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Cuddlesworth · 26-04-2021 10:34AM

Cordell wrote: »

My prayers are towards a crypto collapse which will bring a long overdue ending to this abomination.

A global pyramid scheme can last for a long time it seems.

harmless · 26-04-2021 11:25AM

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

A global pyramid scheme can last for a long time it seems.

When do you think Satoshi cashes out some of his bitcoin?
He is sitting on billions of dollars worth right now.

I think it's more like the dot com bubble where most web companies went bust because they were overvalued however companies like Amazon and Ebay took a big hit but survived and made a come back.

There are far too many cryptocurrencies and every one of them over valued. There will be a massive crash all coins will be hit hard but a very small number will survive because blockchain technology does have many possible uses.
Of course just a complete guess on my part.

ShadowHearth · 26-04-2021 01:43PM

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

A global pyramid scheme can last for a long time it seems.

The most hilarious thing I sow in a long time was when on bitcoin subreddit someone made a big thread how some new coins were pure scam and pyramid scheme.

You could almost drink that irony.

Cuddlesworth · 26-04-2021 02:24PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

The most hilarious thing I sow in a long time was when on bitcoin subreddit someone made a big thread how some new coins were pure scam and pyramid scheme.

You could almost drink that irony.

Its not the coins themselves, its how they are being used. Right now, the idea that coin x is worth a equivalent of fiat currency y right now and will be worth 100 times its value in 6 months is quite literally a pyramid scheme.

Retr0gamer · 26-04-2021 02:43PM

harmless wrote: »

When do you think Satoshi cashes out some of his bitcoin?
He is sitting on billions of dollars worth right now.

I think it's more like the dot com bubble where most web companies went bust because they were overvalued however companies like Amazon and Ebay took a big hit but survived and made a come back.

There are far too many cryptocurrencies and every one of them over valued. There will be a massive crash all coins will be hit hard but a very small number will survive because blockchain technology does have many possible uses.
Of course just a complete guess on my part.

There is usually a boom, then bust then price stabilisation. Crypto has been a bot different has we have had that already and now there's a second boom period straight after it.

Been looking like a slow bust phase now. Bitcoin dropping, Ethereum starting to enter what looks like a lag phase before the bust (ehtereum last time was a little behind bitcoin) and ****coins like dogecoin are dropping fast.

It will crash, the price will stabilise but if you are brave there is (or maybe was) a lot of money to be made.

Cordell · 26-04-2021 02:54PM

It should stabilize to a level justified by the actual transactions done with crypto, i.e. actual goods and services, no mater how legal they are. Which I suspect it's just a tiny fraction of their ... "capitalization".

Syferus · 26-04-2021 08:40PM

Some of you are going to be very disappointed in the years ahead, and I say that as someone who has a grand total of about 100 Euros of Bitcoin..

Mr Crispy · 26-04-2021 08:52PM

On the bright side, all Bitcoin should be fully mined within the next 120 years.

Giblet · 27-04-2021 09:26AM

Mr Crispy wrote: »

On the bright side, all Bitcoin should be fully mined within the next 120 years.

People are mining Ethereum

errlloyd · 27-04-2021 09:29AM

Giblet wrote: »

People are mining Ethereum

Well then the brightside is even more short term.

If Ethereum moves from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake the mining should slow.

AND

The obvious MLM Ponzi that underpins the justification for POS will become so plain to see that the currency will collapse.

Mr Crispy · 27-04-2021 10:07AM

Giblet wrote: »

People are mining Ethereum

I was being glib.

slade_x · 27-04-2021 11:57PM

It has probably been long enough now, but has anyone here taken delivery of any new gpus from overclockers recently? Especially now that overclockers have switched courier to DHL for Ireland and have refunded uk vat to let DHL then handle IE Vat?

TheRover · 28-04-2021 12:04AM

slade_x wrote: »

It has probably been long enough now, but has anyone here taken delivery of any new gpus from overclockers recently? Especially now that overclockers have switched courier to DHL for Ireland and have refunded uk vat to let DHL then handle IE Vat?

They never seem to have any in stock

slade_x · 28-04-2021 12:06AM

TheRover wrote: »

They never seem to have any in stock

that was mainly aimed at early pre-orders which stock trickles in for

Brian · 02-05-2021 08:48PM

Is there anywhere you could try to preorder a 3070 Ti? Not yet, obviously, but at release.

K.O.Kiki · 03-05-2021 12:25AM

Brian wrote: »

Is there anywhere you could try to preorder a 3070 Ti? Not yet, obviously, but at release.

Have you tried being a miner with need for a couple dozen cards?

