Raws li peb sawv ntawm qhov dej ntws ntawm cov cim tshiab ntawm daim npav duab los ntawm Nvidia thiab AMD, kev sib tham paub tau pib hauv paus hauv online - puas yog tiam dhau los ntawm GPUs tseem tsim nyog yuav thaum qee yam tshiab, ci dua thiab muaj zog dua nyob rau ntawm ntug?
Kuv tuaj yeem hais meej qhov ntawd rau koj: uh, yog.
Qhov kev sib cav tseem zoo ib yam li nws muaj rau ob peb tiam dhau los tshaj tawm - tias nws tsis muaj txiaj ntsig los yuav cov khoom lag luam ntawm lub verge ntawm nws dhau los ua 'tam sim no' thiab cov nqi feem ntau tsis poob txaus kom nws tsim nyog cov nyiaj. Nyob ntawd is logic rau qhov kev sib cav no, tab sis nws tsis coj mus rau hauv tus account qhov teeb meem loj: lub lag luam GPU tsis tau ua raws li kev xav tau ntev.
Yam tsawg kawg tsis nyob hauv txoj kev uas tseem ceeb. Yog lawm, nyob rau hauv xyoo dhau los koj tuaj yeem taug kev mus rau koj lub khw muag khoom cib-thiab-mortar hauv zos thiab tuav daim npav tshiab nrog tus txheeb ze yooj yim, yog tias tus qauv tshiab ntawm MSRP lossis tiam dhau los nws tau hloov pauv ntawm qhov luv nqi, tab sis ob peb xyoos dhau los tau ua pov thawj tias koj tsuas tuaj yeem kwv yees tsis tau yav tom ntej ntawm kev ua lag luam, GPU lossis lwm yam.
When GPUs like the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 and RTX 2080 were first released, plenty of PC gamers and computing enthusiasts believed an upgrade from the previous generation couldn't be justified by the insanely high prices, and that waiting for the 3000 series to drop was the more sensible option – and then all hell broke loose.
Keeb kwm tuaj yeem rov ua nws tus kheej
Tsis tshua muaj Gundam themed RTX 3080 GPUs tau tsim rau hauv cov mining rig ua rau muaj kev sib tw hauv online. (Cov duab credit: I_Leak_VN)
The Ampere series of cards like the GeForce RTX 3060 had a divisive pricepoint – some finding it to be reasonable, while other lamented the apparent death of affordable graphics cards – but a terrible cocktail of word issues also made them almost impossible to find.
The Cryptomarket saw a boom in Ethereum, which made the cards very attractive to miners who snapped them up in bulk for use in cryptomining farms, while the Covid-19 pandemic caused supply chain issues and a chip shortage that affected almost everything in the tech world, from computing components to cars and appliances.
All this scarcity inflated the price of GPUs to wild levels, with the GeForce RTX 3080 hitting an average resale price of almost x3 times its original MSRP during the height of the Great GPU Shortage. AMD fared a little better, though even Team Red was still blighted by shortages and scalpers.
One difference between how the two companies approached the situation was in regards to cryptomining, with Nvidia eventually re-releasing updated models of almost its entire Ampere series equipped with anti-mining preventatives.
These LHR (low-hashrate) cards weren’t completely uncrackable, but they may have helped dissuade folks from snapping up mountains of RTX 3060s. On the other hand, AMD acknowledged the situation and stated that once a customer buys a GPU, they’re free to do what they like with it.
Ib qho teeb meem loj txawm li cas los xij, yog qhov tsis txaus no tsis yog cuam tshuam rau tiam ntawm cov ntawv teev lus - nws kuj nce tus nqi ntawm yuav luag txhua GPU ntawm kev ua lag luam. Qhov kev sib cav ntawm kev tos kom txog thaum lub cim tom ntej ntawm cov ntawv teev lus tau tso tawm txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau pheej yig dua, cov qauv qub lossis tus nqi tsim nyog tshiab tso tawm tag nrho yuav luag tag hmo.
It's your money, your requirements and your choice
Vim li cas nws thiaj zoo siab? Leej twg paub, tab sis kuv twv nws GPU ua raws nraim li nws xav tau. (Duab credit: Shutterstock)
Will this happen again? It's hard to say.
The shortage was caused by a variety of issues that just happened to occur at the same time, but should Covid-19 cause more supply chain constraints then it's likely that both Lovelace and RDNA3 GPUs could see their prices start to skyrocket due to demand. The crypto market also has every likelihood to recover given its volatility, so you shouldn’t feel like we’re out of the woods just yet.
I do have a simpler argument in all of this though: it's worth buying a new GPU if it’s worth it rau koj .
Older GPUs still very much have a place in the market right now. You only have to look at the Steam Hardware Survey to see how many gamers are still using cards that are several generations old at this point, and depending on the games you play, it's likely you don’t actually need an especially powerful graphics card. Most first-person shooters and battle-royale style games intentionally keep the system requirements low to attract more players for example.
I wrote a piece several months ago off the back of the RTX 3070 Ti getting poor reviews. It was marked down for its price and performance, but the joy it has bought me is beyond value. I won’t feel bad for my choices given the circumstances given graphics cards were harder to find than gold dust. Would I have preferred an RTX 3090? Sure, but did I need one? Absolutely not.
Raws li tus nqi ntawm kev ua neej tau nce siab hauv ntau lub tebchaws thoob ntiaj teb, tsuas yog tsis muaj lub ntsiab lus ntawm kev hloov kho rau 'qhov loj tom ntej' tsuas yog rau kev ua li ntawd, thiab Ampere thiab RDNA2 GPUs tseem yuav cuam tshuam thiab muaj peev xwm. rau xyoo tom ntej.
If you see an especially good deal on a cheap graphics card in the coming weeks, don’t let early adopters try and convince you to wait for Lovelace or RDNA3 unless you’re happy to do so – we simply don’t know what the market will look like when they launch.
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