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minus-squarebillwasherelinkEnglish38•1 month agoWhy the fuck are people paying $5500 for a fucking GPU?!?!??
minus-squarePup BirulinkfedilinkEnglish19•1 month agoespecially a GPU that’s not even that good relative to last gen
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•29 days agoIt’s the biggest generational uplift in the last 10 years. Not sure what you’re smoking.
minus-squarePup BirulinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-229 days agoit’s a 30% uplift for 30% more power budget and 30% more cost. the fact that they added a new version of frame gen etc that has both up and down sides is pretty much a wash
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoI do t think so, I’m not an expert or anything, but I think money laundering is typically done where you can pay cash. The idea is to pay cash for something so that you can show a receipt of a sale and deposit it into a bank. If you are buying online, then the money is already in the bank.
minus-square@deltapilinkEnglish6•edit-21 month agoThe sellers, friend. They buy the GPU cash and sell it online for a clean transaction into their account. 5k laundered per sale
minus-square@riodoro1linkEnglish7•1 month agoWhy the fuck are they standing in line waiting for one? Consumerism really fucked up our brains.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-21 month agoI dunno but it’s a good time to capitalize on that eagerness and buy a used 4090 from one of them
Why the fuck are people paying $5500 for a fucking GPU?!?!??
especially a GPU that’s not even that good relative to last gen
It’s the biggest generational uplift in the last 10 years. Not sure what you’re smoking.
it’s a 30% uplift for 30% more power budget and 30% more cost. the fact that they added a new version of frame gen etc that has both up and down sides is pretty much a wash
Money laundering?
I do t think so, I’m not an expert or anything, but I think money laundering is typically done where you can pay cash.
The idea is to pay cash for something so that you can show a receipt of a sale and deposit it into a bank.
If you are buying online, then the money is already in the bank.
The sellers, friend. They buy the GPU cash and sell it online for a clean transaction into their account. 5k laundered per sale
Why the fuck are they standing in line waiting for one?
Consumerism really fucked up our brains.
I dunno but it’s a good time to capitalize on that eagerness and buy a used 4090 from one of them