Brian · 03-05-2021 01:37PM

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Have you tried being a miner with need for a couple dozen cards?

I'm no miner but I do need a new GPU for my job.

Confused11811 · 03-05-2021 02:28PM

Brian wrote: »

Is there anywhere you could try to preorder a 3070 Ti? Not yet, obviously, but at release.

EVGA Europe will probably be the closest option to a pre-order. If the product page doest exist keep an eye out for it to appear. Once the product page goes up register you interest in it. On a first come first serve basis when in stock they will email you a unique purchase link , you'll have 8 hours to buy once the link is sent, otherwise it will expire and on to the next person. The email address used must be associated with an active EVGA account , one card pre household only.

I say first come first serve but I've no idea if they are serving individual markets first and sending links to those in the target region.

I'm registered with them and put my name down for a few different models. If and when the purchase invite appears is another thing but of all the manufacturer out there EVGA appear to have made the best efforts to help the average consumer in getting a card.

GHOST MGG · 03-05-2021 06:42PM

Confused11811 wrote: »

EVGA Europe will probably be the closest option to a pre-order. If the product page doest exist keep an eye out for it to appear. Once the product page goes up register you interest in it. On a first come first serve basis when in stock they will email you a unique purchase link , you'll have 8 hours to buy once the link is sent, otherwise it will expire and on to the next person. The email address used must be associated with an active EVGA account , one card pre household only.

I say first come first serve but I've no idea if they are serving individual markets first and sending links to those in the target region.

I'm registered with them and put my name down for a few different models. If and when the purchase invite appears is another thing but of all the manufacturer out there EVGA appear to have made the best efforts to help the average consumer in getting a card.

I have been registered with them for like ever..and pre ordered on their list for cards 6 months ago..have not received one email from them and many others are in the same boat.Just a fyi

Confused11811 · 03-05-2021 07:18PM

GHOST MGG wrote: »

I have been registered with them for like ever..and pre ordered on their list for cards 6 months ago..have not received one email from them and many others are in the same boat.Just a fyi

I know, I'm registered with them a few years now myself, I used their components when I was a more active builder. I think they're taking care of the US Market first

Some of the US based youtubers have given them lots of praise for their efforts. I registered interest for some of their GPU's when I decided to do my builds a few months back, not holding my breath for a purchase. Anyway I'm happy enough with the RX6700XT I got on Thursday's AMD drop.

glynf · 03-05-2021 07:18PM

GHOST MGG wrote: »

I have been registered with them for like ever..and pre ordered on their list for cards 6 months ago..have not received one email from them and many others are in the same boat.Just a fyi

Same as you-5 cards on notify, earliest was last Sept. for a 3080 XC3. About 20 on the list for the last 2 months, unfortunately the EU waiting list gets little or no love compared to the US. 3060's seem to be the only cards moving ATM.

I gave up and bought a pre-built with a 3080 from Ankermann Germany 10 days ago, out for delivery tomorrow, first PC (excluding laptops) I haven't built myself in 14 years:(

Bigserious1 · 04-05-2021 10:38PM

Took a chance and emailed alternate.de about a 3070 & 3080 they had marked as being due into stock soon. To be fair they emailed me back stating both were in stock and they could sell me either. Cant fault the service even if the price is crazy.

So now I have a fairly expensive 3080 on the way to me. Still cheaper than paying the insane prices on Adverts.

https://www.alternate.de/EVGA/GeForce-RTX-3080-FTW3-ULTRA-GAMING-Grafikkarte/html/product/1673524

spix · 04-05-2021 10:45PM

Bigserious1 wrote: »

Took a chance and emailed alternate.de about a 3070 & 3080 they had marked as being due into stock soon. To be fair they emailed me back stating both were in stock and they could sell me either. Cant fault the service even if the price is crazy.

So now I have a fairly expensive 3080 on the way to me. Still cheaper than paying the insane prices on Adverts.

https://www.alternate.de/EVGA/GeForce-RTX-3080-FTW3-ULTRA-GAMING-Grafikkarte/html/product/1673524

Record a video whilst opening the package. I bought an evga card from them, got a box with cut seals. I wouldn't trust alternate any longer especially if they sell to you before its made available online, most places wouldn't do that to be fair to other customers waiting for the stock to show up. Of course I could be wrong but record a video just in case they send you an obviously used card.

Bigserious1 · 04-05-2021 10:50PM

spix wrote: »

Record a video whilst opening the package. I bought an evga card from them, got a box with cut seals. I wouldn't trust alternate any longer especially if they sell to you before its made available online, most places wouldn't do that to be fair to other customers waiting for the stock to show up. Of course I could be wrong but record a video just in case they send you an obviously used card.

