Sunday, January 21st 2018
NVIDIA Asks Retailers to Ensure Gamers Get Graphics Cards
The crypto-currency plague continues to nibble away at the PC gaming ecosystem, driving gamers to consoles. This affects the long-term prospects of graphics processor manufacturers like NVIDIA, who will find it difficult to pull gamers lost to consoles back to the PC ecosystem, should newer cost-effective ASICs arrest the viability of using GPUs to mine crypto-currency (as it did on several occasions in the past). The company is reportedly writing to PC hardware retailers to take steps to ensure that PC gamers have access to graphics cards first, and only then crypto-currency miners. The request doesn't prescribe any measures to control graphics card prices that have clearly gone out of hand.
Retailers in Germany responded lukewarmly, by setting quantity limitations, ranging between 2 to 5 units per order (and not per-household). Retailers responding to ComputerBase.de commented that they sometimes receive orders by e-mail with quantities running over 100 units. NVIDIA emphasizes that this request is a "recommendation" on its part, and not a directive, and that it would never interfere in freedom of commerce (by letting market-forces sell $200 graphics cards at $1000). The only people standing to lose are PC gamers who haven't upgraded their graphics cards in over two years, who are not able to play today's AAA games at recommended settings, especially when newer games are implementing the new DirectX 12 API, and their eye-candy have leaped to levels 2+ year old high-end graphics cards struggle to keep up with.
Source:
ComputerBase.de
Retailers in Germany responded lukewarmly, by setting quantity limitations, ranging between 2 to 5 units per order (and not per-household). Retailers responding to ComputerBase.de commented that they sometimes receive orders by e-mail with quantities running over 100 units. NVIDIA emphasizes that this request is a "recommendation" on its part, and not a directive, and that it would never interfere in freedom of commerce (by letting market-forces sell $200 graphics cards at $1000). The only people standing to lose are PC gamers who haven't upgraded their graphics cards in over two years, who are not able to play today's AAA games at recommended settings, especially when newer games are implementing the new DirectX 12 API, and their eye-candy have leaped to levels 2+ year old high-end graphics cards struggle to keep up with.
58 Comments on NVIDIA Asks Retailers to Ensure Gamers Get Graphics Cards
Even though mining is ridiculous, the GPU shortage is greatly exaggerated. It's more a local shortage than anything.
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6V66RH9417
Or a generic Sapphire Pulse 580 8Gb for $490... though to get you to bite the "Free Gift" is a ASUS VZ229H 21" Monitor
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202278
Keep telling yourself that...
Yea If only Nvidia can take out the compute side of the GPU out while leaving the gaming architecture in tact, they’d have a gamers GPU again. I would switch back to Nvidia in a heartbeat if their cards were available again , despite having a Freesync monitor.
Remember gamers were here before miners. Mining has ruined the gaming industry. 970s are still the main GPU being used on steam because no one can afford to upgrade. That’s how long this problem has been. Even gaming will have to stagnate performance because there won’t be anyone that can play their games if they need more GPU.
Sad. There’s no way I’m paying inflated prices I can’t afford it, I have 500 bucks and I can’t pick up a Vega 56. Because that’s all it’s worth.
The rx580 is sold by Newegg but at a higher cost. Cant blame newegg for trying to make something extra.What kind of "compute" do you want to take out. Playing games is also some kind of "compute". It makes so sense what you just wrote.
And if playing games instead of making extra money is all you have to do in life then do something else.
Same with the 'cut out some compute' right below you.... give it a shot sometime! I am really looking forward to the results.
These 'ideas' fall in the same category as this Nvidia announcement thread you're typing in - complete and utter nonsense that will never happen.
I have a bad feeling that eventually discreet video cards are going to be something that only the rich can afford and that the rest of us are going to have to settle for systems with integrated graphics like that one I linked to above. When that day comes (and I think it's already here) it will be a sad day for PC gaming, a sad day indeed.
That Ryzen™ 5 2400G looks like a damn good deal considering just how damn expensive video cards are. Not only do you get a 4-core/8-thread processor but you also get semi-decent graphics power all for under $200. Granted it won't run your games on Ultra settings but at least you may be able to play it at Medium settings without breaking your bank account.