Maingear are creating dedicated ACM mining machines

[WYP]

These machines are made in partnership with Unikrn to commercialise UnikoinGold. Yay, Cryptominers...



Read more about Maingear's new ACM series cryptocurrency mining PCs.

 

[AlienALX]

Wow that thing is BEAST.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

This won't help the GPU market, I presume :/

 

[AlienALX]

This won't help the GPU market, I presume :/

Aside from total lack of competition from AMD, rising memory prices and everything else? no, I doubt it.

The only things that would work are -

1. We all stopped buying memory (impossible with the amount of devices it comes in now, and they know it)
2. Mining crashes.

Number 2 is the most we can hope for.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Aside from total lack of competition from AMD, rising memory prices and everything else? no, I doubt it.

The only things that would work are -

1. We all stopped buying memory (impossible with the amount of devices it comes in now, and they know it)
2. Mining crashes.

Number 2 is the most we can hope for.

Yeah, until mining rises up again :/ and even if it crashes in the near foreseeable future, what will next generation its prices look like...? Are we looking at 900+ quid 2080s? I am seriously worried.

 

[AlienALX]

The problem is no one can predict mining rise/fall. Due to that Nvidia and AMD simply will not make enough GPUs. They will make what they are certain they can sell and no more. Of course that could lose them money, but it's not guaranteed. Upping production to stupid levels and then seeing mining crash would 100% lose them money and they know it.

AMD are making a ridiculously low amount of cards. They already said it. So demand will continue to outstrip supply but it works for them I guess.

The GPU market has changed, though. It's no longer a case of buy a new one every year or so for £300. It's now invest into it properly, buy something crazy fast and then just sit on it.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

The problem is no one can predict mining rise/fall. Due to that Nvidia and AMD simply will not make enough GPUs. They will make what they are certain they can sell and no more. Of course that could lose them money, but it's not guaranteed. Upping production to stupid levels and then seeing mining crash would 100% lose them money and they know it.

AMD are making a ridiculously low amount of cards. They already said it. So demand will continue to outstrip supply but it works for them I guess.

The GPU market has changed, though. It's no longer a case of buy a new one every year or so for £300. It's now invest into it properly, buy something crazy fast and then just sit on it.

Both are right to not make an obscene amount of cards for mining. They'll be left with inventory otherwise, like you said.

It's definitely a different market now and honestly, as an enthusiast, it es me off. It's knowing what a card is worth and then knowing you'll end up paying over 50% more for it.