Crypto miners sticking the boot in again

[J-D-Stagpump]

So Overclockers released the RX Vega 64 today and within 1 hour all cards were sold out and the cost had gone up by £100. With the RX580, RX570, RX480, and RX470 still out of stock this means my current upgrade is on hold unless I want to pay for a 1080. honestly don't know what the solution is but surely something can be done about stock levels and retailer hiking up the prices.

[TR4man]

Yes, that Scargill is a vengeful bd

[Lucas Ayde]

J-D-Stagpump said:

So Overclockers released the RX Vega 64 today and within 1 hour all cards were sold out and the cost had gone up by £100. With the RX580, RX570, RX480, and RX470 still out of stock this means my current upgrade is on hold unless I want to pay for a 1080. honestly don't know what the solution is but surely something can be done about stock levels and retailer hiking up the prices.

Once the Cryto-currency boom crashes, you'll be able to pick up secondhand high end graphics cards for a song as the 'farms' liquidate their assets.

[ROSSinHD]

I had been waiting for an upgrade from a HD7950 but not prepared to pay inflated prices.

Luckily managed to pick up a GTX980 for dirt cheap locally which will more than do me for some time (I play in 1080p) and can handle the Rift if i decide to get that.

[born2bslow]

To be fair overclockers release their offers through their forums to regular customers before they go live in the store sometimes, not necessarily currency miners...

A lot of people on there had pre-ordered or were waiting to order as soon as it came out, obviously some were miners but not all.

I'm holding out to get a 1080Ti at some point, hopefully black friday will produce some deals in November.

[Monty Python]

J-D-Stagpump said:

So Overclockers released the RX Vega 64 today and within 1 hour all cards were sold out and the cost had gone up by £100. With the RX580, RX570, RX480, and RX470 still out of stock this means my current upgrade is on hold unless I want to pay for a 1080. honestly don't know what the solution is but surely something can be done about stock levels and retailer hiking up the prices.

Depends what you're main use is going to be. Gaming - 1080, productivity - either (although Vega is more expensive and consumes more power).

[MintyScot]

Testing has shown that Vega is sh*t at mining though and the power usage is super high on these cards which would impact the profitability. 580/1070 is still the best bet.

I'd be really surprised if its miners that's cleared it out. I'm guessing its more likely to be AMD fans and people with freesync monitors looking for an upgrade from their older AMD cards.

[Durzel]

J-D-Stagpump said:

So Overclockers released the RX Vega 64 today and within 1 hour all cards were sold out and the cost had gone up by £100. With the RX580, RX570, RX480, and RX470 still out of stock this means my current upgrade is on hold unless I want to pay for a 1080. honestly don't know what the solution is but surely something can be done about stock levels and retailer hiking up the prices.

The solution was to order within that hour I guess? Why did you hold off? Why did you assume they would have enough stock until such time as you decided you felt like ordering?