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Re:$2 H100s: How the GPU Rental Bubble Burst by qingcharles on Friday October 11, 2024 @01:16AM (#41806396)
Some of the Tesla GPUs are almost at this price per unit on eBay now. I've seen them go for under $15 online.

Here's one for ~$18 inc shipping with 6GB DDR5:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nvidia-Tesla-K20X-6GB-90Y2351-C7S15...

Re:$2 H100s: How the GPU Rental Bubble Burst by pico_creator on Friday October 11, 2024 @01:57AM (#41806612)
That hurts - i used those GPUs before at their peak Now any random GPU in the computer store murders it
Re:$2 H100s: How the GPU Rental Bubble Burst by chessgecko on Friday October 11, 2024 @02:06AM (#41806671)
Not just gpus, the k20 was at 3.9 Tflops (fp32) and the new iPhone is at 4.3 (fp16). If you don’t need the precision it got passed by the phones
Re:$2 H100s: How the GPU Rental Bubble Burst by barrenko on Friday October 11, 2024 @01:42AM (#41806538)
Are these a viable buy?
Re:$2 H100s: How the GPU Rental Bubble Burst by chessgecko on Friday October 11, 2024 @01:48AM (#41806574)
You’d get better perf training on a current gen phone than that gpu, but it probably functions
Re:$2 H100s: How the GPU Rental Bubble Burst by pico_creator on Friday October 11, 2024 @02:13AM (#41806715)
Only if ur a collector (so no if ur plugging it in)
Re:$2 H100s: How the GPU Rental Bubble Burst by dplgk on Friday October 11, 2024 @05:59AM (#41808005)
It appears this GPU cost $7700 when it launched in 2012? GPUs have gotten that much better that this thing isn't even with $100?