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Why has the price of graphics cards gone up so much now? Originally, I wanted to start with a gtx 1080ti ASUS, but the price suddenly changed from the original 6399.
Because the price of bitcoin soared, it caused a wave of mining.

The so-called mining is to download some software with a computer, then run a specific algorithm to calculate, communicate with a remote server, and obtain virtual currency.

This kind of computer basically burns a lot of graphics cards. If you have been to a computer forum before, you should know that there is a saying called "mine card". This mine card refers to the graphics card originally used for mining.

Originally, mining had nothing to do with NVIDIA. However, due to AMD's current insufficient production capacity and the new RX570/580 price, NVIDIA's graphics cards were also targeted by miners, which led to a wave of graphics card prices skyrocketing.

Except for some second-hand graphics cards with mid-range and below performance, such as GTX760, all other graphics cards, even GTX 1050, and even the second-hand R9 280X have increased their prices a lot. ...