NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 20GB and AMD Radeon RX580 16GB Graphics Cards Have Appeared on the Chinese Market

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Used NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 and AMD Radeon RX580 are reportedly the latest graphics cards to be converted for the exploding AI market. The life for these graphics cards has already been a rough one as it's claimed they have gone from being used for crypto mining to being stripped and modded for increased VRAM and then fitted with blower-style coolers so they can now be used as cards for AI workloads. A similar process was recently reported on regarding NVIDIA's flagship graphics card, the GeForce RTX 4090 which suddenly became scarce in the US during recent weeks where prices soared for it once again similar to what happened at the height of the crypto mining craze. This time, at least, it's older cards that are getting new life, albeit, still not what they were intended for, instead of current-gen gaming products.

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[Grimlakin]

Leave it to Nvidia to turn a government restriction on export into a marketing opportunity. I bet the run on 4090's outside of china is a large influx of gray market buyers flipping them to chinese buyers.