The Covid -19 pandemic resulted in the shortage of many technological products made in China. And if you add to that the rage for cryptocurrencies –now in free fall– The stock of graphics cards from major supplier Nvidia has been compromised on a global scale. Now, in another context, the brand has announced the return of GeForce RTX 30 Series graphics cards Argentina.

As in other countries, NVIDIA has confirmed that the latest series of GeForce RTX 30 Series video cards for gamers will return starting this Tuesday to retailers and large technology chains in Argentina.

The new thing, in a context of high inflation, is the trend that some models from 1060 to 3090 are available to buy at more affordable price which I have seen in recent months.

In the list, for example, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 model, distributed by GEZATEK, costs $ 349,999.00 against $ 437,498 it previously cost; while the 3060 model is at $ 145,000 pesos at the beginning of 2022 compared to the current 134,999 pesos.

To facilitate the search, NVIDIA published a specific page to consult available models and their prices.

In addition, as part of this relaunch, the American manufacturer has joined several partners to guarantee stock availability, updated prices are respected and that it’s not just about promotional prices for a limited time, which will guarantee that all players will have access to fairer costs.

From deficits to full stock in Argentina

The rage of cryptocurrencies has pushed one of the graphics cards into a global market, which the major supplier, NVIDIA, has chosen for change the features of some of the new products to make them less “desirable” for those just looking for digital money and protect the video game player.

“There are many scalpers -speculators who buy all the available stock of a product until it is depleted and then offer it at a higher price- who, when the cards arrive, buy them immediately to sell them more expensive and thus profitable mainly from the miners, but also from the players ”, NVIDIA’s technical marketing manager, Alexandre Ziebert, told Clarín.

Therefore, in seeking to prevent its 3000 Series graphics card from being widely used for Bitcoin and Ethereum mining, the company decided dividing the performance of mining algorithms and, at the same time, launched several new processors, Nvidia CMPspecifically for professional cryptocurrency miners.

Graphics processing units (GPUs) such as those from Nvidia are commonly used in mining cryptocurrencies because of their high power to perform the hash function, a mathematical calculation used by automated mining algorithms to find cryptocurrencies and process them. transactions in a blockchain.

To avoid this with its new GeForce RTX 3060, Nvidia announced that it will make half of the installed ‘drivers’ their Ethereum cryptocurrency mining efficiency, by limiting the frequency of hashes of 50 per cent.

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