I've been looking for a midrange card, and happened across a vs. between the RX480 and GT1060 [https://www.windowscentral.com/amd-rx-480-vs-nvidia-gtx-1060], wherein they state the 480's 8GB version is $230. Click the link and it shows the card isn't even available anymore outside of resellers, and the average price is
A guy at Tom's Hardware said the market has gone stupid with the cryptomining craze. Dammit I want to play The Witcher 3 but am not paying double for a card to do it.
I suppose I'll have to either bite the bullet or wait for the insanity to end, or at least die down a bit.
Good read [https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-is-cryptocurrency/], btw. Also this. [https://www.coindesk.com/the-dao-bitcoin-development/] Kinda tough to believe the claims of this stuff being more secure than Fort Knox, along with the first article even mentioning a hacker being able to steal them from your computer.
A guy at Tom's Hardware said the market has gone stupid with the cryptomining craze. Dammit I want to play The Witcher 3 but am not paying double for a card to do it.
I suppose I'll have to either bite the bullet or wait for the insanity to end, or at least die down a bit.
Good read [https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-is-cryptocurrency/], btw. Also this. [https://www.coindesk.com/the-dao-bitcoin-development/] Kinda tough to believe the claims of this stuff being more secure than Fort Knox, along with the first article even mentioning a hacker being able to steal them from your computer.