Card shortage due to bit coin mining?

[John T Smith]

I have ZERO knowledge of bit coin mining, but this says it causes price rises and shortages of high end graphic cards

Here’s why you can’t buy a high-end graphics card at Best Buy | Ars Technica

[TL2121]

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

[R Neil Haugen]

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

[John T Smith]

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

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

[R Neil Haugen]

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

[Bill_Gehrke]

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