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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Tue Jun 13, 2017 12:08 pm

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Tulip Mania again.

It makes no-sense to buy hardware to mine at this point. All of "easy stuff" is gone now and you will end-up making a net-loss. The worst point is that you cannot "easily" convert those crypotucurrencies over to "USD" which makes it kinda pointless for USA-types.

AMD, etailer vendors and utility companies are the only ones who are laughing to the bank.

My boss came up with a bitcoin mining scheme that would work on even old hardware, using a government plan that pays farmers to produce solar power (produce the power at a profit, and use it to power mining machines for second profit). Never did it though.
 
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Tue Jun 13, 2017 12:09 pm

whm1974 wrote:
southrncomfortjm wrote:
The Egg wrote:
If you can sell something for 3x what you paid, you'd be stupid not to do it. Sell your card immediately before your miss your chance.


Well, its up on Amazon. Solid $300 profit if it sells. Definitely looking at a 1070 upgrade, or even a 1060 6GB and save the rest for a new CPU :)

That would be the only way I will spend $400+ on a video card, other than getting a whole bunch of money that I would have to spend.


Thing is, the RX 480 8GB is the exact card I want/need for my setup. A 1070 will be a great upgrade, but maybe Vega will work assuming the crazy dies down by then. I don't necessarily have to buy a new card ASAP since I have my gaming laptop available.

Shoot, I may even put the money towards a PS4 and play some of those exclusives. Probably not though. PC for life!
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Tue Jun 13, 2017 12:23 pm

The really strange part is that 470's aren't available either, and while they play games almost as well as a 480, you'd think they would be sub-optimal for coin mining.

Wait a minute... Can you Crossfire 460's/560's? IIRC those are still available...
 
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Tue Jun 13, 2017 12:27 pm

Vhalidictes wrote:
The really strange part is that 470's aren't available either, and while they play games almost as well as a 480, you'd think they would be sub-optimal for coin mining.

Wait a minute... Can you Crossfire 460's/560's? IIRC those are still available...

Yep still available, I just checked:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductL ... 0601296397
Funny but I would have sworn they were out of stock early this morning when I checked.
 
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Tue Jun 13, 2017 12:29 pm

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Last week, Newegg on Ebay had a 1080 Ti (Gigabyte non FE edition with 3 fans) for the same price. Is a 4GB Rx 480 really more efficient for mining than a 1080 Ti?


It was even cheaper. $634.99 w free shipping. Picked one up last week and it's been going like a champ. Boosting to 1898 MHz and stabilizing at 1848* on Overwatch for me with +0 MHz boost offset and +0 mV voltage offset, just bumped the power target by 10%. Temps around 74-76C under load.

* EDIT: Worth noting I'm not using Gigabyte's OC profile, either, since it seems to require having their dumb "Aorus" tweaking app running in the background.
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Tue Jun 13, 2017 3:46 pm

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AMD, etailer vendors and utility companies are the only ones who are laughing to the bank.

I doubt AMD is selling at the inflated prices. So they should probably not benefit from it much. They may have taken away the board maker discounts for buying more than X chips in their batches, but that's just about it?
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Tue Jun 13, 2017 3:52 pm

So, would there be a way for AMD to disable or handicap whatever makes their cards so great at mining without impacting gaming use? AMD doesn't benefit long term from these mining crazy, in fact they probably get hurt by it since they lose potential repeat customers. Just wondering if there'd be a way to ensure their cards are no better than NVIDIA cards for mining.
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Tue Jun 13, 2017 3:56 pm

Well, the mining applications are simply using the GPU compute capabilities. In order to make them less attractive to cryptocurrency miners they would need to cripple the GPU compute capabilities somehow, which I imagine they're rather reluctant to do since it would impact other uses of GPU compute.
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Tue Jun 13, 2017 3:57 pm

Manufacturers in general don't care why people buy things even when selling direct to consumers. If they're selling to a retailer at wholesale, then they really don't care. It'd probably be a bigger headache for AMD to try to adjust pricing or somehow discourage miners than it is just to put up with the shortages and whatnot while the mining craze continues.
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Tue Jun 13, 2017 4:16 pm

It sure as hell helps AMD to sell out of GPUs as fast as they can make them. Even if AMD isn't making more per card.
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Tue Jun 13, 2017 4:25 pm

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Manufacturers in general don't care why people buy things even when selling direct to consumers. If they're selling to a retailer at wholesale, then they really don't care. It'd probably be a bigger headache for AMD to try to adjust pricing or somehow discourage miners than it is just to put up with the shortages and whatnot while the mining craze continues.

In this case they care a little bit because the mining market crashes the 2nd hand market price of their cards. Once new ASICs come out they are worthless to miners and it tanks the prices. They have to walk a tightrope between taking advantage of the demand and overproducing so people are buying used 480s for $100 in 3 months instead of the new shiny cards.
 
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Tue Jun 13, 2017 4:30 pm

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It sure as hell helps AMD to sell out of GPUs as fast as they can make them. Even if AMD isn't making more per card.

