In 2017, miners bought 3 million video cards for $ 776 million

[Cyber-shop]

In 2017, 3 million video cards were sold for just $ 776 million, research firm Jon Peddie Research is reporting.

In the fourth quarter, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) was able to increase its share in the video card market from 27.2% to 33.7%, while Nvidia's share dropped from 72% to 66%. This is due to the fact that AMD cards with a similar performance are cheaper than those of Nvidia, so they were popular among miners.

At the same time, the main engine for trading video cards is still computer games. Moreover, analysts are expecting in 2018 the drop in demand for video cards among the miners, as this method is becoming more expensive.

[ShiftKeyBroken]

it's just crazy. i feel bad for all of the gamers that are now having to face this price inflation... really sucks. well, luckily interest is waning which will result in a price drop soon. also, some big coins will be switching from pow to either pos or pow-pos hybrid models of security, so there's that

[NotSolvi]

They might not even have a price inflation.

[tlav]

And more will be sold this year