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Nvidia Blackwell RTX 5000 GPUs may debut earlier than expected::undefined

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s just frustrating that mining has made it effectively impossible to buy a higher end video card at anything even approaching a reasonable price.

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

nVidia simply noticed that enough people were willing to pay the absolutely ridiculously inflated prices scalpers were demanding and realized they could skip the middleman and reap the profits themselves. Crypto and COVID might have been how they found that out, but the lack of competition is the reason they are getting away with it.