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Rising costs and availability issues are linked firmly to the boom in cryptocurrency mining right now. And PC gamers are the ones feeling the effects.
The current global obsession with cryptocurrency has certainly played a part in the rising costs of GPUs from both AMD and NVIDIA. Not just rising costs, either, availability has tanked in recent weeks so that even if you really do need to get one, chances are you'll still have to wait.
The simple advice is this: unless you really need a new graphics card right now, don't buy one.
Full story from the WindowsCentral blog...