AMD Returns to Full-Year Profitability, Forecasts Strong 2018

Re:AMD Returns to Full-Year Profitability, Forecasts Strong ... by shiado on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @12:40PM (#16275682)

I tried to buy a RX580 a while ago to play some games I have been meaning to play and they were sold out everywhere.

Part of me wonders if the long term effects of the mining craze will be negative for the makers of graphics cards and in return PC component makers as a whole. Many people might be turned off of pc gaming by the prohibitive prices of buying cards at 2.5x MSRP and turn to consoles instead. Or in my case I intend to wait and pick up cheap hardware when crypto tanks hard (i.e. Tether fraud collapses), or GPU mining becomes unprofitable, or altcoins switch to proof of stake.

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Re:AMD Returns to Full-Year Profitability, Forecasts Strong ... by softawre on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @12:44PM (#16275737)

Yes, this is a major concern for PC gaming. I have a couple 1070s I bought for 400$/each, now I could get double that used. In-freaking-sane.

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Re:AMD Returns to Full-Year Profitability, Forecasts Strong ... by solotronics on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @03:37PM (#16277319)

just curious but why not sell them now and buy newer ones later for non-inflated prices?

how is it possible that AMD seems to be at the limit of production for their GPUs but barely beat estimated earnings this quarter?

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Re:AMD Returns to Full-Year Profitability, Forecasts Strong ... by maksimum on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @07:42PM (#16278879)

If you're trying to be economically rational you're better off simply using the GPUs to mine while you're not using them. ROI time is around 6-9 months for most GPUs these days.

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Re:AMD Returns to Full-Year Profitability, Forecasts Strong ... by outworlder on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @11:02PM (#16279562)

Does that include electricity costs? For which cryptocurrency?

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Re:AMD Returns to Full-Year Profitability, Forecasts Strong ... by solotronics on Friday February 02, 2018 @12:54AM (#16288707)

yes the electricity cost is almost insignificant. currently most profitable on GPU is XMR before it was ETH, profitability changes as the prices fluxuate

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Re:AMD Returns to Full-Year Profitability, Forecasts Strong ... by selectodude on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @03:46PM (#16277401)

>just curious but why not sell them now and buy newer ones later for non-inflated prices?

At least in my case, it’s because I want to play games in the meantime between now and when mining finally dies.

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