The total sales of video cards have reached $776 million

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AMD and NVIDIA's Empty Promises

Despite AMD and NVIDIA "promising" to support gamers, miners buy the latest GPU’s in bulk, leaving empty shelves.

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GPU Prices will continue to rise in 2018

• More than 3 million graphics cards have been sold to cryptocurrency miners in 2017, with sales reaching $776 million, a new report revealed.
• According to a major manufacturer, prices of GPUs will continue to increase in 2018, despite expectations of decreasing demand in the mining sector.

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GeForce GTX 1070 Ti - Price up 140% since January

Data shows the average price in USD over last 18 months

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GeForce GTX 1060 6GB - Price up 150% since January

Data shows the average price in USD over last 18 months

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AMD and NVIDIA leave gamers without hardware

• AMD’s main competitor, Nvidia, admitted the demand by miners had exceeded its expectations in the last quarter of 2017.
• In an attempt to guarantee that gamers would be able to get their share, the company asked retailers to limit the number of graphics cards that can be purchased at a time.
• Despite the "promise" - miners usually buy the latest GPU’s in bulk, leaving empty shelves.

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References

• Report: Crypto Miners Bought 3 Million GPUs Last Year (Bitcoin.com)
• Video Cards - Price Trends (PCPartPicker.com)