It seems that digital currencies such as Bitcoin will begin to spoil the experience for professional players who rely on building personal computers with the most powerful graphics cards.
The story begins after the great demand for powerful graphics cards, especially from Nvidia and AMD, by the crowds working in the cryptocurrency mining field who always recommend the use of such cards.
The problem with these graphics cards is that they are the mainstay of cryptocurrency mining as well as being the most important component of building a personal computer.
This high demand from cryptocurrency miners for advanced graphics cards has led most stores to deplete them very quickly, or to offer them at very high prices compared to their original price.
And not only the modern or high-spec graphics cards, but even the low and middle-end cards.
Nvidia, in turn, made some moves to rectify the situation and contacted some retailers to try to come up with solutions that ensure players get these cards instead of selling them to miners.
It's good to see a company like Nvidia acknowledge the problem and move to try to limit its effects, but unfortunately, the company's actions haven't produced tangible results yet.
In order to realize the size of the problem, a card like Nvidia's GTX 1070 normally costs about $ 380, while after the increased demand, its price reached about $ 900, of course after it was sold out from most major stores, while the price of the GTX 1080 Ti card reached Over $ 1,200 USD.
Recently, fans of PC games have shouted about these practices, and players' anger can be sought on some communities such as Reddit, as well as on social media.
And it does not seem that the demand for such cards will decline during the coming period, especially in light of the increasing number of people joining the crowds of miners, and in light of the current momentum in the digital currency market.
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