[HN Gopher] The GPU shortage is over. The GPU surplus has arrived
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The GPU shortage is over. The GPU surplus has arrived
Author : stalfosknight
Score : 23 points
Date : 2022-08-26 19:06 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| yuan43 wrote:
| > Nvidia CFO Colette Kress insisted that the company is "unable
| to accurately quantify the extent to which reduced crypto mining
| contributed to the decline in gaming demand," notably because
| Nvidia has gotten into trouble with the SEC for obscuring the
| number of GPUs it was selling to cryptocurrency miners in the
| past.
|
| This sentence is confusing. Is "because" the right word here? If
| Nvidia got into trouble for obscuring the number of GPUs used in
| mining, wouldn't that motivate the company to get a handle on
| this number as part of its obligation to disclose risks to
| shareholders? Especially because Ethereum is about to render most
| mining rigs useless with the upcoming "merge"?
| [deleted]
| wmf wrote:
| Or it would motivate them to simply refuse to comment so they
| can't be accused of lying.
| smoldesu wrote:
| The stage is set for the AI Golden Age?
| freeqaz wrote:
| With those recent weights leaking for the Standard Diffusion
| model, maybe there is a chance that we see some really cool
| startups spinning up!
| KaoruAoiShiho wrote:
| Is there a link I can read about weights leaking for the
| Standard Diffusion model?
| homarp wrote:
| you can use the official weights:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32555028
|
| if you really want them: https://old.reddit.com/r/StableDif
| fusion/comments/wqyu5b/com...
| [deleted]
| haunter wrote:
| Sorry I'm not buying into this. Unless you can show me where I
| can buy an RTX 3070 for $350 cause that's how much I paid for my
| GTX 1070 7 months after the release (and that was brand new not
| second hand market)
| teaearlgraycold wrote:
| I've heard tell of $999 3080 Tis and $1199 3090 Tis
| homarp wrote:
| https://www.amazon.com/3080Ti/dp/B0979GYMHP/ --> 899
|
| https://www.amazon.com/3090Ti/dp/B09R9G57GK --> 1149
| Gravyness wrote:
| Adjusted for inflation?
| haunter wrote:
| That would be $420-ish today which still a far cry compared
| to the current prices
| adamrezich wrote:
| hear hear, my desktop died a few months back and I keep waiting
| for exactly this to build a new one. it always seems like it's
| going to be right around the corner but still, no such luck...
| adhesive_wombat wrote:
| If you're short a graphics card, why do you need to build an
| entirely new desktop? Unless there was a fire, flood or
| catastrophic PSU failure that took out everything, in which
| case, Rust In Pieces (and also insurance or warranty?)
| adamrezich wrote:
| an ancient power cord that I've had since the first desktop
| I built--which I loved because it had a female connector on
| the back of the male connector, so you could plug a tower
| and monitor into the same outlet--finally bit the dust, the
| ground snapped off and I'm assuming the whole thing is
| fried. I'm using my fiancee's laptop in the interim but I
| was overdue for a whole new PC anyway--the GTX 980 TI
| wasn't quite cutting it anymore anyway
| [deleted]
| Vecr wrote:
| Can't you replace the power cord? It's either a standard
| component, or something that's a very simple electrical
| repair job to fix.
| adamrezich wrote:
| yeah I have many spares, but this seems to have killed at
| least my PSU, possibly also my motherboard, and I'm not
| really in the mood to trial-and-error what's broken and
| what isn't lol
| donmcronald wrote:
| > To deal with this, according to Huang, Nvidia will reduce the
| number of GPUs it sells to manufacturers of graphics cards and
| laptops so that those manufacturers can clear out their existing
| inventory.
|
| So what happens to the abundance of cards? They have to sell them
| sometime, don't they? Will they sell those to integrators and
| other B2B partners as a tactic to keep the supply for gamers
| restricted in an effort to keep the high MSRPs?
|
| In 2017 it was practical to get an entry-mid (GTX 1060, RX 480)
| level GPU for <$200 USD. Now the MSRPs for similar cards are a
| solid 50% more and the gains from each generation haven't been
| that significant.
|
| I think the long term strategy is to price GPUs so ridiculously
| that services like GeForce Now for $200 per year start to look
| like a good deal. If Intel ARC wasn't around I'm convinced we'd
| see reductions in supply, increases in prices, and a bigger push
| for game streaming.
|
| It wouldn't even surprise me to see AMD and Intel get into game
| streaming deals and for the whole industry to trend in that
| direction.
| dixie_land wrote:
| The 30xx GPU surplus has arrived. The 40xx GPU shortage is just
| around the corner.
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