Thanks. Probably just procrastinate. It’s crazy that I can’t even find a 970 on amazon for less than the high $300’s. It came out in the fall of 2014 I think.

1693

Man, people are trying to sell 1070s for $1000 on newegg. Glad I got mine when they came out. Wish I’d picked up a 1080 then instead.

1694

I’m surprised someone hasn’t figured out a way to hack a PS4 Pro /Xbone and make it into a miner.

1695

Have you tried seeing what a 970 goes for used?

1696

I could try that. I generally have stayed away from used/refurbished for anything because I seem to always get the one that breaks right after delivery. I was tempted just a few months ago by a refurbished Keurig on amazon and it went kaput within a week. :)

1697

Groups are definitely trying, but so far, as far as I know, both Xbone and PS4 have resisted hacking to get arbitrary code to run. I read last week that a group claims to be close on the Nintendo Switch though.

1698

Pfft, they’d probably get more hashes/second out of a FitBit.

1699

So what you guys are sayings is that I should sell my 1070 and go back to my 760 (not going to happen). Or start mining.

Also geez, shit’s getting stupid.

1700

You could buy a Titan X - star wars doobry for $1,138 + taxes:

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/10series/geforce-store/

1701

Please, please, please

1702

God I hope Bitcoin and its brethren have ‘1929’ like Stock Market crash and buries all these speculators/miners.

1703

Let’s just hope the real economy is insulated enough from this particular tulip bulb bubble.

1704

There are no forces acting to counteract volatility. Everybody who owns cryptocurrency either a) wants to exchange it for black-tar heroin as expeditiously as possible or b) sees it as a short-term investment and wants to make “real” money fast. Nobody treats it as real currency. That’s why it’s all over the place.