Graphics Card Prices

[MancorJ]

So I have a friend who is building a cheap gaming computer and needs a graphics card.  But the only problem is the prices of graphics cards because of mining.  Does anyone have a clue when this mining will  finally start to die down.

 

Any opinions or advice is appreciated

[desertcomputer]

No, no ones knows when for certain. You could have look at second hand market for 1050ti or 750ti are good cheap budget cards. 

[MancorJ]

2 minutes ago, MrUnknownEMC said:

No, no ones knows when for certain. You could have look at second hand market for 1050ti or 750ti are good cheap budget cards. 

Yeah I had a 1050ti in mind, I kinda thought that.

[DocSwag]

It might actually start dying down soon. I believe the profitability of ethereum recently dropped a lot which in turn caused its value to just about halve. Sooo you may be in luck.

 

What price range was your friend looking at?

[MancorJ]

4 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

It might actually start dying down soon. I believe the profitability of ethereum recently dropped a lot which in turn caused its value to just about halve. Sooo you may be in luck.

 

What price range was your friend looking at?

well we already started building it and the case came the other day, its something like this

 

edit: its around $550

[DocSwag]

1 minute ago, MancorJ said:

well we already started building it and the case came the other day, its something like this

 

edit: its around $550

An rx 570 would be ideal but then again there's stupid miners so your best bet would be a 1050 ti. I think the craze should start dying down soon but it's probably not gonna be completely gone until August ish which is a long ways out. So 1050 ti is probably the best choice.

 

On a side note, did you buy everything already? Cause the psu isn't the best, so ideally you should get a different one since better ones are available for that price.

[MancorJ]

Just now, DocSwag said:

An rx 570 would be ideal but then again there's stupid miners so your best bet would be a 1050 ti. I think the craze should start dying down soon but it's probably not gonna be completely gone until August ish which is a long ways out. So 1050 ti is probably the best choice.

 

On a side note, did you buy everything already? Cause the psu isn't the best, so ideally you should get a different one since better ones are available for that price.

That's unfortunate, but I expected that.

 

and no i wouldn't go with that psu its just something i just threw together in like a minute

[DocSwag]

1 minute ago, MancorJ said:

That's unfortunate, but I expected that.

 

and no i wouldn't go with that psu its just something i just threw together in like a minute

Yeah, if you're interested in the used market though a GTX 970 or 980 might be worth a look. They seem to be in your price range ish and are a lot better than a 1050 ti, though at the cost of being used.

[MancorJ]

Just now, DocSwag said:

Yeah, if you're interested in the used market though a GTX 970 or 980 might be worth a look. They seem to be in your price range ish and are a lot better than a 1050 ti, though at the cost of being used.

alright, I have gone used many times and wouldn't be to frightened to go used.  I will look into that.  Thanks

[MancorJ]

11 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Yeah, if you're interested in the used market though a GTX 970 or 980 might be worth a look. They seem to be in your price range ish and are a lot better than a 1050 ti, though at the cost of being used.

The thing my friend is moving probably at the end of august so that's probably when i will buy the graphics card

[DocSwag]

1 minute ago, MancorJ said:

The thing my friend is moving probably at the end of august so that's probably when i will buy the graphics card

If that's the case ya might as well wait. By then I'd guess gpu prices will die down and a 570 would probably be doable.