Nvidia asks retailers to stop selling gpu's to miners

[sarfraz]

This news is good for gamers. 

 

Boris Böhles – NVIDIA ( Translated from German to English )
“For NVIDIA, gamers come first. All activities related to our GeForce product line are targeted at our main audience. To ensure that GeForce gamers continue to have good GeForce graphics card availability in the current situation, we recommend that our trading partners make the appropriate arrangements to meet gamers’ needs as usual. “

 

Complete article:- https://wccftech.com/nvidia-instructs-retailers-stop-selling-miners-sell-gamers/

 

[PlayStation 2]

From a business standpoint, this is fucking stupid, for a few reasons.

The most of which is that they're denying sales to a market that also has a use for GPUs.

[Drak3]

PR move. Nothing more.

[Canada EH]

How do they know who is a miner and who is not a miner?

It is just FAKE NEWS!

[NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle]

Yeah, not believing it at all.

[Clem Fandango]

Odd. Because NVIDIA recently told data centres they can't use GTX cards for anything except mining.

[LHJKO]

Just now, Canada EH said:

How do they know who is a miner and who is not a miner?

 

they could  make it so you can only buy so many

[Canada EH]

Just now, Vernw3 said:

they could  make it so you can only buy so many

yeah but you could just say, I am putting these in SLI

Or the customer just brings along his friends and family.

 

Again it is FAKE NEWS!

[Trik'Stari]

Didn't they try to do something with hardware or software that prevented, or otherwise discouraged GPU mining a while back?

 

Edit: Oh wait, they bundled games to increase the price...

[Canada EH]

2 minutes ago, Trik'Stari said:

Edit: Oh wait, they bundled games to increase the price...

Good, thats what they should do then. Better to get a Steam gift card.

[Hiya!]

What? that is just absurd.

Yep not going to believe in it

[Drak3]

3 minutes ago, Vernw3 said:

they could  make it so you can only buy so many

Yeah that didn't exactly work the last time retailers tried it.

[CryptoMatt]

well most stores now have limited or they have one gpu will cost the normal price but buy 2 or more and you have to pay 10k for each gpu 

[Clem Fandango]

Keep stocks low and bump up the price......

[AshleyAshes]

4 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

From a business standpoint, this is fucking stupid, for a few reasons.

The most of which is that they're denying sales to a market that also has a use for GPUs.

It really isn't 'Fucking Stupid', you're just short sighted.  In the short term, sure, sales are sales as far as nVidia is concerned.  But large companies like this aren't purely operating in the short term, they are running a long game and building their brand names and the recognition of those brands is critical to that.

Mining eating up sales and making GPU units more scarce can and will push consumers to other options.  Since AMD is also getting hit, the most likely move is to NOT upgrade at all.  This leads to game devs considering 'the state of the market's hardware' and if it's been stunted, they won't develop games to better utilize next generation hardware because too few are buying into that hardware.  So a year or two from now you could have your flagship 'GTX 1180' or 'GTX 1280' that too few own.  So now you have the demand from mining dropping off and consumers are like 'Should I upgrade to the NEW GPU now that it's affordable?' and so many people and tech channels and everything else will be all 'Probably not, game GPU demand has patented for three years.  Your 3 year old GPU is basically just as good as it was new.  Maybe wait another year for devs to get more aggressive again?'  A scenario like that, in the long term, is BAD for the plan.  ...You just have to think beyond 'right now' before you declare it 'fucking stupid'.

[mr moose]

12 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

From a business standpoint, this is fucking stupid, for a few reasons.

The most of which is that they're denying sales to a market that also has a use for GPUs.

 

It's just lip service to pacify angry gamers/system builders.   They don't care and won't actually ask anything of retailer (not that they can legally anyway).

[Hiya!]

2 minutes ago, AshleyAshes said:

It really isn't 'Fucking Stupid', you're just short sighted.  In the short term, sure, sales are sales as far as nVidia is concerned.  But large companies like this aren't purely operating in the short term, they are running a long game and building their brand names and the recognition of those brands is critical to that.

Mining eating up sales and making GPU units more scarce can and will push consumers to other options.  Since AMD is also getting hit, the most likely move is to NOT upgrade at all.  This leads to game devs considering 'the state of the market's hardware' and if it's been stunted, they won't develop games to better utilize next generation hardware because too few are buying into that hardware.  So a year or two from now you could have your flagship 'GTX 1180' or 'GTX 1280' that too few own.  So now you have the demand from mining dropping off and consumers are like 'Should I upgrade to the NEW GPU now that it's affordable?' and so many people and tech channels and everything else will be all 'Probably not, game GPU demand has patented for three years.  Your 3 year old GPU is basically just as good as it was new.  Maybe wait another year for devs to get more aggressive again?'  A scenario like that, in the long term, is BAD for the plan.  ...You just have to think beyond 'right now' before you declare it 'fucking stupid'.

The problem is.

How did u knew which are miner and which are not?

[AshleyAshes]

Just now, Hiya! said:

How did u knew which are miner and which are not?

I don't recall saying ANYTHING about weather such an initiative would be very EFFECTIVE.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

[Canada EH]

Just now, Pohernori said:

ET phone home

[Drak3]

1 minute ago, Hiya! said:

The problem is.

How did u knew which are miner and which are not?

You ask.

[Hiya!]

Just now, AshleyAshes said:

I don't recall saying ANYTHING about weather such an initiative would be very EFFECTIVE.

waa?

hhhh nevermind -__-

[Hiya!]

1 minute ago, Drak3 said:

You ask.

I liked to buy 4 Rx 580.

Are u a miner sir?

No i am not.

$1950 in total enjoy your 4way crossfire.

Thank you.

[Streetguru]

19 minutes ago, sarfraz said:

 

Complete PR bullshit, just like AMD saying gamers are important then releasing the mining optimized drive

 

Really don't care about the GPU stuff too much, Ryzen APUs will soon be upon us and should save gamers looking to get into PC gaming

[Clem Fandango]

This is how BS spreads around the internet. One fake news link to another, then another.....