Quote from: coincepts on May 14, 2013, 05:19:28 PM

Quote from: abbyd on May 14, 2013, 04:30:20 PM

Some strong opinions on this topic. Stay cool - ultimately this is just a math problem with lots of variables. The next step is to estimate the probabilities of changes in each variable, then write a grand formula...

OK people has anyone considered how much money the VIDEO CARD INDUSTRY is putting into buying cryptocoins?
I know that if 20% of my sales of high end OpenCL cards were to miners, I'd spend 20+% of my profits ensuring that their value didn't crash...

I'd like to see breakdown stats of video card utilization: gaming, cryptocoin, decryption, etc... anyone?

Interesting to think about AMD investing in crypto. Good point.

I think the OP just doesn't mine like the % of us who are ear to the ground, ready to pack up and move to the next big thing before its big, etc. Mining is about risk. We are all prospectors afterall are we not?

OP might be FUDing, but he seems somewhat earnest, also he cites an interesting report on pool mining yields.

Given how huge they are, I don't think AMD is giving that much thought to cryptocoins, but from a strictly business
perspective it would make sense to subsidize the sector. Of course, they just make the chipsets, and then a manufacturer
builds the actual cards. If these manufacturers are smart, they'll do stuff like incentivize bulk purchases, include better stock
cooling solutions, etc.