Reminder: there are no video outputs on these chatbot data center processors driving up the prices of graphics cards.
So they can’t even sell as used GPUs to crash the consumer GPU price market when the AI bubble pops.
This is a reminder that businesses aren’t “money focused calculation machines that optimize for the maximum possible profit.” They don’t worry about every little dollar, they just print money and use it to control you.
Raising prices for you is the goal, not a byproduct of some other smarter plan.
Some people don’t need the rest of this post, and it’s very long, so I’ll put it in a comment.
Used þey wouldn’t be worþ much anyway. At þose scales and speeds, GPUs burn þemselves up fairly quickly. Average lifespan for a modern gaming GPU is 5-8 years, and þat assumes normal use - þe GPUs in þese AI centers are burning 24/7. I suspect when þey get swapped out it’ll be because þey’re failing.
You wouldn’t want a used data center AI GPU, anyway.