New leak reveals Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti pricing, anti-mining measures should help keep prices closer to MSRP

[Redaktion]

cannot really stop scalpers, especially if the initial RTX 3080 Ti stocks will be limited and remain so for some time due to the global chip shortages, but it can at least implement better anti-mining measures. The new cards are supposed to integrate GA102-202 / GA102-302 chips recognized only by new drivers that automatically half the hashing rate.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/New-leak-reveals-Nvidia-RTX-3080-Ti-pricing-anti-mining-measures-should-help-keep-prices-closer-to-MSRP.533629.0.html

[S.Yu]

To think, mankind's most advanced semiconductors are either used for fabricated monetary tools that have no intrinsic value, or...gaming.

[hfm]

To think, mankind's most advanced semiconductors are either used for fabricated monetary tools that have no intrinsic value, or...gaming.

There's plenty of GPU power that's used for medical or astronomical research, content creation (movies or otherwise), etc... Though, when you throw the incentive of $$$ gains into the picture with crypto everyone is going to jump on that instead of using their GPU for folding.

[hfm]

Wow.. an MSRP of $500 over the 3080, seems like not a great value for gaming purposes unless you're maxing everything out at 4K and that's somehow worth another $500 to you.

I was hoping to see it at $999 at the most.

[gerger]

Gladly there has been no gaming-related reason to upgrade PC lately (no next Crysis), so i'm personally still able to wait for them to sort out the shortages.

Can't wait for PoW cryptocurrencies to die a slow, painful death. They are a cancer. There is potential in cryptocurrency, bot the mineable ones bring more harm than good.

[S.Yu]

To think, mankind's most advanced semiconductors are either used for fabricated monetary tools that have no intrinsic value, or...gaming.

There's plenty of GPU power that's used for medical or astronomical research, content creation (movies or otherwise), etc... Though, when you throw the incentive of $$$ gains into the picture with crypto everyone is going to jump on that instead of using their GPU for folding.

Well, I'm pretty sure the current shortage isn't at all caused by supercomputers.