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2024
Nvidia closed Russians access to new drivers for video cards
On October 23, 2024, it became known that the American company Nvidia deprived users from Russia of the ability to download new versions of drivers for their graphics accelerators. You cannot update drivers already installed on your computer. Read more here.
Sales of video cards in the Russian market increased by 233% in the first half of the year
M.Video-Eldorado Group analyzed the statistics of video card sales in the first half of 2024 in the sales channels of M.Video-Eldorado. According to data for 6 months, they turned out to be 233% higher in monetary terms compared to the same period in 2023. The company announced this on July 8, 2024. Read more here.
2023:50% rise in sales
Sales of graphics accelerators in Russia during January-June 2023 soared by 50% compared to the same period in 2022. Such data are provided in the F + tech study (F-Plus Equipment and Development LLC, the head structure of the Marvell Distribution group), the results of which were released in early August 2023.
According to the Kommersant newspaper, in the first half of 2023, approximately 543.5 thousand video cards entered the Russian market. Monthly shipments reach 90-100 thousand units, while until July 2022 this figure was approximately 60 thousand devices. At the same time, in monetary terms, sales decreased on an annualized basis by 1.65% - to 17.8 billion rubles.
The study says that the demand for graphics accelerators of the lower and middle price segments has increased in the Russian market. Because of this, the average cost of devices for the year decreased from 50 thousand rubles to 32 thousand rubles. This trend, according to market participants, is explained by a decrease in consumer interest in high-performance solutions for cryptocurrency mining.
 | With a low rate of cryptocurrency, the costs of its production overlap profit, "says Arthur Makhlayuk, a business analyst at F + tech Marvell Group. |  |
The largest growth in sales in the first half of 2023 compared to the same period last year was shown by the Chinese brands Asrock (by 93%), Zotac (by 59%) and Inno3d (by 50%), as well as American PNY (by 44%), Nvidia (by 17%) and Powercolor (by 14%). The leaders of the Russian market in terms of the number of video cards sold included Palit (22.7%), Gygabite (23.5%), MSI (19%), KFA2 (7.5%), Asus (6.5%) and Sapphire (4.5%). The growth of video card sales in Russia is facilitated by the rapid development of the artificial intelligence industry.[1]
2021: Growth in demand for video cards in the Russian Federation after an increase in the price of bitcoin
As it became known on January 18, 2021, the Russians began to buy up video cards after the growth of the bitcoin rate. Moreover, computer components used in the extraction of cryptocurrencies do not even get to stores - batches in the amount of 1000 pieces are purchased directly from suppliers.
To sheets Sellers told about the rush demand for video cards. electronic engineers According to them, the cost of such products increased by about $100, for some models - 1.5-2 times. At the same time, high-performance devices completely disappeared from open sale.
Over the past one and a half to two months, shipments of video cards have tripled, an employee of the IT distributor Treolan told the publication. According to him, demand in the market exceeds supply.
The analyst Finam"" Leonid Delitsyn in a conversation with "" Businessman expressed doubt that the cost of equipping a home mining farm will pay off in the current environment:
| | If someone wants to build mining a farm, then on a modern scale they need a million rubles, since you need to buy a lot of video cards, otherwise a person will not earn anything in his life. Honestly, I don't know if it's a good idea to mine bitcoins now, because it becomes too expensive a pleasure. I find it very hard to believe it could pay off with some little entrepreneur, "he said. | |
An employee of one of the banks, in a conversation with Vedomosti, said that theoretically, in 30-45 days, a home computer can get 1 bitcoin. However, in practice, mining cryptocurrency is becoming more and more expensive, so miners are trying to issue lighter and cheaper cryptocurrencies, such as, for example, Ethereum and Lightcoin, which, however, are significantly cheaper than bitcoin, the source explained.
A computer that allows you to effectively engage in mining will cost the user 120-140 thousand rubles - these investments can pay off in about 12-14 months, believes Dmitry Marinichev, Internet Ombudsman and co-owner of the mining server business.[2][3]
2020: Surge in sales of video cards for mining in the Russian Federation
In the summer of 2020, Russia experienced a gigantic surge in demand for video cards for cryptocurrency mining, which is primarily due to the massive transition to remote work in the context of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
According to the operator "Platform OFD," in June-August 2020, sales of components for computers jumped by 470% compared to the same period in 2019. Video cards are among the leading components in terms of implementation volume.
Andrei Kirichevsky, director of the Laptops, Tablets and Components department at Marvel Distribution, in a conversation with Kommersant, noted that the increase in the use of video cards began to be observed in August 2020.
The representative of Citylink Andrei Rusakov confirmed that sales of video cards that can be used in mining increased by 49% in monetary terms. Nvidia also noted a twofold increase in sales compared to August last year, said Irina Shekhovtsova, a representative of the video card company. They explained the rise with the advent of new games and work applications that require new technology.
As the publication reminds, the peak of excitement in the video card market took place in 2017, when miners bought almost all of them in stores, and manufacturers had to limit the number of sales in one hand. By September 2020, this market is still strongly tied to the situation with cryptocurrencies - device sales are growing when the remuneration for mining increases, said Anton Epishev, head of Russia.
According to the calculations of the retailer M.Video-Eldorado, sales of all computer equipment on the Russian market in the first half of 2020 reached about 3.5 million units and 90 billion rubles, which is 23% and 32% more, respectively.[4]
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