https://www.tweaktown.com/news/76468/cant-buy-new-ampere-gpu-thats-because-nvidia-sold-them-to-miners/index.html
 
Cryptocurrency continues to be the worst.

 
Hrmm. 
 

Did NVidia intentionally sell to them? Or did the crypto miners use bots, because it sounds like a bunch of made up assumptions “reportedly”

the_Scarlet_one
Did NVidia intentionally sell to them? Or did the crypto miners use bots, because it sounds like a bunch of made up assumptions “reportedly”

So the question is
 
Was Nvidia's supply chain compromised by crytpominers on purpose or on accident?

Guess if we buy amd they can continue to sell to miners as it will be there only customers.

arock0627
So the question is
 
Was Nvidia's supply chain compromised by crytpominers on purpose or on accident?

I would say the question is, who actually cares? Everyone knew bots were a problem when the launch happened, so cryptominers use bots and everyone blames scrapers when in reality, it could have been cryptominers that took them and a few scalpers.

Either way, NVidia produced cards, and someone bought them. How would NVidia stop miners? They won’t, because they don’t care. Even the AIB’s made crypto specific cards when crypto was huge, so every one of the companies banked on the miners, so therefore... the only question left is.. who cares?

The biggest problem are the idiots who run Amazon and Ebay, who do not know or care what people charge for these cards vs the actual MSRP. Also, I blame Nvidia, EVGA, MSI, Asus, Gigabyte, etc for allowing their products to be scalped in the first place. I also say the same for AMD, Powercolor, XFX,  Gigabyte, Asus, Sapphire etc for the RX6800 series cluster

This article lacks substance and actual proven data that confirms this rumor to be true. I would argue that the new AMD flagships card (and has in the past) to be the better of the mining cards based on things I have read. Crypto miners will always buy what is in their best interest regardless. Again, this is a personal opinion and not one of EVGA so take it for what it is. 

 
I always try to see the bright side of things.  So maybe this means we won't be competing with many crypto miners when new batches of stock are released here?

stopthefomo

Nereus

ty_ger07
Don't act entitled.
You think NVIDIA cares? Demand for everything is outrageous at the moment, and even if NVIDIA did purposely sell directly to miners (I don't know that it is true), NVIDIA is in the business to make money wherever it sees fit.

That's certainly true, and as a result of those decisions (if true and intentional), NVidia's previously loyal customers can tell them to shove it where the sun don't shine.

If we have learned anything as Americans, it's that capitalism and loyalty are mutually exclusive. Publicly traded companies regularly exploit and mistreat employees to improve profit and no differently, treat their customers no better. Oh wait you want to be treated well? OK, feel free to pay the premium for the pleasure at Mercedes and Lexus. Oh wait, you want customer service AND cheap prices? 

Availability at retail price was my point, not excessively overpriced by scalpers. 
 
 

dmisiur
Supply and demand. Just that Nvidia likes to keep supply low to keep profits up. Let’s see what happens when AMD joins the game.

Nvidia's profit would be higher if they sold more cards, i.e. had more supply.  It would also be higher if they didn't set a low price ceiling on the cards like $800 for a 3080.  They simply aren't charging the price that consumers are willing to pay, which is more like $1200 or $1500 (if not higher), which means other people and not Nvidia are capturing the consumer surplus, and the market doesn't clear.

Bradypan

dmisiur
Supply and demand. Just that Nvidia likes to keep supply low to keep profits up. Let’s see what happens when AMD joins the game.

Nvidia's profit would be higher if they sold more cards, i.e. had more supply.  It would also be higher if they didn't set a low price ceiling on the cards like $800 for a 3080.  They simply aren't charging the price that consumers are willing to pay, which is more like $1200 or $1500 (if not higher), which means other people and not Nvidia are capturing the consumer surplus, and the market doesn't clear.

If they announced the 3080 was $1200, they would not sell nearly as many as they are.
 
Just because some... special people are buying used cards for $1,200 on Ebay because they have no impulse control doesn't mean it's viable for mass market.

It doesn't matter what people use GPU for at long they use it but not scalp.  I think gamers feel entitled for some reason GPU should only be for them.  As for the article, hard to say

I suspect that $1200 2080Ti's didn't sell as well as Nvidia had hoped and thus the $700 3080 MSRP.

The pandemic has pushed demand for PC stuff through the roof so the market is out of balance at the moment, but price/performance was stagnant on Turing and Ampere has just returned it to its normal trajectory.

Heck, my $80 web cam was going for $300 for a while. *This* market is not something I would bank on for long term product pricing.

EVGATech_DanielM
This article lacks substance and actual proven data that confirms this rumor to be true. I would argue that the new AMD flagships card (and has in the past) to be the better of the mining cards based on things I have read. Crypto miners will always buy what is in their best interest regardless. Again, this is a personal opinion and not one of EVGA so take it for what it is. 

I agree, I would think the miners would want the AMD cards over the Nvidia cards, just my opinion tho