• rysiek@szmer.info
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    2 years ago

    GPU prices are already falling, can’t wait for the drop when the used ones from suddenly not financially viable mining farms start hitting the market.

    Buy the (GPU) dip!

  • toneverends
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    2 years ago

    What city’s (nation’s?) annual resource consumption and CO₂e emissions does $15b worth of GPU manufacture and subsequent mining most closely represent?

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      2 years ago

      The GPUs will probably mostly be resold, so aren’t completely wasted.

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          2 years ago

          Mining on a GPU does tend to decrease its total lifespan but doesn’t significantly impact its performance in the meantime. But even a heavily used GPU will often last a long time.

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    2 years ago

    GPUpocalypse is coming :) (when $15b worth of GPUs are dumped on second hand market duet to cryptocurrencies collapse or them not begin financially viable for mining any more)