Thursday, March 29th 2018

Mining, and not Gaming, Compelled ASRock to Enter the Graphics Market

When we first reported news of ASRock entering the graphics market with a focus on AMD Radeon GPUs, the story included a theory that crypto-currency mining was the primary driver behind the company's move. ASRock in its press-deck announcing its new Phantom Gaming series graphics cards late Wednesday, inadvertently confirmed that theory. While the cards are branded Phantom "Gaming," the press-deck slide detailing the lineup is prominently headlined "Mining" besides "Radeon 500 Series VGA." Our GPU Database curator also mentions that the cards' designs bear striking similarities to coolers from Chaintech, the OEM that supplies to Chinese VGA brands such as Colorful. Strangely enough, ASRock still went with "gaming" branding, and gave the cards proper display connectors, so it's hedging its bets on both gamers and miners.
Source: VideoCardz
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43 Comments on Mining, and not Gaming, Compelled ASRock to Enter the Graphics Market

#26
nickbaldwin86
cdawallWhat on earth are you talking about?
he is talking about no one mining on a 570 right now and therefore doesn't know the floor from the sky.
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#27
Super XP
nickbaldwin86he is talking about no one mining on a 570 right now and therefore doesn't know the floor from the sky.
How does he know nobody is mining on a 570?
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#28
lexluthermiester
Super XPHow does he know nobody is mining on a 570?
Who cares? We all know they're wrong, just ignore.
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#29
Sasqui
If they only did include a DVI output, what a stupid move. The smart move is to hedge between gamers and miners, they'd hit two markets in one with a small increase in BOM prices.
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#30
nickbaldwin86
Super XPHow does he know nobody is mining on a 570?
who knows man, why would they release a set of cards if no one is going to use them? If I was to guess, yes lots and LOTS of people are mining on 570. he is just a guy on the internet with a bigger ego then everyone else and thinks "you going to mine? you better be doing it on a setup of at least 4 1080Tis!"
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#31
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
Just for those paying attention these do not appear to be the same cards we saw pictures of the other day.

Judging from the spec sheet we are talking single fan, single dvi output low end cards. So hopefully they are at a good price point.
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#32
lexluthermiester
cdawallJust for those paying attention these do not appear to be the same cards we saw pictures of the other day.
Someone else mentioned that. Seems to be correct.
@btarunr
It might be a good idea to update the article with this information.
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#33
Sasqui
cdawallJudging from the spec sheet we are talking single fan, single dvi output low end cards. So hopefully they are at a good price point.
That's what it sounds like
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#34
Slizzo
Ubersonic"Chaintech"

God damn that's a name I haven't heard in a long time, I had a Chaintech KT333 motherboard back in the day, was epic :D
I was going to say the same. My GeForce 4 Ti 4600 was a Chaintec card. Loved it.
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#35
T4C Fantasy
CPU & GPU DB Maintainer
owen10578These seem to be a different SKU for mining? The phantom gaming on the news before this had higher clockrates.
These are different skus they have gaming and gaming hybrid
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#36
R-T-B
jabbadapThey are targeted to big mining farms with big quantity purchases. Not some single home users.
Yep. Who never resell.

EDIT: Should read "seldom resell," if it makes a difference. And that's pretty factual: Most resells come from small time miners. Big mine farms have too much invested to go any other way... Not that that'll stop belief based downvotes.
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#37
Kaesar
What a hell is asrock doing? You call a GPU gaming and then say the actual segment is mining? GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER ASROCK!
If you ask me, they are already crapping in their way without even have started yet.
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#38
Gasaraki
MAXLD1 new brand, 5 new brands, or even 1 less brand, it's irrelevant. If AMD doesn't ramp up production by a significant factor (it won't), there's no improvements in both mining and gaming scenes, much less price wise.
Agreed
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#39
Ruru
S.T.A.R.S.
Toy money cards once again..
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#41
GoldenX
So, no mid-range single slot cards :sniff:
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#42
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
GoldenXSo, no mid-range single slot cards :sniff:
Give it a bit they have 550/560's listed on their web page in the gaming line. Those I would imagine at least one is single slot. I am hoping they get a 550 640 shader as well those are a great value card and seem to have some unlockable shaders.
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#43
medi01
Or maybe those GPP ties of ASUS have some magical influence on ASRock repeating Gigabytes BS about "not gaming focused" graphic cards.
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