The demand from miners caused an increase in the sales of video cards in Russia by 49%

Retail “Citylink” reports an increase in sales of video cards for mining for 49% In monetary terms. Sales of video cards on Nvidia chips increased in August by half compared to August last year.

According to Kommersant, This summer in the Russian market significantly Sales of video cards have grown, which can be used to mining cryptocurrencies, as well as other components for PC. This is confirmed by retailers, Distributors and fiscal operators.

The head of the sales of components for the PC of Citilink, Alexei Rusakov, notes, that sales of video cards, which can be used for mining crypto acts, grew up on 49% In monetary terms this summer.

Irina Shekhovtsova, a representative of the NVIDIA graphic chips manufacturer, confirms, that in August of this year, sales of video cards on the Russian market doubled compared to the last summer month 2019 of the year. However, the company believes, that this is due to the advent of new games and working applications, for which new components for PC are needed.

Director of the Department of Laptops, Tablets and components ”of Marvel-Distribution Andrei Kirichevsky also commented on the situation in the market of components for PC:

“Another trend was some growth in consumption of video cards for cryptocurrency mining, Starting from August ".

However, experts believe, that at the end of the year the growth of sales of components for PCs and video cards for mining will not be significant. According to forecasts of distributors, prices for some components will decrease, And the processors will be in short.

Recall, that increased interest in video cards for mining in Russia was observed in 2013-2014 and 2017-2018 years, During the rally of the cryptocurrency market. Then the high revenue of mining caused a shortage of video cards in the Russian market and almost three times rising prices. Computer store employees said, that some buyers purchase hundreds of video cards at once.

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