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Ahpook

(2,777 posts)
Thu Dec 10, 2020, 10:45 PM Dec 2020

Quick techie kind of question

I am running a gaming computer using SLI 1080ti fx cards. I'd like to upgrade to a 3080 ASAP, but availability is scarce right now. Anyway, started looking back on older fx cards, and the pricing is outrageous on those "potato" cards.

Looked up pricing on a 2080ti, and it was double the price of a 3080 in some instances, but always higher priced. After seeing that I looked up an older card I used before the 1080's which is a EVGA 1070. They are selling them higher now than when I originally purchased it new years ago.

Any idea why the pricing is like this?



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Quick techie kind of question (Original Post) Ahpook Dec 2020 OP
It's Still a Terrible Time to Buy a Graphics Card Goonch Dec 2020 #1
Great article Ahpook Dec 2020 #2
Bitcoin mining is part of it. TwilightZone Dec 2020 #3

Ahpook

(2,777 posts)
2. Great article
Thu Dec 10, 2020, 11:20 PM
Dec 2020

What a mess this seems to be. I'll just stick with twin 1080's for now. I wanted to get into ray tracing gaming, but the market is ridiculous.

Thank you

TwilightZone

(28,836 posts)
3. Bitcoin mining is part of it.
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 12:03 AM
Dec 2020

As the price of bitcoin goes up, so does video card demand, especially higher-end cards. It's largely responsible for a lot of the silly prices over the past few years.

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