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Ahpook

(2,764 posts) Thu Dec 10, 2020, 09:45 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

Goonch

(3,810 posts)

1. It's Still a Terrible Time to Buy a Graphics Card

Reply to Ahpook (Original post)

Thu Dec 10, 2020, 10:02 PM

Dec 2020

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/terrible-time-to-buy-gpu-late-2020

Ahpook

(2,764 posts)

2. Great article

Reply to Goonch (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 10, 2020, 10:20 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

(28,833 posts)

3. Bitcoin mining is part of it.

Reply to Ahpook (Original post)

Thu Dec 10, 2020, 11:03 PM

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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