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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
True true, but who rebought them from the minors and scalpers after that further encouraging mining and scalping for the 4090 when it launched? All the gamers.

Luckly 4080's and 4070's are all priced so high no one is buying them. So this might be the first year that Nvidia takes the L instead of its consumers.
gpt
There really is no mining on the 4000 series. Ethereum’s transition effectively killed GPU mining. Sure, people bought the ex-mining GPUs, but that had literally 0 impact on the 4000 series. Further, the 4000 series is floundering. There were those who bought the 4090, but it was nowhere near whet Nvidia hoped or expected, as you could find them in stores without much effort at launch, whereas the 3090 was practically unobtainable for the first year. Additionally, scalpers were/are having a much harder time moving 4090s.

Please don’t misconstrue this as a defense of Nvidia. I’m glad they’re having a bad time after the bullshit they pulled this and last generation. The 42% drop in GPU purchases overall is pretty much entirely their fault.