• pressanykeynow@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Did GPUs become cheap after the previous hype/bubble simmered down? No, they made even bigger bubble requiring even more resources. They will make it even bigger until it requires toilet paper to sustain, then people will riot.

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      Did GPUs become cheap after the previous hype/bubble simmered down? No

      I my current GPU in my gaming PC I got on a big discount, around when folks couldn’t really do bitcoin mining on consumer hardware anymore, so… yes?

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      In my time I’ve certainly seen RAM prices rise and fall depending on supply constraints, same with HDD and SSD. Fair point on GPU’s, I just can’t see this data center demand remaining as so much of it seems speculative.