> What if I want to play around with password cracking on my gaming machine?
Currently, you'd have to pay $2500 or more to buy a scalped card anyway unless you get really, really lucky with something like the Newegg Shuffle.
If they break the mining incentive, they're going to drop the price of these cards and also make them more available.
I'd rather have a hashrate limited card that I can actually buy at a reasonable price than a fully unlocked card that can't be obtained for anything less than 3X MSRP.
Well, the article does say that it will only be in a future revision of cards. I already bought a new 3070 from a friend for a mere 10% over the (already ludicrous) MSRP.
What about when ETH moves to PoS or the crypto market crashes? The concern is that this feels more like a ratchet in a bad direction rather than a temporary fix.
Currently, you'd have to pay $2500 or more to buy a scalped card anyway unless you get really, really lucky with something like the Newegg Shuffle.
If they break the mining incentive, they're going to drop the price of these cards and also make them more available.
I'd rather have a hashrate limited card that I can actually buy at a reasonable price than a fully unlocked card that can't be obtained for anything less than 3X MSRP.