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RE: The GPU industry finally acknowledges cryptocurrency mining
Before my loss of Bitcoin on Mt Gox and Cryptsy, I was buying GPUs each opportunity I had. I'm sitting here with 4 Sapphire 7950s, but I do wish I would have had the foresight to buy the 200 series.
I plan on keeping my eye on this and see if there are pre-orders available.
You have to be really diligent to get hold of an RX 500 or 400 series card right now! They come online and are scooped up within minutes.
Funnily, I was an early buyer of the R9 290. Though I knew what Bitcoin was, I only learned of mining when I read about the R9 290/X shortages. In hindsight, I should have given it a shot - people were mining multiple BTCs back then on their 290s! I remember the price was around $150, and even at that price it was profitable. Months after the R9 290 released, the price was already $1,000, and then Mt Gox happened. My sympathies!