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Oh great, new cryptocurrency gold rush could make buying a new graphics card even harder – TechRadar
Rise in prices to blame
It looks like a new cryptocurrency gold rush is happening, and could mean that getting hold of already-scarce new GPUs like the Nvidia RTX 3080 could get even more difficult.
Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that can be mined using a graphics card. With the value of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum rising sharply in recent months (Bitcoin has tripled in value since October), a rush to buy up GPUs could be on the cards.
Last week we saw a mining rig with 78 Nvidia RTX 3080 GPUs,…
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