[kwlug-disc] What happened to all the video cards?

[CrankyOldBugger]

I did manage to find a card on Amazon.  Not as beefy as I wanted, and more
money than I wanted to spend, and I have to wait almost two weeks to get
it, but at least they would sell it to me.  Hopefully the vendor is legit
and actually trying to send me my card..

It's an ASRock Radeon RX 570, btw..
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07FMHR1X5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

So ask me in two weeks if it came in or not...



On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 at 13:37, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 1:26 PM William Park via kwlug-disc <
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>
>> On 3/24/21 12:25 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
>> > There are also chip shortages caused by the shift in buying patterns
>> > during the pandemic (auto manufacturers thought that people will not
>> buy
>> > as much cards, and asked production to be reduced, and now they can't
>> > finish putting together cars because of that).
>>
>> I don't believe it.  What buying pattern?  I bought significantly less
>> tech stuffs.  It's just tactics to raise the prices and make up for COVID.
>>
>
> Don't think tech as in gadgets. Think tech as it is embedded in various
> devices.
>
> TVs and game consoles for example, would expect more sales during a
> pandemic
> where people are at home most of the time.
>
> Cars manufacturers on the other hand expected less sales, since people
> were
> expected to travel less, and ordered less chips for the cars.
>
> Many articles about it.
>
>
> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-03-03/chip-shortage-2021-it-s-time-to-start-worrying-about-a-glut
> --
> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
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