Main buyers were miners – bitcoin miners.
The integrated electronics chip manufacturer AMD has released new graphics card (GPU) AMD Vega 56. And within five minutes the new product was sold out in all major online stores. Huge demand card use on the part of the crypto currency miners.
The growth rate of the cryptocurrency and attention from the media led to a record increase in demand for mining hardware. To mining was profitable, miners the latest technologies and ever more powerful equipment. Previously, the miners even rented a Boeing 747 for fast shipping on AMD, since Maritime transport is unprofitable and would take more time.
Due to the high demand prices have soared far above market that prevents gamers to buy the graphics processors for desktop computers. Some retailers have tried to provide players access to Vega 56, creating a software package not suitable for miners. But in the end gamers will still pay more than they would like.
Coduri Raja, senior Vice President and chief architect Radeon Technologies Group, wrote in his Twitter:
“The noise around the price doesn’t help us at all. Not sure where it comes from, is just the benefits of competition. We live in an interesting time when gamers didn’t want the miners bought the video card, and the miners don’t want gamers buying”.
The situation faced by the gamers – not an isolated case. In the beginning of the year the demand from miners Ethereum has ensured high sales of the Radeon RX RX 580 and 570. And although AMD has publicly stated that the game industry remains a priority, the company began serving the mining industry by providing specialized drivers for mining-farms.
It seems that gamers now lose. Perhaps until then, while mining with graphics cards is no substitute more profitable technology.
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