Are cryptocurrencies to blame for high GPU prices?

Re:Are cryptocurrencies to blame for high GPU prices? by folli on Saturday January 01, 2022 @10:21AM (#29759108)

TLDR: Yes.

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Re:Are cryptocurrencies to blame for high GPU prices? by baskethead on Saturday January 01, 2022 @10:43AM (#29759383)

Yup. The answer is simply yes.

Don’t look for a zebra when all you have is a horse.

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Re:Are cryptocurrencies to blame for high GPU prices? by capableweb on Saturday January 01, 2022 @10:22AM (#29759123)

More nuanced TLDR from the actual article:

> We can see a correlation between GPU prices and the value of crypto currencies, but correlation does not mean causation. A causation is plausible in this case.

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Re:Are cryptocurrencies to blame for high GPU prices? by plebianRube on Saturday January 01, 2022 @10:30AM (#29759226)

Indeed. A quick search shows chip supply side issues are a big factor. Increased demand, reduced supply.

https://www.pcgamer.com/why-you-still-cant-buy-a-graphics-ca...

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Re:Are cryptocurrencies to blame for high GPU prices? by gonab on Saturday January 01, 2022 @10:30AM (#29759224)

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Re:Are cryptocurrencies to blame for high GPU prices? by titzer on Saturday January 01, 2022 @10:34AM (#29759274)

Read the article. The author corrected for the overall market trends using linear regression.

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Re:Are cryptocurrencies to blame for high GPU prices? by h4kor on Saturday January 01, 2022 @10:34AM (#29759271)

This would show up in the CPUs. But their prices are stable.

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Re:Are cryptocurrencies to blame for high GPU prices? by tgsovlerkhgsel on Sunday January 02, 2022 @03:17AM (#29766860)

For me, that indicates that it's not a "general chip shortage" issue (i.e. not "ASICs are making the chip shortage worse" either), at which point https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29766829 makes it hard to see the correlation as caused by cryptocurrencies.

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