Yep buying a used card is a complete lottery ... even from a "home" buyer.
I'm not sure tho that many of these new alt coins will have any value beyond their initial novelty. Some emphasize privacy.. So if you have about three ,Bitcoin , Ethereum and one other , not three thousand . Yes mining is continuing but how long it will remain being done on GFX cards and CPU's is debatable...
GwanGy
29 Aug 17#32
Once the mining difficulty rises (its always increasing) and or the price of britcoin etc falls then mining becomes uneconomical. At that point used cards will flood the market, and prices will plunge. WHEN will this happen ?
Two fans on a mini card ..so should still be quite a cool customer.
gummby to GwanGy
29 Aug 17#33
Doubtful. There are always new digital currencies appearing. Ethereum is currently rising in price too making it more commercial to mine. I think mining will go on for many years to come.The question is will AMD or Nvida increase production or do they fear a collapse where the market is flooded with GPU cards.
Buying used cards on Ebay these days has its risks. How do you know they were not used 24/7 for mining? A risk!
Right now if you want a GPU you have to pay the market price. That could mean £300 for a branded 1060 or £400 for a branded 1070. Otherwise brands like Zotac which are a bit cheaper.
All this pre order stuff is risky too.You could be waiting months. With Volta coming demand for some of these chips will jsut get more silly. Least Nvida won't have to clear out the 10th series inventory.
XP200
29 Aug 17#23
Drop 70 quid from that price then drop another 30 and we can call it a deal.
pidgin to XP200
29 Aug 17#25
0% chance we will see this price this year though. I doubt we'll even see any great GPU deals during black friday.
XP200 to pidgin
29 Aug 17#31
We will just have to wait until the bubble bursts, somewhere along the chain somebody will want to make more money then everybody else, card makers, unitility companies, the market......it will just take one link in that chain and the whole lot will come crashing down, then we gamers step in for the kill. lol
robodan918
29 Aug 17#30
card now showing "pre order only" - no ETA better to get through overclockers.co.uk even with 10 quid shipping or ebuyer
robodan918
29 Aug 17#26
Gamers - why not mine? You bought the hardware
bbfb123 to robodan918
29 Aug 17#27
Miners - why not game? You bought all the hardware.
ollie87 to robodan918
29 Aug 17#28
Because I don't have access to free electricity. Thus I'd not make any money.
robodan918 to ollie87
29 Aug 17#29
Do some research and test out some mining calculators even at 14p / kWh I'm ahead 2x in profit vs electric cost just don't get stuck with a vega 64 or R9 295x2 which will eat up all your power vs mining perf.
a 1070, Vega 56, R9 nano - all of them would be ideal for mining. I'm using my 1080 Ti for it atm, because why not. It will pay for itself in the 7th month and is pure profit thereafter (assuming ethereum stays flat at $300US per ETH, but it's currently rising to $340US so the profit is even higher).
being wholly against mining is silly. It's a value add in my opinion. Make your hardware pay for itself.
MrDB
28 Aug 17#6
Bloody miners!
alebastra to MrDB
28 Aug 17#20
What do you mean by miners? Crypto?
redman71 to alebastra
28 Aug 17#22
Gold miners.
vulcanproject to alebastra
29 Aug 17#24
bbfb123
28 Aug 17#21
Voted cold. Been this price for ages and you'd be better off paying extra £30 for a full size 1070 that will overclock better. My msi gaming z 1070 does 2125mhz core stock voltage overclock. Only paid £290 for it used but in perfect condition.
Billythebubble
28 Aug 17#19
8 pin connector
schmoog
28 Aug 17#18
I'm personally waiting for a good deal on a 1060. I'm gonna bite when the 'brand name' dual fan ones hit <=£180 again.
bouttime2
28 Aug 17#5
My MSI GTX 1070 was also due in stock within two weeks. Over 7 weeks later Amazon still don't have it. :persevere:
cf15 to bouttime2
28 Aug 17#8
Was that the quicksilver one?, I decided to hang on with my gtx 980 and wait for Volta and cancelled the quicksilver.
bouttime2 to cf15
28 Aug 17#13
Yes. If I can get it or another GTX 1070 for £300 I'll have it. Otherwise like you I'll wait for Volta.
Decharvinator to bouttime2
28 Aug 17#12
I've been told mine is going to be dispatched tomorrow!
bouttime2 to Decharvinator
28 Aug 17#15
You lucky ba#@*d!
Decharvinator to bouttime2
28 Aug 17#17
Fingers crossed for you too!
serboom
28 Aug 17#7
Not a deal imo...it was this price 2 weeks ago and still going.
Crossbow to serboom
28 Aug 17#16
Did a search on here & found it waa a similar price back in January:
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I'm not sure tho that many of these new alt coins will have any value beyond their initial novelty. Some emphasize privacy.. So if you have about three ,Bitcoin , Ethereum and one other , not three thousand . Yes mining is continuing but how long it will remain being done on GFX cards and CPU's is debatable...
Two fans on a mini card ..so should still be quite a cool customer.
Buying used cards on Ebay these days has its risks. How do you know they were not used 24/7 for mining? A risk!
Right now if you want a GPU you have to pay the market price. That could mean £300 for a branded 1060 or £400 for a branded 1070. Otherwise brands like Zotac which are a bit cheaper.
All this pre order stuff is risky too.You could be waiting months. With Volta coming demand for some of these chips will jsut get more silly. Least Nvida won't have to clear out the 10th series inventory.
better to get through overclockers.co.uk even with 10 quid shipping
or ebuyer
even at 14p / kWh I'm ahead 2x in profit vs electric cost
just don't get stuck with a vega 64 or R9 295x2 which will eat up all your power vs mining perf.
a 1070, Vega 56, R9 nano - all of them would be ideal for mining. I'm using my 1080 Ti for it atm, because why not. It will pay for itself in the 7th month and is pure profit thereafter (assuming ethereum stays flat at $300US per ETH, but it's currently rising to $340US so the profit is even higher).
being wholly against mining is silly. It's a value add in my opinion. Make your hardware pay for itself.
Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 Mini GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 - £353.21 @ Amazon
overclockers.co.uk/zot…tml
Says there's 5 in stock at £399.95
Ignore that, found itStock on sept 7