Until an ASIC comes out and the craze dies. Miners are going to dump those things on eBay for next to nothing, and then AMD will have a hard time shifting cards. Thing is nobody knows exactly when that'll happen.
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Tue Jun 13, 2017 5:44 pm

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DPete27 wrote:
It sure as hell helps AMD to sell out of GPUs as fast as they can make them. Even if AMD isn't making more per card.

Until an ASIC comes out and the craze dies. Miners are going to dump those things on eBay for next to nothing, and then AMD will have a hard time shifting cards. Thing is nobody knows exactly when that'll happen.

I'm not sure I would buy one due to the risk of the card dying on me when I least expect it.
 
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Tue Jun 13, 2017 5:46 pm

whm1974 wrote:
derFunkenstein wrote:
DPete27 wrote:
It sure as hell helps AMD to sell out of GPUs as fast as they can make them. Even if AMD isn't making more per card.

Until an ASIC comes out and the craze dies. Miners are going to dump those things on eBay for next to nothing, and then AMD will have a hard time shifting cards. Thing is nobody knows exactly when that'll happen.

I'm not sure I would buy one due to the risk of the card dying on me when I least expect it.

As opposed to the card dying when you DO expect it?
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Tue Jun 13, 2017 5:55 pm

just brew it! wrote:
whm1974 wrote:
derFunkenstein wrote:
Until an ASIC comes out and the craze dies. Miners are going to dump those things on eBay for next to nothing, and then AMD will have a hard time shifting cards. Thing is nobody knows exactly when that'll happen.

I'm not sure I would buy one due to the risk of the card dying on me when I least expect it.

As opposed to the card dying when you DO expect it?

Well when hardware dies on me, it always does it when I can't not afford to replace it, or at least ASAP.
 
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Tue Jun 13, 2017 6:25 pm

just brew it! wrote:
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I'm not sure I would buy one due to the risk of the card dying on me when I least expect it.

As opposed to the card dying when you DO expect it?

:P

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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Tue Jun 13, 2017 9:47 pm

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DPete27 wrote:
It sure as hell helps AMD to sell out of GPUs as fast as they can make them. Even if AMD isn't making more per card.

Until an ASIC comes out and the craze dies. Miners are going to dump those things on eBay for next to nothing, and then AMD will have a hard time shifting cards. Thing is nobody knows exactly when that'll happen.


Yup, the last crypto crash rewarded AMD with a stellar 18% discrete GPU marketshare, that will never happen again amirite?

And people wonder why NV doesn't really bother with crypto, when the competitor is so busy torpedoing itself with unneeded supply and pricing volatility.
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Wed Jun 14, 2017 6:59 am

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Yup, the last crypto crash rewarded AMD with a stellar 18% discrete GPU marketshare, that will never happen again amirite?

And people wonder why NV doesn't really bother with crypto, when the competitor is so busy torpedoing itself with unneeded supply and pricing volatility.


Won't be the same. All the studios and developers will still be working with Polaris on the XBox and PS4 platforms, all day, every day. Revenue will likely be higher then estimated as i dont remember cards being this sold out before. A lot of the gamers with RX cards will sell on ebay and get a much faster/lower power GTX 1070 or even GTX 1080.

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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Wed Jun 14, 2017 1:35 pm

Redocbew wrote:
Manufacturers in general don't care why people buy things even when selling direct to consumers. If they're selling to a retailer at wholesale, then they really don't care. It'd probably be a bigger headache for AMD to try to adjust pricing or somehow discourage miners than it is just to put up with the shortages and whatnot while the mining craze continues.


AMD's stock is taking a beating due to this. They care quite a bit.
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Wed Jun 14, 2017 2:07 pm

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AMD's stock is taking a beating due to this.


Is it? I'm no economist, but after a little quick googling I don't see anything that looks out of the ordinary to my un-trained eye. I'd expect there to be a bit more volatility in regards to AMD since a greater portion of their total market cap is being traded every day, but again I could be completely off my rocker here. I'll admit I'm always a little dubious of claims like that anyway. Lots of smart people have been trying to predict the stock market for a very long time now and nobody seems to be able to get it right.
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Thu Jun 15, 2017 10:21 am

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As enticing as it was to sell my $210 RX480 for $400, I chose to enter into Ethereum mining last night. Figured I'd try it for a month and see what it's all about. Heck, according to ROI calculators, my one RX480 should net me $150/mo profit (after power bill). And at least I can still play games, whereas I obviously couldn't if I sold my GPU.

But how many months has this gone on and how many months is it likely to continue? If this doesn't go on much longer, will it be worth the added heat output and possible inconvenience of having to mess with all of this?

If this chart is to be believed, Ethereum was worth about one quarter of its current value just ONE MONTH ago, and it is currently dropping. If it drops back to that level, you're looking at maybe $40 a month. If you just sell your 480, you could immediately get what could be 10 months (or more, depending on how badly the price drops) worth of mining and enjoy gaming on a faster GPU without having to worry about heat, power draw and wear on your system, not to mention your time spent doing all of this.
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Fri Jun 16, 2017 11:48 am

Well, my used Sapphire Nitro+ RX 480 OC just sold in 2 days for $559.99.

That's a solid $325 more than I paid for it.

