While we reported lately that the crackdown on crypto mining operations in China has a positive ripple effect for gamers looking to pick up a new graphics card, we're not entirely clear on that. Twitter user I_Leak_VN spotted a Vietnamese retailer selling pre-built mining rigs containing GeForce RTX XNUMX GPUs with no limitations. It hurts enough to see gaming hardware being used to mine cryptocurrency, but these aren't your average graphics cards: the beautiful Asus Gundam RTX XNUMX is notable for representing the majority of the stock in the images captured from the store. card that is incredibly expensive and quite hard to find since it was a build item.
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We know that GPU prices quickly inflated to indecent levels last year, but this Gundam-themed GPU is particularly notable for being nearly unobtainable, selling on eBay for prices starting at $300. € (About €3 / AU €1). The fact that such a strange GPU is used in mining rigs is probably due to the fact that these are pre-LHR (Light Hash Rate, or "anti mining") cards that were introduced before Nvidia expanded their new limiter. of hash rate on virtually the entire RTX XNUMX series to discourage crypto enthusiasts from acquiring any and all free stocks. Even before the introduction of LHR cards and areas of China introducing mining limitations, many of the best graphics cards on the market today were virtually unobtainable through mining operations that bought them on the farm for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Since dealers are going to take advantage of situations like this, resellers have started using robots to fight for limited free stock, driving up costs to nearly XNUMX times their recommended MSRP. Image XNUMX of two
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(Image credit: I_Leak_VN) Pictures like this show that despite all the good news surrounding prices finally starting to fall and a massive sale of used equipment, mining operations are still alive and kicking.. . for now. Hopefully, we will continue to see a downward trend in cryptocurrency mining even as profits start to taper off, which should free up material for gaming and computer enthusiasts to purchase. Although we don't see any signs of improvement in the US market yet, things are expected to level off as we have in other areas such as Pakistan, Germany and China, so a little patience should reap the rewards of products. GPUs easily free and at reasonable prices in the coming months. The best graphics card deals right now
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