There is a serious shortage of graphics cards worldwide due to cryptocurrency mining. While there is no stock available due to the intense interest of miners in graphics cards, manufacturers are trying to prevent mining with measures such as LHR. While the cases of video card theft increased, in addition to mining, the supply / demand balance was disrupted with the increase in interest in computer hardware during the pandemic period. Those who needed a video card for gaming and video editing were faced with astronomical prices.
Although graphics card prices have been on a downward trend lately, they are still way above what they should be. A new one has been added to the previous video card theft cases with Russia. Three employees stole the RTX 3070 Ti from the warehouse in the country where graphics cards have become very rare because AMD and Nvidia stopped selling due to the invasion attempt against Ukraine.
Video card theft in Russia: RTX 3070 Ti stolen
Three warehouse employees employed by Russian online retailer “Wildberries” stole 20 Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti cards from warehouse . While the employees were caught on security cameras, it is clearly seen that the hooded employee climbed the stairs with a few of his video cards.
After the robbers tried to sell their graphics cards to a local business, the business owner, suspicious of the situation, informed the police and gave a brief call. After a while, the robbers were caught. The total value of the stolen cards. It was announced that it was around 37 thousand dollars.
– What do you think about this video card theft? You can share your views with us in the comments section.
58868
