AMD GPUs are better at mining Bitcoins than Nvidia's. The high value of Bitcoins led to great demand for AMD GPUs, thus they were often sold out and selling above MSRP.
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Hauk - Monday, January 6, 2014 - link
No 780 ti Lightning?? :(fried - Monday, January 6, 2014 - link
No R9 270X itx ?MikhailT - Monday, January 6, 2014 - link
> The past month saw a massive shortage of AMD GPUs, thanks in no small part to the surge in Bitcoin/Litecoin prices.Huh? Can somebody explain what bitcoin's value have to do with the shortage?
GTRagnarok - Monday, January 6, 2014 - link
AMD GPUs are better at mining Bitcoins than Nvidia's. The high value of Bitcoins led to great demand for AMD GPUs, thus they were often sold out and selling above MSRP.wbensky - Monday, January 6, 2014 - link
"The past month saw a massive shortage of AMD GPUs, thanks in no small part to the surge in Bitcoin/Litecoin prices."Actually its mainly just litecoins. GPUs are useless in Bitcoin mining now since the introduction of ASICs
user29 - Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - link
Actually Bitcoin/Litecoin prices goes together like peas and carrots.wbensky - Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - link
Correct, but GPUs are hardly used to mine Bitcoins anymore. They are mainly out of stock just because of the Litecoin surge.Redstorm - Monday, February 17, 2014 - link
This thing is vaporware