{"id":180301,"date":"2021-02-17T12:01:50","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T09:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/gpu-hardware-firm-riles-gaming-community-by-flirting-with-crypto-miners\/"},"modified":"2021-02-17T12:01:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T09:01:50","slug":"gpu-hardware-firm-riles-gaming-community-by-flirting-with-crypto-miners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gpu-hardware-firm-riles-gaming-community-by-flirting-with-crypto-miners\/","title":{"rendered":"# GPU hardware firm riles gaming community by flirting with crypto miners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong># GPU hardware firm riles gaming community by flirting with crypto miners  <\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjEtMDIvMjM4MTZiYjYtNmQxYi00Yjc4LTlhNDktMmMyZWVkNmNkNGIyLmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-5a136f3a>Computing hardware manufacturer Zotac angered a customer base of loyal <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>rs on Feb. 16 after it posted a tweet <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently marketing its new Nvidia 30 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> graphics cards to cryptocurrency miners.<\/p>\n<p>Zotac\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZOTAC_USA\/status\/1361823938687475712?s=20\">post<\/a> showed a stack of what looks to be GeForce RTX 3070 White Edition GPUs, along with the caption, \u201cAn army of ZOTAC GAMING GPUs hungry for coin!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An army of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ZOTACGAMING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ZOTACGAMING<\/a> GPU&#8217;s hungry for coin!<\/p>\n<p> IG: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@pc<\/a>.lad<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ZOTAC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ZOTAC<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PcGaming?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PcGaming<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gaming?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gaming<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gamers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gamers<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tech?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tech<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PcHardware?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PcHardware<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PcComponents?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PcComponents<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PCMR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PCMR<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PcMasterRace?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PcMasterRace<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RTX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RTX<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8vFtgPZvP4\">pic.twitter.com\/8vFtgPZvP4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ZOTAC USA (@ZOTAC_USA) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZOTAC_USA\/status\/1361823938687475712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>The availability of Nvidia\u2019s 30 series graphics cards plunged moving into the new year, while their cost exploded. By late December 2020, Ether (ETH) miners could make $12,000 a month (depending on electricity costs) by combining 78 of Nvidia\u2019s RTX 3080 GPUs. Since then, potential mining income has more than doubled, after the value of Ether increased 140% in the intervening period.<\/p>\n<p>Not every Zotac follower on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> was pleased with the apparent attempt to court cryptocurrency miners. One user\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Blahfoot96651\/status\/1361824628675645446?s=20\">replied<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cToo bad those aren&#8217;t in the hands of all the gamers and PC enthusiasts as well&#8230;Especially the white limited edition that miners don&#8217;t care about.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another user, MWausE, tried to persuade Nvidia to stop supplying Zotac with GPUs if they weren\u2019t going to be sold to gamers. They <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rheumi\/status\/1361938916752969735?s=20\">wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDear @NVIDIAGeForce @nvidia, could you please Stop supplying Zotac with any New GPUs!! They are clearly not interested in selling them to loyal gamers.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The shortage of high-end graphics cards amid a renewed cryptocurrency bull run saw the cost of Nvidia\u2019s 30 series cards almost double since release \u2014 from $699 in September, to around $1,300 at the time of publication.<\/p>\n<p>Even portable computers that contain the 30 series GPU have been snapped up by Ethereum miners in China, who have constructed mining farms made from stacks of interconnected laptops.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Nvidia\u2019s chief financial officer, Colette Kress, assured gamers that they were still the main focus of the firm\u2019s attention, and claimed the current shortage was a result of increased demand from gamers alone. <\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Zotac\u2019s post showed a stack of what looks to be GeForce&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":180302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/1200_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjEtMDIvMjM4MTZiYjYtNmQxYi00Yjc4LTlhNDktMmMyZWVkNmNkNGIyLmpwZw==.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74867,74891,80446,75042,77134,117,4965],"class_list":["post-180301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-altcoin","tag-ethereum","tag-gpu","tag-mining","tag-nvidia","tag-business","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}