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Re:Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip... by techwiz137 on Sunday March 26, 2023 @02:23PM (#35317684)
Rather than collapsing, Ethereum sought to reduce the energy footprint and they did. Now Nvidia is angry that nobody wants to pay a premium for a 4090 that catches fire.
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Re:Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip... by hfsygcf on Sunday March 26, 2023 @02:48PM (#35317984)
Not really. 4090s are flying off the shelves.
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Re:Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip... by moffkalast on Sunday March 26, 2023 @02:51PM (#35318023)
Still, demand would likely be a double or more if ETH hadn't made the switch.
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Re:Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip... by kkielhofner on Sunday March 26, 2023 @04:30PM (#35319229)
Nvidia has (essentially) 100% market share in ML and 50% greater market share than AMD in desktop/gaming[0].

First, a top of the line card like the 4090 blows away everything else in terms of perf. Second, it (and other Nvidia hardware) is actually usable for something other than driving a display/gaming.

In the end a 30% (or whatever) premium for cards that offer better performance and can actually do stuff results in the obvious (buy Nvidia).

Nvidia isn't angry about anything.

[0] https://overclock3d.net/news/gpu_displays/amd_s_gpu_market_s...

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