Cheers thanks for the heads up. Will be extra careful opening it so.

Their website seems a bit weird where they have some items flagged in green saying "goods just arrived will be ready for dispatch shortly".

Seems like they have quite a few coming into stock every day so perhaps worth a shot if people are as desperate as me. Annoyed I didnt buy one back in Nov / Dec!

spix · 04-05-2021 10:55PM

Bigserious1 wrote: »

Cheers thanks for the heads up. Will be extra careful opening it so.

Their website seems a bit weird where they have some items flagged in green saying "goods just arrived will be ready for dispatch shortly".

Seems like they have quite a few coming into stock every day so perhaps worth a shot if people are as desperate as me. Annoyed I didnt buy one back in Nov / Dec!

Yeah theres a good chance of getting a card from there compared to other places, was just very annoyed to pay way over rrp and get a box that was already opened. Its just the principle of it...buy a new card, box should be sealed unless specified as an open box item. If desperate for a card most people wont care if used or not. But I do wonder if some of these stores have been running cards mining for a few weeks/months then selling to maximize profit. You never know what they could be up to.

H3llR4iser · 04-05-2021 11:55PM

Confused11811 wrote: »

EVGA Europe will probably be the closest option to a pre-order. If the product page doest exist keep an eye out for it to appear. Once the product page goes up register you interest in it. On a first come first serve basis when in stock they will email you a unique purchase link , you'll have 8 hours to buy once the link is sent, otherwise it will expire and on to the next person. The email address used must be associated with an active EVGA account , one card pre household only.

I say first come first serve but I've no idea if they are serving individual markets first and sending links to those in the target region.

I'm registered with them and put my name down for a few different models. If and when the purchase invite appears is another thing but of all the manufacturer out there EVGA appear to have made the best efforts to help the average consumer in getting a card.

Same thing - been on the "queue" for a bunch of their 3090 SKU for 6 months now, not a single mail received - and theoretically, the 3090 should be a "less sought after" card as it's expensive even at MSRP.

Bigserious1 wrote: »

Took a chance and emailed alternate.de about a 3070 & 3080 they had marked as being due into stock soon. To be fair they emailed me back stating both were in stock and they could sell me either. Cant fault the service even if the price is crazy.

So now I have a fairly expensive 3080 on the way to me. Still cheaper than paying the insane prices on Adverts.

https://www.alternate.de/EVGA/GeForce-RTX-3080-FTW3-ULTRA-GAMING-Grafikkarte/html/product/1673524

I'm tempted by the fact they got some 3090s, although at insane prices - but still better than paying some asshole scalper on Adverts (there's one guy specifically who's clearly making a business of this...hope he's telling the Revenue about it

).

Thing is...I pretty much have an entire second system that's still top spec (R9 3900x, Samsung 960Evo 500GB, 32GB 3200Mhz) to which I could THEORETICALLY bundle my current 2070 Super and which THEORETICALLY should fetch a good price on sale; Yet going by previous experiences selling on Adverts...the stories about "would you exchange that with an open can of Pringles and a used condom?" are only mildly exaggerated, let's say

Anyway, also keeping an eye out for the "supposedly close to launch" A4000 and A5000, which could solve my need (more than 8GB of VRAM and CUDA cores) neatly (ALL the Quadro cards are still pretty much MSRP).

Meesared · 05-05-2021 11:32AM

Ive been trying to get a 3070 or 3080 for a while and I've noticed theres a lack of stock of both coming in, I hope its just with the impending launch of the Ti variants

Luck100 · 05-05-2021 11:41AM

Meesared wrote: »

Ive been trying to get a 3070 or 3080 for a while and I've noticed theres a lack of stock of both coming in, I hope its just with the impending launch of the Ti variants

Word is that the 3060, 3070, and 3080 are getting replaced with updated variants that have crypto limiter. So stocks of the original versions are probably not being replenished since the new ones are coming.

Revoker88 · 05-05-2021 01:30PM

Luck100 wrote: »

Word is that the 3060, 3070, and 3080 are getting replaced with updated variants that have crypto limiter. So stocks of the original versions are probably not being replenished since the new ones are coming.

Wonder what that would do to the second hand value of those cards that don't have the limiter

Luck100 · 05-05-2021 02:31PM

EoinHef wrote: »

Wonder what that would do to the second hand value of those cards that don't have the limiter

Those cards are already fully valued on the 2nd hand market from a mining perspective. I'd expect the new cards to trade at a discount 2nd hand compared to the originals, given that the current 2nd hand prices are being set by miners.

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