I don't think they'll use the "full" GPU of the 3000 series for that, proobably the'll redirect some of the low end cipset that came out so that they'll be able to sel those at higter prices compared to what could be a nerferd seres whitout, for example, RT cores (that I don't think are used in mining...)
I bought a 3070 off ebay and then saw a guy talking about mining with it while you're not gaming so I gave it a try. It does actually make some decent money per day, nothing to get you rich, but it offsets the increased price of scalped prices. So I figured that while mining is paying out well I'd get a 3080 and have two cards in my machine mining at once. They'll pay themselves off in ~200 days if things stay the way they are now. And I can always sell off the 3070 so I can keep the 3080. The two make about $15-20 a day.
I know the "mining" variants will not have display outputs, so they are cheaper to make. But I have no idea at all how much of the actual card "features" will be included. From what I know it only uses the memory chips, so they may be able to get away without RT cores or even trimming back the GPU processor itself.
I have solar panels so a good chunk of my electricity is made by those. But I do live in California, so the base starts at $0.23 and I think it goes up to $0.37 at the max. But even at that rate these two cards are good enough that they make money. As I said, I won't get rich off them, but I will be able to pay the cards off. Then after I'm done I can sell the 3070 and keep the 3080. Who knows how long mining will last right now as they're insanely good payout.
That is the question. Technically the 3080 won't be obsolete until the 5000 series since it's a pretty high end card of this series. But it also only has that 10gb of VRAM which is a limiting factor. The 3070 is a different story, but I think people throw around the word Obsolete too much. I got on ebay and sold my old 780ti. I see my 980ti going for $250-300+. And for games that don't require a huge amount of GPU power behind them, they're still good cards.
I thought the new can it run game was Flight Simulator?
I forgot about this game! Even with a 3090 I've heard people getting crap framerate. But I'd like to point out that most people have heard of/played Cyberpunk. Whereas Flight Simulator seems more like an enthusiast game.
MSFS have always been very demanding games on launch but more on CPU side than GPU. Also it's an ever changing beast this time, with every patch we get better or worse framerates cos they are tweaking and optimizing vs graphics fidelity. Upon launch I had nearly 60fps with all set to ultra, but it was constantly hitching when I turned the camera. Then after some patch I got 90fps and no hitching, but it looked worse also. Now after some more patches I get the same 60ish fps, better visuals, and almost no hitching. I'm on a 2060S.
Wow! What has happened to Tom's Hardware? That qualifies as the worst-formatted journalism I've seen, and there are some bad ones out there.
I've followed the Italian versioni of Tom's HW and theyy quality has dropped significally since 2019/late-2018, more ads and crappy content then valuable information.
I remember this whole discussion last time bitcoin blew up and then it crashed and people didnt make their money back.
That may very well be a thing that happens. It's mostly something fun to do, the amount I want to get from this is nothing compared to my job, so if it doesn't work it's not like I can't make my mortgage. And I've already made $300 so if it just holds at this profitability for another month or two then I'm happy.
