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Offline Dimebag

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Re: WTH is up with video cards?
« Reply #90 on: January 28, 2018, 10:36:46 AM »
Asic is definitely the ticket

But if you gpu mine and for some reason everything around bitcoin does crash, or the difficulties increase, I can still sell the cards and recoup money.  Where as asic is just a $2000 space heater lol

But since cards are next to impossible to find, I’ll get another L3 and a couple s9’s and call it a day and see what happens

After all, it is all house money from investing
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Re: WTH is up with video cards?
« Reply #91 on: January 28, 2018, 04:41:12 PM »
For now, it is annoying that the miners have bid up all the prices.

But I'm hoping that in the near future there will be an avalanche of cheap cards on the market.

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Re: WTH is up with video cards?
« Reply #92 on: January 28, 2018, 10:04:36 PM »
Supply and command

Blame Nvidia
Not me
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Re: WTH is up with video cards?
« Reply #93 on: January 29, 2018, 04:16:32 AM »
My daughter wants to fly Aces High offline, going to build her a new computer with onboard video, will let you guys know how well it runs the game.

Here is what I plan to put together for her, its a pretty solid machine that should run the game fine with the latest intel onboard, its GPU ready for when prices fall again.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i3-8350K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($169.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot - Viper Elite 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Rosewill - 600W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $530.94

I'm having a case given to me, but if you need one, it shouldnt cost more than $50.
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Re: WTH is up with video cards?
« Reply #94 on: January 29, 2018, 09:10:20 AM »
We Dutch totally agree. And we are way ahead of you. It's our 1# export product.

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Re: WTH is up with video cards?
« Reply #95 on: January 29, 2018, 09:23:04 AM »
Haggerty, why Rosewill when you could get a Seasonic for about the same price? Are you planning to build a firecracker?
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Re: WTH is up with video cards?
« Reply #96 on: January 29, 2018, 09:30:46 AM »
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Re: WTH is up with video cards?
« Reply #97 on: January 29, 2018, 10:43:45 AM »
Are you planning to build a firecracker?

 :rofl
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Re: WTH is up with video cards?
« Reply #98 on: January 29, 2018, 11:46:47 AM »

Supply and command

Blame Nvidia
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Re: WTH is up with video cards?
« Reply #99 on: January 29, 2018, 11:49:13 AM »
"look at me I am making a derogatory remark to the OP"


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Re: WTH is up with video cards?
« Reply #100 on: January 29, 2018, 01:48:03 PM »
I went out and got a mule,shovel,pickaxe and a pan!  Now where does one go to do this mining for bits? :old:






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Re: WTH is up with video cards?
« Reply #101 on: January 29, 2018, 02:24:01 PM »
It's a Rickyism (Trailer Park Boys)
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Re: WTH is up with video cards?
« Reply #102 on: January 29, 2018, 04:36:33 PM »
It's a Rickyism (Trailer Park Boys)

Hey, it's not Rocket Surgery.   :lol
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Re: WTH is up with video cards?
« Reply #103 on: January 29, 2018, 05:17:32 PM »
Hey, it's not Rocket Surgery.   :lol

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Re: WTH is up with video cards?
« Reply #104 on: January 29, 2018, 05:31:43 PM »
EVGA is apparently selling direct to gamers at MSRP too, you can reserve cards for when they get stock if they're out of certain models as well.