German retailer removes much of its catalog of AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards from its virtual store, due to the inability to replenish stock due to the mining of Ethereum and Zcash.

It seems that the stock problems of graphics cards, due to mining, are still present and that is that the German retailer MindFactory, has removed a large part of the AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards from its virtual store. The problem seems to continue to persist, although the reality is that it is already in decline, because many who started mining with the Ethereum fever, and Zcash, are starting to sell the charts on Wallapop and other second-hand selling solutions. hand because they have not managed to get the miners to work properly, due to bad advice (difficult to get, everything is said, because there are few who dedicate themselves to this professionally).

The German retailer has told Tom's Hardware that they have removed the products from their store, because they are unable to restock. We have seen in recent weeks how retailers in the United States, on the other hand, have raised the prices of some models, such as the GTX 1070, which has come to cost $ 500, the same as a GTX 1080. They have not only risen from NVIDIA graphics price, it has also been noticed in AMD, which in some cases, have been able to triple the normal price and finding them second-hand was almost impossible.

The rise in the price of Ethereum and Zcash have caused these stock problems in stores, but not only that, AMD and NVIDIA, as well as manufacturers that work with these companies, have developed specific graphics cards for mining, although at the moment they are only those of XFX those that can be found in the market and not everywhere. The problem should be corrected in the coming weeks, since everything indicates that many who launched into this sell their second-hand equipment due to a bad installation.

We must add to this factor that the AMD RX 400 Series will no longer be manufactured, so there is no replacement of stock in this sense and there are replacement problems with the AMD RX 500 Series, while the NVIDIA graphics are already beginning to suffer shortages due to Because they offer a lot of mining power and with the price of ETH and ZEC, it is profitable to mount machines with these graphics. We add to this that the AMD RX Vega never finish hitting the market, for reasons unknown at the moment, so the situation is complicated.

Source: Tomshardware