Amazing times we live in. Basically, I sold my card for more profit than I could reasonable expect to make off of it before it died after 24/7 use in mining.

Probably won't replace it anytime soon. May spend more time watching Netflix and playing indie games that work fine on integrated graphics. I also have my gaming laptop to get me by. I'll be ont he lookout for a $300ish GTX 1070 though.

EDIT: So yeah, went a totally different way and ordered a Switch through Gamestop. With any luck, it will actually ship on 30 June. Bundle comes with Zelda, Zelda DLC and a Pro Controller for $449, $50 in tax/shipping. So, with the $300 profit from this sale, plus my $65 in gift cards, whole package only cost $135. Not bad. Only PC game I'm really interested in that I know about is Anthem, and that's not out for a year or so. Divinity Original Sin II comes out before then, but I can play that on my laptop.
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Fri Jun 16, 2017 2:05 pm

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Well, the mining applications are simply using the GPU compute capabilities. In order to make them less attractive to cryptocurrency miners they would need to cripple the GPU compute capabilities somehow, which I imagine they're rather reluctant to do since it would impact other uses of GPU compute.


I get that, but Nvidia's GPUs are as good or better than AMD's for gaming, but apparently are lacking in this compute area that makes AMD's good miner's. Seems to me that AMD could release two SKU's - one with the compute enabled for "mining" and one with it hampered to Nvidia's level for gaming. Bam. Problem solved?
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Fri Jun 16, 2017 2:56 pm

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Well, the mining applications are simply using the GPU compute capabilities. In order to make them less attractive to cryptocurrency miners they would need to cripple the GPU compute capabilities somehow, which I imagine they're rather reluctant to do since it would impact other uses of GPU compute.


I get that, but Nvidia's GPUs are as good or better than AMD's for gaming, but apparently are lacking in this compute area that makes AMD's good miner's. Seems to me that AMD could release two SKU's - one with the compute enabled for "mining" and one with it hampered to Nvidia's level for gaming. Bam. Problem solved?


That's a good idea, but AMD likely doesn't have the design resources to come out with multiple versions of each GPU core.
 
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Fri Jun 16, 2017 3:45 pm

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southrncomfortjm wrote:
just brew it! wrote:
Well, the mining applications are simply using the GPU compute capabilities. In order to make them less attractive to cryptocurrency miners they would need to cripple the GPU compute capabilities somehow, which I imagine they're rather reluctant to do since it would impact other uses of GPU compute.


I get that, but Nvidia's GPUs are as good or better than AMD's for gaming, but apparently are lacking in this compute area that makes AMD's good miner's. Seems to me that AMD could release two SKU's - one with the compute enabled for "mining" and one with it hampered to Nvidia's level for gaming. Bam. Problem solved?


That's a good idea, but AMD likely doesn't have the design resources to come out with multiple versions of each GPU core.

He might mean using firmware or drivers to disable it, but then the miners would just flash it anyways.
 
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:16 pm

AMD has been known for their superior compute capabilities for quite a few generations. Removing that advantage wouldn't be a wise move. They don't have a lot of advantages working in their favor to begin with.
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Sat Jun 17, 2017 1:45 pm

Compute horsepower is what keeps them competitive with NV's optimization strategy. Nerfing that because gamers aren't the only ones who happen to buy GPUs would be cutting off the face to spite the nose.
 
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Mon Jun 19, 2017 8:44 am

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Compute horsepower is what keeps them competitive with NV's optimization strategy. Nerfing that because gamers aren't the only ones who happen to buy GPUs would be cutting off the face to spite the nose.


I'm guessing they are looking into it. They want to grow a dedicated user base, and you can't do that if every couple of years all your GPUs are bought by and burned out by non-gamers. Hopefully this all dies down by the time Vega releases. I'd like to get a 80s level version of that for a decent price.
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Mon Jun 19, 2017 10:07 am

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Well, my used Sapphire Nitro+ RX 480 OC just sold in 2 days for $559.99. That's a solid $325 more than I paid for it.

Wow. Did you have to ship international? I'm teetering back toward selling my card. Just too much hassle to mine.
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Re: How about an Rx 480... for $640

Mon Jun 19, 2017 11:53 am

DPete27 wrote:
southrncomfortjm wrote:
Well, my used Sapphire Nitro+ RX 480 OC just sold in 2 days for $559.99. That's a solid $325 more than I paid for it.

Wow. Did you have to ship international? I'm teetering back toward selling my card. Just too much hassle to mine.


Nope. Amazon to NC. You can probably get even more than I did since mine sold in 2 days. I shoulda tried $599.

Big thanks to Chuckula for the tip!

I'd sell if you intend to get a 1060 or 1070 instead since the 1060 is basically a lateral-grade and the 1070 is a definite upgrade. I decided to go the Switch route and will take a look at Vega when it launches. Hopefully this crazy dies down by then. Only thing I really need a new GPU for will (hopefully) be Anthem in a year or so. Everything else I can play on my laptop.

At this point, I'm probably always going to buy AMD GPUs on the off chance they more than double in price 6 months later. That's happened twice in two years with AMD, probably never with Nvidia.
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