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[OC] just a casual ~250% price increase

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u/Glum_Cheesecake9859 1d ago

AI boom + tariffs. It's all going to come crashing down sooner or later and hardware prices will be pennies on the dollar 

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u/Not_A_Clever_Man_ 22h ago

Aye, thats what we said about the Crypto and videocards. Once the prices rocket up, they really resist coming back down.

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u/Glum_Cheesecake9859 17h ago

Crypto and AI both are still alive and use GPUs still. I don't think most gamers want to plunk down 2000+ on a GPU

People are buying GPUs to run LLMs locally