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Bill Gehrke
Inspiring
January 27, 2018

There is a way to get around the price gouging if you do not mind waiting.  EVGA on their site web site for instance has reasonable pricing BUT you have to wait for the next shipment and check the "AUTO NOTIFY" button.  Here is a link to the GTX 1060 6GB line.as an example

R Neil Haugen
Legend
January 25, 2018

Yup ... that's true. GPU's have some of the best algorithmic computing power available. Ergo, you need tons of calculations per second, group GPU's to do the job. CPU's are built to do a completely different set of processes.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
John T Smith
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 26, 2018

Hmm... 400 million went missing... "mined" or stolen?

Coincheck Says It Lost Crypto Coins Valued at About $400 Million - Bloomberg

R Neil Haugen
Legend
January 27, 2018

Ha. Well, they're not in ​my​ pocket ...

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
Known Participant
January 24, 2018

Wow! thats an interesting read! Disconcerting for sure...well maybe this internet coin mining was started by the graphics card companies to sell more cards...Good to know--tho