I was under the impression GPU mining had long since gone the way of the dodo, with ASIC miners being king. I'm curious if anyone has better insight into this.
https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-...urrency-miningOver time, GPUs were supplanted by more power-efficient FPGAs and ASICs specifically designed for Bitcoin Cryptocurrency mining, but changes in the market have once again made GPUs a viable solution.
As such, there is another run on AMD Polaris-based graphics cards like the Radeon RX 580, and some mid-range NVIDIA GPUs as well, which is driving up their value. In an effort to prevent the same kind of shortages that happened in the past, DigiTimes is reporting that AMD and NVIDIA are both readying stripped-down graphics cards, specifically targeting Cryptocurrency miners