Topic: Why are GPUs expensive all of a sudden? (Read 2513 times)

Quote from: Ayers on March 27, 2016, 02:50:56 AM

Brand new Sapphire R7 370 4GB $140 ($30 off), gets about 15MH/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202152
unless of course you don't like Sapphire kit

It is better to buy R9 390. You can get more hash per rig and so the overheads of the rig is reduced to achieve the same hash.

You mean R9 380(x)? I don't see any 390's for less than $300 probably because they're all 8GB, and 4GB 380's are $190 and up. (Not looking at used market of course...)

I think R9 390 is better for the long term. It has 8GB memory. The Ethereum will convert to PoS next year, but Expanse might not. So if you continue to mine, you need larger memory.

in 1 year you can still go with 4 gb, so this is a very long term thing, and i'm not sure if it is right to remain with the same gpu for a long term when for the next year new gpu will be available

The R9 390 is an old GPU, but it is still faster than R9 Fury or Fury XT in the Ethereum mining.

That is because the developers did not take advantage of the newer structures of the Fury cards.

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Quote from: Factmine on March 27, 2016, 02:45:10 AM

Quote from: Factmine on March 27, 2016, 02:45:10 AM

Brand new Sapphire R7 370 4GB $140 ($30 off), gets about 15MH/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202152
unless of course you don't like Sapphire kit

It is better to buy R9 390. You can get more hash per rig and so the overheads of the rig is reduced to achieve the same hash.

You mean R9 380(x)? I don't see any 390's for less than $300 probably because they're all 8GB, and 4GB 380's are $190 and up. (Not looking at used market of course...)

I think R9 390 is better for the long term. It has 8GB memory. The Ethereum will convert to PoS next year, but Expanse might not. So if you continue to mine, you need larger memory.

in 1 year you can still go with 4 gb, so this is a very long term thing, and i'm not sure if it is right to remain with the same gpu for a long term when for the next year new gpu will be available

The R9 390 is an old GPU, but it is still faster than R9 Fury or Fury XT in the Ethereum mining.

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Brand new Sapphire R7 370 4GB $140 ($30 off), gets about 15MH/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202152
unless of course you don't like Sapphire kit

It is better to buy R9 390. You can get more hash per rig and so the overheads of the rig is reduced to achieve the same hash.

You mean R9 380(x)? I don't see any 390's for less than $300 probably because they're all 8GB, and 4GB 380's are $190 and up. (Not looking at used market of course...)

I think R9 390 is better for the long term. It has 8GB memory. The Ethereum will convert to PoS next year, but Expanse might not. So if you continue to mine, you need larger memory.

in 1 year you can still go with 4 gb, so this is a very long term thing, and i'm not sure if it is right to remain with the same gpu for a long term when for the next year new gpu will be available

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Brand new Sapphire R7 370 4GB $140 ($30 off), gets about 15MH/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202152
unless of course you don't like Sapphire kit

It is better to buy R9 390. You can get more hash per rig and so the overheads of the rig is reduced to achieve the same hash.

You mean R9 380(x)? I don't see any 390's for less than $300 probably because they're all 8GB, and 4GB 380's are $190 and up. (Not looking at used market of course...)

I think R9 390 is better for the long term. It has 8GB memory. The Ethereum will convert to PoS next year, but Expanse might not. So if you continue to mine, you need larger memory.

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Quote from: bobben2 on March 12, 2016, 07:09:58 AM

Brand new Sapphire R7 370 4GB $140 ($30 off), gets about 15MH/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202152
unless of course you don't like Sapphire kit

It is better to buy R9 390. You can get more hash per rig and so the overheads of the rig is reduced to achieve the same hash.

You mean R9 380(x)? I don't see any 390's for less than $300 probably because they're all 8GB, and 4GB 380's are $190 and up. (Not looking at used market of course...)

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When buying a new gpu you might want to factor in the length of the warranty period.
Depending on where you live and what card you buy this may vary.
All my 280X cards carry a 3 year warranty, while the GTX 970 only has a 2 year warranty.
Recently I RMAed an ASUS R9 280X after just over 2 years of non-stop running due to a bad fan.
And I got my full money back. I would have been out of luck if the warrany period was only two years..

That is very good. With the money you paid for the 280x, you can buy a R9 390 now. That is a good increase in hash rate.

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When buying a new gpu you might want to factor in the length of the warranty period.
Depending on where you live and what card you buy this may vary.
All my 280X cards carry a 3 year warranty, while the GTX 970 only has a 2 year warranty.
Recently I RMAed an ASUS R9 280X after just over 2 years of non-stop running due to a bad fan.
And I got my full money back. I would have been out of luck if the warrany period was only two years..

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