The lack of AMD graphics is due to mining, but specifically because AMD is better for Ethereum and goes well with Zcash and the price was tight, but we must be careful, because the price of Ethereum and Zcash has risen so much that it becomes profitable mine with NVIDIA and could blow up the stock of these in the coming weeks.

Many of you have noticed the last few weeks that it is practically impossible to buy an AMD RX 400 Series or an AMD RX 500 Series. We have already commented on this, but erroneous information is appearing in this regard and we want to clarify a couple of points about the disappearance of the market for these graphics cards. Yes, the disappearance of both AMD graphics families from the shelves is due to mining, there is no doubt about that, due to the rise of Ethereum and Zcash. There is no information on when manufacturers will return to offer AMD graphics cards, but we do know a few things about them.

The first thing we must be clear about is that we will no longer see AMD RX 400 Series, these will no longer be manufactured again, because they have been replaced by the AMD RX 500 Series and the RX Vega should soon reach the market. Regarding the RX 500 Series, we would love to tell you that they will be available again from tomorrow, but they are not. After contacting several manufacturers, we have learned that they do not have stock of RX 500 Series and that it will take time to have stock again. We know it is a problem, but the rise in prices of Ethereum and Zcash has caused them to fly.

It should be noted that to mine Ethereum and Zcash you can use AMD graphics cards, but Ethereum is normally mined with AMD graphics, because it is better and has higher performance and in Zcash there is not so much, but having AMD machines allows you to jump between currencies. Until recently everyone was made with AMD graphics because they were better priced and the investment was recovered earlier, but that was when these coins were around $ 100, today we find them for $ 225, so it is a bit indistinct, although AMD is still being chosen, because they give better results.

The reality is that Ethereum is best mined with AMD and Zcash with NVIDIA. Because there are no AMD graphics, it is possible that many choose to buy NVIDIA graphics and put the machines to work in Zcash. It should be noted that the more miners there are, the greater the difficulty, therefore, less is taken out, although with current prices, taking four cryptocurrencies of each one per month, rounds the € 1000 and you would pay for the equipment, counting the electricity in a few four months approximately, therefore the rest is clean.

Out of AMD stock due to mining, we should see NVIDIA graphics fly in the next few weeks. Right now the price of hardware is no longer as relevant as it could be in March, because Ethereum and Zcash have doubled in value and are expected to continue rising in the coming weeks and months, especially Ethereum, which could double its value again. value between today (it is at $ 235 in Poloniex), until the end of the year, since in September the SEC could give permission to operate with this cryptocurrency on the New York Stock Exchange and countries such as Japan, China or Russia could allow to the bank to operate with this Altcoin.

It is therefore the reason why it is practically impossible to find an AMD graphics, its cheap price, but the good performance they offer in mining, but that NVIDIA graphics are not worth the price is false. We have evidence of a miner in the testing phase with five NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti, which is giving very good results and could take only five months to recover the investment made to assemble said equipment, according to the data we have to date, counting electricity . If this is confirmed, NVIDIA could be the next to not have stock for demand.